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In 2009 he studied classical dance with Adrienne Eastoe in Perth, attended The Australian Ballet School from 2000 and joined The Australian Ballet in 2003.
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Kevin Jackson
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Kevin Jackson began dance lessons aged seven at the Shirley Farrell Academy of Dance in Western Australia, starting with Scottish highland and tap dance. He was a guest artist with Australian touring company The Dancers Company tour in 2004. He was promoted to soloist in 2007 and to principal artist in 2010.
He was awarded a Khitercs Foundation Travelling Scholarship in 2007, with which he took part in classes with the Paris Opera Ballet, Bavarian State Opera, Dutch National Ballet, English National Ballet and The Royal Ballet.
In 2014, Jackson became the second Australian Ballet dancer (after Steven Heathcote) to make a guest appearance with the American Ballet Theatre, as Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan"s "Manon". Jackson has choreographed works for The Australian Ballet and their Dance Education Ensemble and is studying for his "Graduate Diploma of Elite Dance Instruction" with The Australian Ballet School.
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