On the move: Latest sector appointments

Chief Conductor to leave Australian Ballet, ADT farewells longest-serving dancer, Little Red Company appoints inaugural Executive Director, and more.

Nicolette Fraillon, world-renowned Chief Conductor and Music Director of The Australian Ballet and Artistic Director of Orchestra Victoria, has decided to descend from the podium in 2022, with final farewell performances in The Australian Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet seasons in Melbourne (October) and Sydney (December).

Fraillon has had a distinguished career as one of the longest serving Chief Conductors in Australia’s orchestral history and The Australian Ballet and Orchestra Victoria plan to pay tribute to her over the coming year.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts