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The Australian Ballet’s Executive Director to step down, QSO announces new Chief Conductor, and more.

After nearly ten years as Executive Director of The Australian Ballet, Libby Christie will be stepping down from her role at the end of 2022.

‘Libby has made an outstanding and enduring contribution to The Australian Ballet, leading the company through a period of significant change with great professionalism, energy, and resolve. She has provided real strength in leadership during some very challenging times more recently and has laid the foundations for a very exciting and successful future,’ said Craig Dunn, Chair of The Australian Ballet Board.

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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