Dance Australia

Charles Slater

“I could express myself through an artform and delve deeper into the creativity of ballet and other forms of dance.”

IT took Charles a while to realise that ballet was something he wanted to to. He first saw himself as more of a with the College’s company, the Premier State Ballet, and also worked with the Australian Ballet as an extra. He fell in love with “the thrill of being on stage and performing a story”.

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