NGVWA

NGVWA Spring Lunch

with David McAllister AM

Tue 3 Sep 2019, 12pm
NGV International

Now in its 29th year, the NGVWA Spring Lunch is a highly anticipated date in the event calendar. Taking place on the first Tuesday of September each year, and held at the NGV’s Great Hall, the Spring Lunch hosts up to 600 guests and is a wonderful opportunity to entertain friends, hear an interesting speaker, bring out a new Spring dress and contribute to art acquisitions for the NGV.

Past speakers have included actor Rachel Griffiths, journalists Annabel Crabb and Caroline Wilson, playwright Joanna Murray Smith, comedian Marg Downey, garden designer Paul Bangay and dancer Li Cunxin.

Tickets for this event can sell out within a few days, so stay close to the website or sign on to our mailing list so that you can be informed as soon as tickets go on sale.

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The NGVWA Annual Spring Lunch raffle (permit 10493/19) was held at the NGV on Tuesday 3 September, and drawn at 2pm.

The winners are:
1st Prize Carol Castricum
2nd Prize Sheryl Coughlin
3rd Prize Susanne de Vienne
4th Prize Sarah Guest

The NGVWA sincerely thanks everyone for purchasing a ticket in this raffle and floral centrepieces created by Flowers Vasette. All proceeds support art acquisition at the NGV.

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David McAllister AM

Born in Perth, David McAllister AM joined The Australian Ballet in 1983 and was promoted to principal artist in 1989. During his time with the company he danced many principal roles including those in The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Coppélia, Manon, La Sylphide, John Cranko’s Onegin and Romeo and Juliet, and Jiří Kylián’s Stepping Stones. In 1985 he won Bronze at the Fifth International Ballet Competition in Moscow.

Throughout his career, David made numerous guest appearances worldwide, dancing with Bolshoi Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, the Georgian State Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre and, in 1992, as part of a Royal Gala performance in London in the presence of the Princess of Wales. In 2000, he completed a Graduate Diploma in Arts and Entertainment Management and in 2001, took his final bow as a dancer. In July of that year, David became Artistic Director of The Australian Ballet. He was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2004 Australia Day Honours List.

Join us for the NGVWA Annual Spring Lunch as David discusses his career, the life of an Australian Ballet principal dancer and the intersection where the performing and visual arts meet.

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