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{{Short description|Australian ballet dancer}}
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'''Stephen Baynes''' (born 1956 in [[Adelaide, South Australia]]) has been Resident Choreographer with [[Australian Ballet Company|The Australian Ballet]] since 1995. He trained with [[Joanne Priest]] and graduated from [[Australian Ballet School|The Australian Ballet School]] in 1975. He has danced with the Australian Ballet (1976–81, 1985 and promoted to Soloist in 1992), the [[Stuttgart Ballet]] (1981–84) and worked with choreographers such as [[Kenneth MacMillan]], [[John Neumeier]], [[William Forsythe (dancer)|William Forsythe]] and [[Hans van Manen]].

He has also created works for [[La Scala]] Ballet, [[Sydney Dance Company]], [[West Australian Ballet]], the [[Queensland Ballet]], [[Pacific Northwest Ballet]] and [[New York City Ballet]]'s Diamond Project.

==Choreography==
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* ''Strauss Songs'' (1986) <ref group=note name="AB">for the [[Australian Ballet]].</ref>
* ''Ballade'' (for The Australian Ballet's 25th Anniversary Choreographic Competition, 1988–1989)
* ''Catalyst'' (1988) <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
* ''Andante'' (1990) <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
* ''Four Reflections of a Quintet'' (1993, The Dancers Company)
* ''Souvenirs'' (1994) <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
* ''Episodes'' (for [[La Scala Theatre Ballet]]) 
* ''Beyond Bach'' <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
* ''Into the Darkness'' (for the [[West Australian Ballet]])
* ''At the edge of night'' <ref group=note>for the Australian Ballet at the [[Melbourne International Arts Festival]].</ref>
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* ''Into Dharma'' (1986, [[Sydney Dance Company]])
* ''Shadow in the Facet'' (1986) <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
* ''1914'' (1997) <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
* ''The Fold'' (1999, The [[Queensland Ballet]])
* ''Lachrimae'' (2000, West Australian Ballet)
* ''Molto Vivace'' (2003) <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
* ''Unspoken dialogues'' (2004, to the music of Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano by [[Alfred Schnittke]]<ref group=note name="AB"></ref><ref>[http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/work.aspx?work=18973&row=1&letter=U& Royal Opera House Collections Online]</ref>
* restaged "''[[Raymonda]]'' (2006) <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
* ''Constant Variants'' (2007) <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
* ''Night Path'' (2008) <ref group=note name="AB"></ref>
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==Awards==
*1988 Qantas Youth Award
*1995 [[Kelvin Coe Memorial Scholarship]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130414091149/http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/80.html Profile of Stephen Baynes at Australia Dancing]}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225164053/http://www.australianballet.com.au/thecompany_residentchoreographers.htm Resident Choreographers at The Australian Ballet] (source of choreography)

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[[Category:Helpmann Award winners]]


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