Biography

Born in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, she undertook her early training in Australia, and later at the Royal Ballet School

Royal Ballet School

The Royal Ballet School is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the Royal Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in London...

. She returned to Australia in 1970, quickly rising to Resident Principal Dancer with the Australian Ballet.

She is particularly noted for her partnerships with Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev was a Russian dancer, considered one of the most celebrated ballet dancers of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women.In 1961 he...

, first in the Nutcracker while with the Royal Ballet, and subsequently in the role of Kitri in Don Quixote

Don Quixote (ballet)

Don Quixote is a ballet originally staged in four acts and eight scenes, based on an episode taken from the famous novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus and was first presented by the Ballet of the...

for the Australian Ballet.

Currently she teaches in Perth, Australia

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

 at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts , Edith Cowan University was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition comparable to the highest calibre of national and international training benchmarks to be able to meet industry needs around the globe.The school is located in the...

 (WAAPA) and the Perth School of Ballet in Osborne Park.

Personal

Lucette Aldous married Maurice Evelyn Forbes Fitzmaurice, a barrister, in 1960. They divorced in 1973. She later married fellow artist Alan Alder

Alan Alder

Alan Alder is an Australian ballet dancer and ballet teacher.After training that included a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School, twelve months with the Covent Garden Opera Ballet and touring internationally as soloist with Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, Alder returned to Australia in 1963 and...

. They have a daughter, Fleur Alder, who is also a dancer.

External links

• http://www.australiadancing.org/subjects/77.html
• Archive film of Lucette Aldous dancing Gala Performance in 1959 at Jacob's Pillow