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Bennetts originally danced with William Forsythe who, in 1989, invited her to join his company at Ballett Frank- furt as a coach. She also took over teaching and organising rehearsals and their strong association has continued down the years. Apart from staging For- sythe works, Bennetts travels the world teaching and con- Perth Mint Australia Vintage sulting for arts organisations. Travel Poster Coin After Perth, she returns to VEINOPLUS V.I. Berlin for ve days before TICKETS heading for Seattle in the Taste Bud Tours US where she will help stage The Fabulous Beatle Boys three Forsythe works for the La Soiree Paci c Northwest Ballet Company. “I guess I’m part of a team Like us on facebook involved with Forsythe’s works. At any one point, there are at least three or WA's longest running newspaper four of his productions be- for the over 45s ing staged somewhere in the world. In Seattle, it is a full Visit www.haveagonews.com.au evening so it will be me and several other people putting HAGN#046/275 things together. In that ca- pacity, I’m more like a pro- ducer.” Bennetts says she enjoys the extensive travel her job demands and lists travel, cooking, languages – apart from English she speaks Food for Life Zip Zap Zoom, WA Ballet’s rst performance of their Quarry Amphitheatre 2015 season German, French, Italian and some Dutch – theatre and seeing the Berlin Philhar- by Josephine Allison stage with Steptext, a quartet this ballet is very nuanced, mosphere and reaction.” monic perform as well as for a woman and three men drawn out in some places and Though she has lived and attending theatre in German. PERTH audiences are in for originally made in 1985. The very fast in others.” worked in Europe in an il- Will she ever return to a treat this month when the WA Ballet cast includes Flor- Bennetts says Steptext fo- lustrious career spanning Australia? WA Ballet brings a quartet of ence Leroux-Coleno, Chris- cuses on three men vying for almost 40 years, Bennetts “Maybe one day; I don’t ballets to the magical outdoor tian Luck, Christopher Hill a young woman’s affection has strong connections here.