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Touring tutus, 2001

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Touring tutus, 2001

The Royal New Zealand Ballet's touring tradition was maintained in the 2000s. This poster, for the 2001 tour, shows road signs for some of the 46 cities and towns the company would visit. Shows for these national tours were usually a mixed bag of classical and contemporary pieces.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-DANCE-RNZB-2001-02

Courtesy of Royal New Zealand Ballet

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Jennifer Shennan, Ballet – Beginnings of ballet in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/43122/touring-tutus-2001 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jennifer Shennan, published 22 October 2013.