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Some choreographers have translated traditional stories into Australian settings. Graeme Murphy’s Nutcracker made for the Australian Ballet in 1992 celebrates Australia’s migrant history and the impact of the Russian Ballet tours of the 1930s.

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Don McMurdo (1930–2001)
Miranda Coney and Greg Horsman in Graeme Murphy’s Nutcracker, the Australian Ballet, 1992
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