Mary Stirling is the long-time wardrobe manager at the West Australian Ballet.

Krzysztof Pastor is resident choreographer of the Dutch National Ballet. He has created many works for international companies, including a new interpretation of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique for the Australian Ballet’s upcoming double bill 'Destiny' - a tribute to choreographer Leonide Massine.

Frances Rings is artist-in-residence with Bangarra Dance Theatre.

Gina Brescianini is the winner of the 2006 Telstra Ballet Dancer Award. The annual award of $20,000 goes to a member of the Australian Ballet who is chosen out of six dancers nominated by the company.

Mathew Bourne is the choreographer of many imaginative new versions of classical ballets, such as 'The Car Man' ('Carmen'), 'Highland Fling' ('La Sylphide' set in a Glasgow Housing Project),'Cinderella' (set in London during WW2) and 'Nutcracker!' (set in a Dickensian orphanage). He has also choreographed for musicals such as 'Mary Poppins' (now playing on Broadway) and recently created 'Play Without Words', a dance version of Pinter's 'The Servant'...

Bruce Pollack has been the publicist for some of Australia's biggest theatrical events, including shows such as 'Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story', 'Cabaret', 'Cirque du Soleil' and the 'Edinburgh Military Tattoo'. In 2003 he closed his publicity company and formed Pollack Consulting, which covers the full spectrum of entertainment promotion. His company’s most recent campaigns include ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ and the arena production of 'The Boy from Oz'.