Former Ararat resident and retired Australian Ballet principal artist Amy Harris will speak at East Grampians Health Service’s fundraising event next month, ‘An Evening with Amy Harris’.

Harris, who started her dance career at the age of three at Rosengreen’s School of Dance in Ararat, progressed to training in the Cecchetti method with Carole Oliver School of Ballet in Ballarat, where she won bronze and silver medals as a Cecchetti scholar.

She successfully auditioned for The Australian Ballet School at the age of 15 in 1999, joining the Australian Ballet in 2002, and was promoted to coryphée in 2007, soloist in 2011, and senior artist in 2012.

Harris won Telstra Ballet Dancer Award in 2012, and Telstra People’s Choice Award in 2008 and 2010, before retiring last year.

East Grampians Health Service auxiliary president Shelley Green said the auxiliary was looking forward to bringing Harris back to Ararat for the event.

“The event will appeal to all ages, whether you are a young dancer starting out, or someone who has watched Amy’s career over the years, hearing from Amy in person promises to be a captivating evening,” she said.

The evening will also include two short performances from Ararat Dance Centre and Dynamic District Dance Studio.

Money raised at the event will go towards specialised patient scales for the health service’s dialysis unit, which will improve the quality of care and enable staff to tailor individual dialysis sessions to the needs of each patient.

‘An Evening with Amy Harris’ will be at Ararat Town Hall at 7pm on Thursday, October 3. Tickets, available from ararattownhall.com.au, at Ararat Visitor Information Centre or phone 1800 657 158, are $30 for adults and $10 for under-18s, and include a drink.

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