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==Career==
After graduating from the Australian Ballet School, she was not offered a place with [[The Australian Ballet]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-10/ella-havelka-first-indigenous-dancer-to-join-australian-ballet/7712540|title=Ella Havelka's journey to become Australian Ballet's first Indigenous dancer|work=ABC News|last=Brennan|first=Bridget|date=10 August 2016}}</ref> Therefore, in 2009, she joined [[Bangarra Dance Theatre]], an [[Indigenous Australian]] [[contemporary dance]] company, and made her debut with ''Fire – A Retrospective'', and continued to perform in the company's other productions.<ref name=Ogayar/>
In 2012, Havelka danced [[Stephen Page]]'s ''Warumuk – in the dark night'', a collaboration between Bangarra and [[The Australian Ballet]], in honour of the latter's 50th anniversary. The following year, she joined The Australian Ballet, at the invitation of artistic director [[David McAllister]], making her the first indigenous person to do so.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Akerman |first=Tessa |date=27 August 2016 |title=Role model as crucial as roles for Evie's dream |pages=3 |work=Weekend Australian; Canberra, A.C.T. [Canberra, A.C.T] |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> In 2019, she returned to Bangarra as a guest for its 30th anniversary.<ref name=Ogayar/><ref name=life>{{cite news|url=https://www.dancelife.com.au/ella-havelka-honoured/|title=Ella Havelka Honoured|publisher=DanceLife Australia|date=19 May 2017}}</ref>
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[[Category:Wiradjuri people]]
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[[Category:21st-century Australian dancers]]
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