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{{short description|Australian ballet dancer}}
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{{Infobox dancer
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| name = Ella Havelka
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1989}}
| birth_place = [[Dubbo]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
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| education = [[Australian Ballet School]]
| occupation = ballet dancer
| years_active = 2009–present
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| website = {{URL|https://www.ellahavelka.com/}}
| current_group = [[The Australian Ballet]]
| former_groups = [[Bangarra Dance Theatre]]
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'''Ella Havelka''' (born 1989)<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/wentworth-courier/australias-first-indigenous-ballet-dancers-story-brought-to-life-on-silver-screen/news-story/0b5698466c1ba5b31295ac2787b3846c|title=Australia's first indigenous ballet dancer's story brought to life on silver screen|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|last1=Mitchell|first1=Melissa|last2=Courier|first2=Wentworth|date=21 November 2016}}</ref> is an Australian ballet dancer who is the first [[Indigenous Australian|Indigenous]] person to join [[The Australian Ballet]].
==Early life==
Havelka was born in [[Dubbo]], [[New South Wales]], and is a descendant of the [[Wiradjuri]] people. She was raised by a single mother.<ref name=telegraph/> She started ballet at a local studio after she watched a video of ''[[Swan Lake]]''.<ref name=Ogayar>{{cite news|url=https://dancemagazine.com.au/2020/07/aware-of-the-journey-ella-havelka-leaps-from-the-australian-ballet-to-bangarra-dance-theatre-and-back-again/|title=Aware of the journey: Ella Havelka leaps from The Australian Ballet to Bangarra Dance Theatre and back again|magazine=Dance Informa|last=Ogayar|first=Renata|date=July 2020}}</ref><ref name=Verass>{{cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/08/05/dubbo-documentary-wiradjuri-ballet-dancer-ella-havelka-has-groundbreaking-story-1|title=From Dubbo to Documentary: Wiradjuri ballet dancer Ella Havelka's groundbreaking story
|publisher=National Indigenous Television|last=Verass|first=Sophie|date=5 August 2016}}</ref> At age 15, Havelka and her mother moved to Melbourne to train at the [[Australian Ballet School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ellahavelka.com/about|title=About|website=Ella Havelka|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=10 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710070353/https://www.ellahavelka.com/about|url-status=dead}}</ref> and graduated in 2007.<ref name=telegraph/>
==Career==
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>
Havelka was the subject of the [[documentary film]] ''[[Ella (film)|Ella]]'', which premiered at the [[Melbourne International Film Festival]] in 2016.<ref name=Verass/> In 2018, arranged by the Australian Consulate-General, she visited [[Nouméa]], [[New Caledonia]] for [[NAIDOC]] (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://australianconsulatenoumea.embassy.gov.au/nmea/Naidoc2018Ella.html|title=Because of her, we can – the inspiring story of Australian ballerina Ella Havelka|website=Australian Consulate-General in Noumea}}</ref>
Outside of dancing, Havelka learnt [[weaving]] when a production requires her to weave her own mat, she later started making and selling Aboriginal woven baskets to raise funds for [[Oxfam Australia]]. She also makes jewellery and [[linocut]]s.<ref name=life/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/art-and-design/ella-havelkas-woven-magic|title=Ella Havelka's Woven Magic|website=Broadsheet|last=Albert|first=Jane|date=28 January 2014}}</ref>
==Awards==
Havelka won the [[deadly Award]] dancer of the year in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadlys.com.au/about/winners-2013/|title=2013 Deadly Awards Winners|website=Deadly Awards}}</ref> and the Women of Style Award in 2017.<ref name=life/>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.ellahavelka.com
* [https://australianballet.com.au/artist/ella-havelka Australian Ballet profile]
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[[Category:Dancers of the Australian Ballet]]
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[[Category:Indigenous Australian dancers]]
[[Category:Wiradjuri people]]
[[Category:21st-century ballet dancers]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian dancers]]
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