Francois Klaus is a former ballet dancer, a choreographer, Artistic
Director, and ballet teacher. Klaus was Artistic Director of Queensland
Ballet from 1998 to the end of 2012, after a stellar ballet career in
Europe - Geneva Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Hamburg Ballet. His
choreography portfolio contains over one hundred original and reworked
ballets.
He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the arts particularly through the Queensland Ballet.