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Gailene Stock moved to [[The Royal Ballet School]] in 1999, with her family. She immediately set to work changing the curriculum in order to make the student dancers more employment-ready upon graduation. When she joined, employment rates were around 48% and steadily rose to over 98% during her tenure.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gailene-stock-dancer-and-teacher-who-became-a-successful-if-controversial-director-of-the-royal-ballet-school-9318480.html|title=Dancer and teacher who became a successful, if controversial, Director of the Royal Ballet School|publisher=The Independent|location=London, UK|first=Martin|last=Childs|date=2 May 2014|accessdate=3 May 2014}}</ref>
She opened the doors to students from all over the world, which angered many of the establishment within the English ballet.<ref name="brisbanetimes"/> Over her 15 years, she oversaw the splendid refurbishments of the school's junior and senior sections, achieving a much-praised move of the Royal Ballet School's senior section from dowdy [[Chiswick]] premises to an award-winning conversion next to the [[Royal Opera House]] in Covent Garden, and upgrading the younger section's accommodation in [[White Lodge]], [[Richmond Park]].<ref name="brisbanetimes">{{cite news|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/obituaries/gailene-stock-resilient-dancer-overcame-injuries-illhealth-and-insults-all-the-way-to-the-top-20140501-zr2e2.html|title=Resilient dancer overcame injuries, ill-health and insults, all the way to the top|
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