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Oft u /, Former Belleville resident Julius Bates is in grade 12 at the National Ballet School in Toronto and is heading for a professional career in ballet., Bates started with the Quinte Dance Centre (now Quinte Ballet School) which inspired him to pur- sue ballet. The local school has a good reputation among ballet insiders throughout Canada.