| Bib ID |
1114430 |
| Format |
Manuscript, Online - Google Books |
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| Access Conditions |
Available for reference. Not for loan. |
| Description |
1913-1976.
2 cm (2 folders)
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| Summary |
This collection contains programs and photographs relating to the tour to Australia by Adeline Genée and the Imperial Russian Ballet in 1913; photographs and programs relating to the Australian tour by the Royal Ballet in 1962, which was led by Margot Fonteyn and David Blair; photographs relating to productions of Petrouchka in Australia including that of Ballet Victoria in 1976 and the Australian Ballet in 1970; and photographs of members of the Borovansky Ballet visiting the Adelaide grave of Ballets Russes dancer Mira Dimina. Includes a poem dedicated to Adeline Genée, and a writing folder from the Japan Ballet Association.
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| Biography/History |
Marilyn Rowe was appointed director of the Australian Ballet School in 1999 and was the first graduate of the School to become its director. Prior to this appointment Rowe taught and coached at the School from 1984 and in 1990 was appointed its artistic consultant. In 1965 Rowe was invited by Peggy van Praagh to join the Australian Ballet and was promoted to principal artist in 1970. Marilyn and Kelvin Coe won a silver medal for the most outstanding couple at the Second International Ballet Competition in Moscow in 1973. She played leading roles in Glen Tetley's Gemini, Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow and Andre Prokovsky's Anna Karenina. In 1981 she was appointed associate director of the National Theatre Ballet School, Melbourne and in 1982, following a dancers' strike, was caretaker ballet director of the company while a search was made for a new artistic director. In 1983 she was deputy artistic director to Maina Gielgud. She directed the Australian Ballet School's Dancers Company from 1984 until 1990. |
| Notes |
Manuscript reference no.: MS 9730
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| Subjects |
Genée, Adeline, - 1878-1970 - Portraits. | Rowe, Marilyn, - 1946- - Archives. | Fonteyn, Margot, - 1919-1991 - Portraits. | Genée, Adeline, - 1878-1970. | Australian Ballet School. | Borovansky Ballet. | Dancers - Australia - Archives.
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