Ray Powell interviewed by Bill Stephens [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1242501
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Powell, Ray, 1925-2003, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1993
- 4 tape reels (ca. 237 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.
- Summary:
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Powell, a ballet dancer, dancing master and choreographer, reflects on his early life; the Sadler Wells Ballet School; Ninette de Valois; touring during World War II; his long working association with Robert Helpmann; being a character dancer and becoming a principal dancer; the Fonteyn-Nureyev partnership; impressions of Nureyev on his arrival in London; experiences as a production manager; Frederick Ashton; Peggy van Praagh and the foundation of the Australian Ballet; Australian Ballet School; international exchange of dancers; Nureyev's association with the Australian Ballet and his production of Don Quixote; video and choreography; AIDS and the ballet world, repertoire choice and casting; artistic directors of the Australian Ballet; missing an entrance; the strike by Australian Ballet dancers in early 1980s; teaching mime; second generation dancers; and his private life.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at the National Library of Australia, LG1 Studios on 31 May and 1 June 1993.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217159197
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 94 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Stephens, Bill, 1936-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2063 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1993
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