Walter Stringer interviewed by Michelle Potter in the Esso Performing Arts collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1577960
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001, 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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- 1994
- 4 sound tape reels : analog, mono. ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Esso Performing Arts collection.
- Summary:
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Stringer, a photographer, speaks of his memory of seeing Scheherazade performed by the Diaghilev Company; his family background; migrating to Australia; retiring from the National Bank; his interest in photography and literature; writing poetry; Lola Montez sonnet; de Basil Company performance, performance of Facade and his first ballet photographs; his relations with Borovansky; New York City Ballet's Prelude; Borovansky and his dancers; his introduction to the Ballet Rambert; taking photographs from the wings; changes in photography; National Theatre Ballet company; Georgian dancers; Melbourne Camera Club; Ringland Anderson's film of the Ballet Russe; photographing Nureyev and Fonteyn; Australian Ballet School productions; his cubist experiments; trade tests with the RAAF; photographs for the Nautilus; working with Graeme Murphy; and ballet evenings.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Jan. 19th, 1994.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217184791
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and corrected transcript (typescript, 35 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Potter, Michelle, 1944-, interviewer
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Esso Performing Arts collection.
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- Until 2064 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1994
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