| Bib ID |
2220244 |
| Format |
Audio, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. |
| Description |
1986, 1991.
5 tape reels (ca. 300 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.
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| Summary |
Collins, a choreographer, speaks about his parents and their background in dance; early ballet lessons; Charles Lisner; Royal Ballet School; his adolescence; Lisner Ballet, later the Queensland Ballet; National Ballet of New Zealand; studying and working in America; London Festival Ballet; Margot Fonteyn and other renowned dancers; returning to Australia after the death of his father; Harry Haythorne as Artistic Director at Queensland Ballet; Graeme Murphy; production of Cinderella by Walter Gore; La Sylphide; artistic policies of the Queensland Ballet; the dismissal of Harry Haythorne; appointment as Artistic Director; financial constraints upon artistic integrity; developing the Company's repertoire; works he has choreographed, including Salome.
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| Notes |
Related biographical information about Collins available.
Recorded at the National Library of Australia, Canberra on 13 and 15 August 1986, and 12 September 1991.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Transcript available of tapes 1-3 (typescript, 110 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Collins, Harold, - 1942- - Interviews. | Queensland Ballet. | Ballet dancers - Australia - Interviews. | Choreographers - Australia - Interviews.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Stephens, Bill, 1936-
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