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Keith Bain interviewed by Shirley McKechnie for the Australian choreographers oral history project [sound recording]
Bib ID 2284056
Format AudioAudio
Author Bain, Keith
Access Conditions Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1990 Nov. 18. 
5 tape reels (ca. 150 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 7 in. 
Series Australian choreographers oral history project. 
Summary

Bain, dancer and choreographer, speaks about the effect of Bodenweiser's death in 1959; the Katherine Dunham Company; the new Boderweiser studio; the students; his teaching methods; Ballet Australia; the influence of visiting American dance companies; teaching movement to actors; teaching at the National Institute of the Dramatic Arts (NIDA); Armidale summer schools; current dance training techniques; his involvement with the International Theatre Institute; One Extra Company; Australian audiences and critics; his own feelings towards dance.

Notes

Part of a series of interviews by Shirley McKechnie with Australian choreographers.

Recorded in Sydney on 18 November 1990.

Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;

Index/Finding Aid Note Uncorrected transcript (typescript, 66 leaves) 
Subjects Bain, Keith - Interviews.  |  Choreographers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Dance teachers - Australia - Interviews.
Other Authors McKechnie, Shirley, 1926-
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