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Stephen Baynes interviewed by Michelle Potter [sound recording]
Bib ID 2335211
Format AudioAudio
Author
Baynes, Stephen, 1956-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. 
Description 1995. 
2 digital audio tapes (60 and 90 min.) 
Summary

Stephen Baynes, dancer and choreographer, speaks about his early childhood in Adelaide, his early interest in music and how his involvement in ballet from age 14 made school increasingly irrelevant. He discusses his perpetual love of acting and opera, how he convinced his father to let him do ballet, the influence of his first teacher, Joanne Priest who insisted on a broad grounding in the arts, and her association with Peggy van Praagh and the Australian Ballet. He talks about how ballet has outgrown its classical context and how he sees himself as a choreographer,

Notes

Recorded on Dec. 7th, 1995 in Sydney.

Index/Finding Aid Note Corrected transcript available (typescript, [68] leaves) includes index: leaf [68]. 
Subjects Baynes, Stephen, - 1956- - Interviews.  |  Choreographers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Dancers - Australia - Interviews.
Other authors/contributors Potter, Michelle, 1944-

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    ORAL TRC 3378
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    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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    Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)

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