| Bib ID |
2420420 |
| Format |
Audio, Online - Google Books |
| Author |
Hammond, Paul, 1922-
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| Access Conditions |
Access to transcript open for research; written permission required for research use of tapes and written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. |
| Description |
1989.
11 tape reels (ca. 480 min) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, mono ; 7 in.
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| Series |
Esso Performing Arts Collection
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| Summary |
Hammond speaks of his childhood and education; interest in de Basils touring Russian ballets; dance lessons from Helene Kirsova and Mischa Burlahov whilst at school and later when working as a bank clerk; experiences dancing with the newly formed Kirsova ballet; Kirsova's technique and philosophies; ballet in Australia in the 1930s and 1940s; experiences with Borovansky Ballet Company and J.C. Williamson organization; Borovansky's ideas on dance; working with Sir Robert Helpmann in the film the Red Shoes; experiences with the Metropolitan Ballet in England and the Brussels Opera; returning to Australia and rejoining Borovansky Ballet; the founding of the Australian Ballet; and his work as a choreographer, teacher and archivist.
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| Notes |
Transcript includes photographs.
Part of a collection of oral history interviews produced by the Esso Performing Arts and Oral History Archive Project.
Recorded in South Melbourne, Victoria, on February 21 and 22.
User access copy made.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Transcript (typescript, 148 p.) |
| Subjects |
Hammond, Paul, - 1922- - Interviews. | Kirsova Australian Ballet - History. | Australian Ballet - History. | Ballet dancers - Australia - Biography. | Ballet dancers - Australia - Interviews.
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| Other Authors |
Potter, Michelle, 1944- | Gordon, Mark V., 1956- | National Library of Australia | Esso Australia | Esso Performing Arts and Oral History Archive Project
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