Paul Hammond interviewed by Mark Gordon in the Esso Performing Arts collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2420420
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hammond, Paul, 1922-2010, interviewee
- 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:
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- 1989
- 11 tape reels (ca. 480 min) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 tracks, mono ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Esso Performing Arts collection
- Summary:
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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.
- Notes:
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- 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.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript (typescript, 148 p.)
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1989
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