| Bib ID |
2657385 |
| Format |
Book, Online - Google Books |
Related Online
Resources |
http://www.nla.gov.au/collect/prompt/kirsova.html |
| Description |
[1941-1944]
1 box
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| Series |
Australian ephemera collection (PROMPT) Australian performing arts collection (PROMPT)
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| Biography/History |
Helene Kirsova born Ellen Wittrup in Denmark, came to Australia in 1936 as one of the premier dancers of the Colonel W. de Basil's Monte Carlo Russian Ballet tour 1936-1937. She returned to England with the company but returned early in 1938 when she married Erik Fischer. She established a ballet school developing local Australian dancers as well as engaging other dancers from the de Basil companies who remained in Australia. She formed her own company in 1941 which was based in Sydney. The company successfully toured Australia however disbanded in 1944 following its Brisbane season. She returned to Europe in 1947 and lived in Paris with her second husband. She died in 1962. |
| Notes |
Filed in the PROMPT Collection under Kirsova.
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| Related Material |
Associated Ballets Russes material from PROMPT collection available through Petherick Reading Room including associated non-print materials available through the Oral History and Pictorial Reading Rooms. |
| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Holdings list (10 p.) |
| Subjects |
Kirsova, Helene - Performances - Australia. | Ballet companies - Australia - History. | Ballet - Australia - History.
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| Other Authors |
National Library of Australia
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