01912cac a2200313 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025019001300066035001700079035001200096035001200108040001300120043001200133245009500145260001600240300001000256351003800266500005000304544020900354545068900563555002601252600004601278650004201324650003201366710003501398830004401433830005101477856007001528265738520090811155844.0010925m19411944xx ac f 000 0deng d1 a23001047 9000023001047 93084454 a2657385 aKINbeng au-at---00a[Kirsova Ballet : theatre programmes, ephemera held at the National Library of Australia]. c[1941-1944] a1 box aOrganised in chronological order. aFiled in the PROMPT Collection under Kirsova.0 aAssociated Ballets Russes material from PROMPT collection available through Petherick Reading Room includingaassociated non-print materials available through the Oral History and Pictorial Reading Rooms. aHelene 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 1962.8 aHoldings list (10 p.)10aKirsova, HelenexPerformanceszAustralia. 0aBallet companieszAustraliaxHistory. 0aBalletzAustraliaxHistory.2 aNational Library of Australia. 0aAustralian ephemera collection (PROMPT) 0aAustralian performing arts collection (PROMPT)42a3Holdings listuhttp://www.nla.gov.au/collect/prompt/kirsova.html