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[Interview with Kelvin Coe, dancer and dance teacher] [sound recording] / [Interviewer: Michelle Potter]
Bib ID 2783368
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline
Author Coe, Kelvin, 1946-1992
Online Versions http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn2783368
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1992. 
3 tape reels : 7 1/2 ips, mono. ; 7 in. 
Series Esso Performing Arts Collection. 
Summary

Coe speaks about his parents; his childhood in North Melbourne; early dance classes; joining the Australian Ballet as an apprentice at age 16; influence of Erik Bruhn, Peggy Van Praagh and Rudolph Nureyev; partnering Marilyn Rowe; dancing in Russia; performing with the London Festival Ballet; dancers strike in 1981; working with Graeme Murphy and the Sydney Dance Company; working for the Australian Opera; teaching at the Australian Ballet School; AIDS; the effect of ballet and dance videos upon the technique of young dancers.

Notes

Transcript available (typescript, 34 leaves)

Working duplicate and cassette copies made.

Lending copy: 2 cassettes.

Part of a collection of oral history interviews produced by the Esso Performing Arts and Oral History Archive Project, funded by Esso Australia at the National Library of Australia.

Recorded at Farifield Hospital, Melbourne, Vic. on 1 May 1992.

Also available online via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.oh-vn2783368

Subjects Coe, Kelvin, - 1946-1992 - Interviews.  |  Australian Ballet - History.  |  Ballet dancers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Dancers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Dance teachers - Australia - Interviews.
Other Authors Potter, Michelle, 1944-  |  National Library of Australia  |  Esso Australia  |  Esso Performing Arts and Oral History Archive Project
Details Collect From
ORAL TRC 2807 Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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