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Interview with Steven Heathcote, principal dancer [sound recording] / interviewer, Michelle Potter
Bib ID 3050436
Format AudioAudio
Author
Heathcote, Steven, 1964-
 
Access Conditions Access open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use. 
Description 2003. 
4 digital audio tapes (ca. 223 min.) 
Summary

Steven Heathcote recalls his family background, education and early training in Perth; his scholarship with West Australian Ballet; move to Melbourne to join the Australian Ballet School; his early roles in Spartacus, Beyond Twelve, Equus, Romeo and Juliet; the changing directorship of the Australian Ballet Company and their international tours; his guest appearance with American Ballet Theatre; coaching by Gelsey Kirkaland in Cuba; choreographers, Graeme Murphy, Stanton Welch, Natalie Weir and Jiri Kylian; and his own interest in choreography.

Biography/History Steven Heathcote, is the most senior principal dancer for the Australian Ballet.This interview was recorded at the end of his twentieth year as a dancer with the company, fifteen of those years having been as a principal artist. 
Notes

Recorded on Dec. 4, 2003 at the Sydney Opera House, Sydney, N.S.W.

Index/Finding Aid Note Summary (4 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 80 leaves) 
Subjects Heathcote, Steven, - .1964- - Interviews.  |  Australian Ballet.  |  Ballet dancers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Ballet - Australia - Anecdotes.  |  Dance companies - Australia.
Occupation Ballet dancers
Other Authors Potter, Michelle, 1944-
Details Collect From
ORAL TRC 5049 Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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ORAL TRC 5049 (transcript)
Copy: Transcript
Petherick Reading Room (Oral History)
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