03245cim a2200325 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025033001300066040001800079042000900097043001200106100003000118245011000148260001000258300003900268440003400307506009700341518004800438520094100486520113801427555002502565600004302590600003902633610005702672650003602729650004502765651005002810700002802860700003102888330883820051102114328.0050119s2004 xx nnn t eng  a20041211 aANLbengdANL aanuc au-at---1 aMoreno, Alexandra,d1942-10aFolkloric recording with Alexandra Moreno, dancerh[sound recording] /cinterviewer, Alex & Annette Hood. c2004. a1 digital audio tape (ca. 65 min.) 0aAlex Hood folklore collection aAccess open for research, written permission is required for personal copies and public use. aRecorded on Dec. 11, 2004 at Brighton, Qld. aAlexandra Moreno, born Qld., in 1942, speaks about her parents and their background; growing up in Caloundra, Qld.; her parents splitting up after the war; mother became a painter and later a conservationist; mother taking her to Scotland at age of 6; beginning dance classes in Dunkeld, Scotland, Boarding school in Dunkeld studying dance, dance drama; seeing ballet and musicals in London; the move to Nairobi, Kenya at age 7 (1949); stories of Mau Mau Uprising; the flight back home to help sick grandmother; the many stops "setting the stage" for a life of travel; Mt. Pleasant, Qld.; Beryl Kennedy; meeting up with her father in Melbourne; more on her father, a colonel in the army; her early childhood; beginning her formal dance training in Nambour; her early story writing, influenced by seeing Borovansky Ballet; her high school experiences, leaving school at end of first year, to go to Brisbane for full time dance classes. aMoreno talks about attending Patrica MacDonald's School; dancing in a show in Melbourne (1958); how her education began when she left school; J.C. Williamsons and Elizabethan Theatre; Betty Pounder (ballet mistress); going to auditions and being selected for the touring show when sixteen years old; Bill Gill; her part in "My Fair Lady", for two years; going to Paris to continue her studies; "Wacare School"; going to Spain with her mother; her love for Spain; her two daughters, both born in Australia; her travels through Spain, the language and her experiences there; her love for Spanish dance and the life and culture of Spain; dance classes in Alicante, Spain; her successes in 1980 as a dancer in Spain; later, working in Qld. and Northern Territory, with Arts Councils, performing Flamenco dances for school children; going back and forth to Spain (1970's); a Medieval Dance Concert, choreographed by Alberto Torres; Maurice Chevalier; the cessation of her performances; the "Meanjin Dance Theatre"; going on a successful tour of Ireland and Papua New Guinea; her stories and research; Tom Petrie; her Spanish Dance School.0 aTimed summary (5 p.)10aMoreno, Alexandra,d1942-vInterviews.10aMoreno, Alexandra,d1942-xTravel.20aMeanjin Dance Theatre (Paddington, N.S.W.)xHistory. 0aDancerszAustraliavInterviews. 0aFlamenco dancerszAustraliavInterviews. 0aSpainxSocial life and customsy20th century.1 aHood, Alex,d1935-4ivr1 aHood, Annette,d1948-4ivr