| Bib ID |
3960025 |
| Format |
Audio, Online, Online - Google Books |
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| Online Access |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research, personal copies and public use. |
| Description |
2007.
1 sound file (ca. 32 min.)
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| Technical Details |
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| Summary |
Barbara Hardy talks about her introduction to ballet and the Ballets Russes as a child in Adelaide; watching and participating in Ballets Russes performances and classes; Colonel W. de Basil; her ballet teacher Dorothy Slane; her thoughts on the demolition of the Theatre Royal Adelaide; her life after giving up ballet following the Ballets Russes tour; attending university and her work with the CSIRO; her marriage; her ongoing interest in ballet and dance; family life after the birth of her children; the Hardy family; the history of the Hardy vineyards and the South Australian wine industry; the interests of her mother-in-law Eileen Hardy; her work for the Nature Foundation S.A.; her ongoing involvement with institutions promoting scientific education; the importance of conservation to Australia; further on the Ballets Russes and its dancers.
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| Notes |
Recorded on March 21, 2007 at Seacliffe, S. Aust.
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (2 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 21 leaves) |
| Subjects |
Hardy, Barbara - Interviews. | Hardy family. | Thomas Hardy & Sons - History. | Ballets Russes du Col. W. de Basil. | Ballerinas - South Australia - Interviews. | Wineries - South Australia - History.
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| Occupation |
Dancers. |
| Other authors/contributors |
Christofis, Lee, 1948-
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