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Barbara Hardy interviewed by Lee Christofis [sound recording]
Bib ID 3960025
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline
Author
Hardy, Barbara, 1927-
 
Online Access
Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 2007. 
1 sound file (ca. 32 min.) 
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.

Notes

Recorded on March 21, 2007 at Seacliffe, S. Aust.

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.
Occupation Dancers.
Other authors/contributors Christofis, Lee, 1948-

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