Barbara Hardy interviewed by Lee Christofis [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3960025
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Hardy, Barbara, 1927-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2007
- 1 sound file (ca. 32 min.)
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- Summary:
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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)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Dancers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Christofis, Lee, 1948-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2077 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2007
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