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Papers of Ruth Galene, circa 2006 [manuscript]
Bib ID 5465407
Format ManuscriptManuscript
Author
Galene, Ruth, 1929-
 
Access Conditions Available for research. Not for loan. 
Description [ca. 2006] 
0.03 m. (1 packet) 
Summary

MS Acc10.140 comprises photocopies, compiled ca. 2006, of correspondence, newspaper cuttings, photographs and other documents relating to Ruth Galene's career, including her development of the Australian contemporary dance training system "Dance dynamics", and her work as director of Red Opal Dance Theatre (1 packet).

Biography/History

Ballet dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. Ruth Galene emigrated to Australia as a young child, arriving with her parents from Berlin. In Sydney she studied expressive dancing at the Gertrud Bodenwieser school and then classical ballet with a range of teachers. Galene danced briefly with the Borovansky Ballet and then joined Ballet Rambert during its Australian tour of 1947-1949. She left Australia with Ballet Rambert when the company returned to England.

In England Galene studied with Vera Volkova before joining the Roland Petit company in Paris and then, after studies with Victor Gsovsky, the Marquis de Cuevas company. On her return to Australia in the early 1950s Galene danced with the Melbourne-based National Theatre Ballet and then became involved in teaching and composition and choreographed some dance works for Ballet Australia in the 1960s. She developed her own system of dance training called "Dance dynamics", directing the Red Opal Dance Theatre (originally the Yongala Ballet and then the New Dance Theatre).

Notes

Manuscript reference no.: MS Acc10.140.

Some photocopies.

Related Material Portrait of Ruth Galene, 1971; Located at; National Library of Australia Pictures collection PIC/8160 LOC Box PIC/8160.  Interview with Ruth Galene, choreographer; Located at; National Library of Australia Oral History collection ORAL TRC 3940. 
Subjects Galene, Ruth, - 1929- - Archives.  |  Red Opal Dance Theatre - Employees - Archives.  |  Ballet dancers - Australia - Archives.  |  Choreographers - Australia - Archives.  |  Women choreographers - Australia - Archives.  |  Dance - Australia.  |  Dance companies - New South Wales - Sydney.  |  Dance - Study and teaching - New South Wales - Sydney.
Occupation Ballet dancers.  |  Choreographers.  |  Dance teachers.
Terms of Use Copying of Ruth Galene's copyright material permitted for research purposes. 

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