03294cid a2200409 a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002401900120006503300230007703500170010003500120011704000270012904200090015604300120016510000450017724501350022226000100035730000750036730600110044250601330045351800990058652009030068552006980158853001080228660000520239461000390244661000320248565000480251765000430256565000210260865000430262965600310267265600260270370000360272977300670276583000520283263100320091105115325.0970324s1991 xx nnn t eng 1 a790806410a19910328a19910402 9000007908064 91533881 aANL:ObengcANL:OdANL aanuc au-at---1 aLowe-Henricks, Kathryn,d1938-2005.4ive10aKathryn Lowe-Henricks interviewerd by Shirley McKechnie for the Australian choreographers oral history projecth[sound recording]. c1991. a6 sound tape reels (ca. 360 min.);b7 1/2 ips, 2 track stereo:c10 in. a060000 aAccess open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. aRecorded on Mar. 28, 1991; Apr. 2, 1991 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T. aKathryn Lowe-Henricks, a dancer and arts administrator, speaks about her family background, her early artistic experiences, her initial ballet training; her early academic background; the Little Miss Margaret O'Brian Contest, performing in the film The Unfinished Dance, and performing as a stand-in for Margaret O'Brian. She discusses her early dance training with Bronislava Nijinska, Mia Slavenska, Tatiana Riabouchinska and David Lichine; performing with the San Francisco Opera Ballet, Southern Californian Youth Ballet and the Chicago Ballet; early choreographic influences; and dancing with the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet. She talks about Alvin Ailey; Lester Horton; Agnes de Mille; the New York City Ballet; taking class with Martha Graham; attending the University of California; Ann Roberts; establishing the Kathryn Lowe School of Dance and the Kathryn Lowe Dance Ensemble in California. aLowe-Henricks recalls moving to Australia, working with Shirley McKechnie at Rusden State College, her work as dance officer on the Theatre Board of the Australia Council; the demise of Ballet Victoria; a review into the West Australian Ballet; the North Western Ballet Guild and their funding from the Australia Council; her role in the establishment of a dance in education company model which became TasDance; the establishment of Don Asker's Human Veins Dance Theatre; the Rotherwood project to establish a long-term plan for dance development; the Australia Council convened 1991 Dance Summit; and her perceptions of the future development of the professional dance industry in Australia. aDigital master;bNational Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore collection;dnla.oh-2679-000010aLowe-Henricks, Kathryn,d1938-2005vInterviews.20aAustralian BalletxAdministration.20aAustralian BalletxHistory. 0aArts administratorszAustraliavInterviews. 0aDance teacherszAustraliavInterviews. 0aDance companies. 0aChoreographerszAustraliavInterviews. 7aArts administrators.2lcsh 7aDance teachers.2lcsh1 aMcKechnie, Shirley,d1926-4ivr0 tAustralian choreographers oral history projectw(AuCNL)3919928 0aAustralian choreographers oral history project.