01843cim a2200301 a 450000100070000000500170000700700150002400800410003901900120008003300130009203500170010503500120012204000180013404300120015210000310016424500850019526000170028030000610029730600110035850601330036951800510050252007540055355500710130760000440137865000430142265000430146570000330150876164220090603110211.0st omncmainnbu910910s1989 xx nnn t eng 1 a76522281 a19890801 9000007652228 91923393 aANLbengdANL au-at---1 aMcKechnie, Shirley,d1926-10aInterview with Shirley McKechnieh[sound recording] /cinterviewer, Mark Gordon. c1989 Aug. 1. a9 tape reels (ca. 300 min.) :b7 1/2 ips, mono. ;c7 in. a050000 aAccess open for research; written permission required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. aRecorded in Apollo Bay, Vic. on 1 August 1989. aMcKechnie speaks of her family background, early life and dance lessons at the Studio of Creative Dance in Melbourne. She discusses the influence of Daisy Purneza, use of live music during lessons, her dance school at Beaumaris and teaching methods. She speaks of the formation of the Australian Contemporary Dance Theatre in 1963; the influence of Bodenwieser, developing her Company's repertoire and University of New England summer schools in 1969, 1974 and 1976. She talks about Peggy van Praagh, Graeme Murphy, studying overseas in 1974, her appointment as senior tutor in 1975 at Rusden and developing the degree course. She discusses her visit to Canada in 1978, arts funding, and the recording of 'Perspectives', an ABC arts program in 1969.0 aSummary (9 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 161 leaves)10aMcKechnie, Shirley,d1926-vInterviews. 0aChoreographerszAustraliavInterviews. 0aDance teacherszAustraliavInterviews.1 aGordon, Mark V.,d1956-4ivr