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Robert Helpmann interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]
Bib ID 818756
Format AudioAudio, OnlineOnline
Author
Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986
 
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Access Conditions Access open for research, personal copies and public use. 
Description 1974 May 27. 
1 sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.) 
Series

Hazel de Berg collection ; DeB 773

Summary

Sir Robert Helpmann, artistic director of the Australian Ballet, speaks of his ballet "Perisynthyon" ; his use of the lighting effects in the theatre ; the film of the ballet "Don Quixote" ; about joining the Vic-Wells Ballet in 1932 ; his beginnings as an actor ; his career as an artistic director ; Helpmann speaks of his childhood in Mount Gambier and Adelaide ; his dancing partnership with Margot Fonteyn ; and the Australian Ballet.

Notes

Recorded on 27 May 1974 at Sydney, N.S.W.

Also available online via the Internet at: http:/­/­nla.gov.au/­nla.oh-vn818756

Index/Finding Aid Note Transcript available (21 p.) 
Subjects Helpmann, Robert, - Sir, - 1909-1986 - Interviews.  |  Australian Ballet.  |  Actors - Australia - Interviews.  |  Dancers - Australia - Interviews.
Other authors/contributors De Berg, Hazel, 1913-1984

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