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Interview with Marilyn Rowe, Director Australian Ballet School [sound recording] / interviewer, Michelle Potter
Bib ID 875256
Format AudioAudio
Author
Rowe, Marilyn, 1946-
 
Access Conditions Tapes 1, 3 and 4: Written permission required for research and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee; copying of material not permitted. Tape 2: Closed until March 24, 2033. 
Description 2003 
4 digital audio tapes (ca. 143 min.) 
Summary

Marilyn Rowe discusses her career as a dancer. She talks about joining the Australian Ballet School and her transition to the Australian Ballet, her partners in particular Kelvin Coe and John Meeehan, and her teachers including Dame Margaret Scott, Leon Kellaway and Betty Pounder. She speaks about Peggy van Praagh as artistic director of the company and reflects on some of the company's repertoire. Works she speaks in particular about include Gemini and The Merry Widow. Rowe goes on to talk about Anne Woolliams as artistic director and also about her own time as ballet director prior to the appointment of Maina Gielgud. She speaks at length throughout the interview of her position as director of the Australian Ballet School and gives her aspirations for the future of the school.

Notes

Recorded on 24 March 2003 in Melbourne.

Subjects Rowe, Marilyn, - 1946- - Interviews.  |  Australian Ballet School.  |  Ballet dancers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Dance teachers - Australia - Interviews.  |  Ballet - Australia.
Occupation Ballet dancers.  |  Dance teachers.
Other authors/contributors Potter, Michelle, 1944-

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