Valrene Tweedie interviewed by Michelle Potter in the Esso Performing Arts Collection [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1160479
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Tweedie, Valrene, 1925-2008, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1988 Nov. 7
- 4 tape reels (ca. 148 min) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono ; 7 in.
- Series:
- Esso Performing Arts Collection.
- Summary:
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Tweedie speaks of her childhood, her early dance training with Mischa Burlakov and Louise Lightfoot and later with Leon Kellaway, joining de Basils Russian Ballet company, ballet in Australia in the 1940's; dancers in the de Basil Company, experiences touring North and South America during the 1940's, joining companies and performances in the Americas, returning to Australia in the early 1950's, experiences with the National Theatre Ballet, taking over the Australian Academy of Ballet, experiences teaching and choreographing for the Elizabethan Opera Ballet; and the funding of the experimental dance group Ballet Australia.
- Notes:
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- Transcript includes photographs.
- Part of a collection of oral history interviews produced by the Esso Performing Arts and Oral History Archive Project.
- Recorded in Sydney on November 7, 1988.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216542708
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available (81 p.). Timed summary available.
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- Until 2058 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1988
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