Joan Halliday interviewed by Valerie Lawson [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4556309
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Halliday, Joan, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research. Written permission is required for personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2009
- 1 sound file (ca. 108 min.)
- Summary:
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Joan Halliday born in Melbourne, talks about moving to Brisbane aged 6; her family background; her father's influence on his daughters to become dancers; her early education; her early days at Phyllis Danaher's Ballet School, Brisbane; her love of ballet; schooling with enclosed order of nuns; her decision to move to Sydney to train at ballet school of Helene Kirsova; Kirsova's method of training, formation of her company, repertoire including her own ballets, costumes, wages and venues of her company; the formation of Borovansky Ballet; Warwick Fairfax's backing of company; the end of Kirsova's company and her return to Denmark; auditioning for Borovansky and acceptance; Borovansky's personality and manner; Tamara Tchinarova; dancing in Theatre Royal in Hobart; travelling to New Zealand; Peter Finch; break in the continuation of Borovansky Ballet; Dancing Years and Gay Rosalinda productions; the repertoire and popularity of Borovansky Ballet.
Halliday discusses her audition for Ballet Rambert; Marie Rambert and her repertoire; teaching ballet, concerts, building up student numbers; formation of Sydney Ballet Group; choreography for the group by Joan and others; ballet competitions; Borovansky auditions at Halliday studio; trips to the United Kingdom, gaining an advanced teaching certificate in London to become RAD Majors Examiner; establishment and activities of Ballet Australia; Peggy van Praagh; raising money for scholarship students, personalities, attributes and careers of students; development of suburban ballet schools in Sydney; Monica Halliday; establishing studio in Holt Street, Surry Hills; closure of Halliday's permanent studio; summer ballet schools; retirement; becoming a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Dance; winning Australian Dance Award; gaining an Order of Australia (OAM); visiting Europe; highlights of ballet life, favourite ballets and ballet companies.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on February 6, 2009 at Hunters Hill, N.S.W.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 96 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lawson, Valerie, 1943-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2079 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2009
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