Harold Collins interviewed by Bill Stephens [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2220244
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Collins, Harold, 1942-2011, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies, written permission required from the National Library of Australia for public use.
- Description:
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- 1986, 1991
- 5 tape reels (ca. 305 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, stereo ; 10 in.
- Summary:
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Collins, a choreographer, speaks about his parents and their background in dance; early ballet lessons; Charles Lisner; Royal Ballet School; his adolescence; Lisner Ballet, later the Queensland Ballet; National Ballet of New Zealand; studying and working in America; London Festival Ballet; Margot Fonteyn and other renowned dancers; returning to Australia after the death of his father; Harry Haythorne as Artistic Director at Queensland Ballet; Graeme Murphy; production of Cinderella by Walter Gore; La Sylphide; artistic policies of the Queensland Ballet; the dismissal of Harry Haythorne; appointment as Artistic Director; financial constraints upon artistic integrity; developing the Company's repertoire; works he has choreographed, including Salome.
- Notes:
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- Related biographical information about Collins available.
- Recorded at the National Library of Australia, Canberra on 13 and 15 August 1986, and 12 September 1991.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-198122888
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Transcript available of tapes 1-3 (typescript, 110 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Stephens, Bill, 1936-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2061 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1991
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