03724cim a22004097a 4500001000800000005001700008006001900025007001500044008004100059033002300100035001200123040001800135042000900153043002100162100003700183245006900220260001000289300003300299306001100332506006200343518005100405520120300456520108101659538002802740555007702768600004402845610007302889610003202962650003202994650004303026650003703069650003003106656002603136656002203162700003403184856009603218589408420191204134411.0m h cr|nnannn||n|n120418s2012 xx nnnn s t eng 10a20120409a20120410 a5894084 aANLbengdANL aanuc au-at---ae-uk-en1 aStock, Gailene,d1946-2014.4ive10aGailene Stock interviewed by Michelle Potterh[sound recording]. c2012. a3 sound files (ca. 249 min.) a040853 aAccess open for research, personal copies and public use. aRecorded on 9-10 April 2012 in Melbourne, Vic. aGailene Stock speaks about her family background; taking up dancing as a young child; her schooling; contracting poliomyelitis as a child; her hospital experiences; the Sister Kenny method; treatment and financial implications; her car accident and its implications; resuming her dance training, Paul Hammond; ballet exams; auditioning for the Australian Ballet, being offered a contract; changing her name; her previous training in the Cecchetti method; Dame Ninette de Valois; Margaret Scott's classes; taking up a bursary offered by the Royal Academy of Dance (London); passing Advanced and Solo Seal ballet exams of the Royal Academy of Dance; living in London and conditions; classes and teachers at the Royal Ballet School; training and performing in Europe; Rosella Hightower; injuries; rejoining the Australian Ballet in Nice (1965); changes to her dancing style; tours to NZ by the Australian Ballet in the 1960s; the recurrence of her polio symptoms; her sisters and their careers and families; her marriage to Gary Norman; becoming a soloist and her roles; performing in Russia; Antony Tudor; John Butler; resigning from the Australian Ballet, Robert Helpmann's reaction; Rudolf Nureyev. aStock discusses joining the Royal Ballet of Canada and highlights; joining the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, her roles; returning to Australia to join the Australian Ballet; Anne Woolliams; Marilyn Jones; taking on the directorship of the National Theatre Ballet School; ballet syllabi; taking on the directorship of the Australian Ballet School; teachers and students at the School during her directorship; Maina Gielgud; Erik Bruhn's productions in Canada; being offered the job as director of the Royal Ballet School and her acceptance; her vision for the school; student accommodation; philanthropic activities and funding arrangements; the syllabus; accreditation for students; their future beyond dance; choreography at the Royal Ballet School; outreach programs at the school; teacher training courses; Mark Annear; choreography; the Royal College of Music; Ross Stretton; her daughter's career in Japan, Paris and London; future directions for her career; her sense of purpose at the Royal Ballet School, recommending her students for positions in companies around the world. aMode of access: Online.0 aTimed summary (6 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 127 leaves)10aStock, Gailene,d1946-2014vInterviews.20aRoyal Ballet School (Great Britain)xProfessional staffvInterviews.20aAustralian BalletxHistory. 0aBalletzAustraliaxHistory. 0aBallet dancerszAustraliavInterviews. 0aExecutiveszEnglandvInterviews. 0aPoliomyelitiszAustralia. 7aBallet dancers.2lcsh 7aExecutives.2lcsh1 aPotter, Michelle,d1944-4ivr40zNational Library of Australia digitised itemuhttp://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-220332643xfulltext