Tatiana Riabouchinska as the First Young Girl (front left on floor), Paul Petroff as Pierrot (front left leaning forward), and artists of the company, in Papillons, Covent Garden Russian Ballet, Australian tour, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, November 1938 [picture] / Hugh P. Hall
- Bib ID:
- 4194049
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Hall, Hugh P
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1938
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.8 x 24.6 cm.
- Series:
- Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1938-1940.
- Summary:
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One of a collection of photographs taken by Hugh P. Hall of 28 ballet productions performed by the Covent Garden Russian Ballet (toured Australia 1938-1939) and the Original Ballet Russe (toured Australia 1939-1940). These are the second and third of the three Ballets Russes companies which toured Australasia between 1936 and 1940. The photographs were taken from the auditorium during a live performance in His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne and mounted on cardboard for display purposes. For conservation and storage, the photographs have been demounted. The original arrangement of the photographs has been recorded, and details are available from the Pictures Branch of the National Library.
- Credits:
- Choreography by Michel Fokine ; scenery designed and executed by Mstislav Doboujinsky ; costumes by Léon Bakst.
- Notes:
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- Condition: fair. Silvering.
- From: Papillons (The butterflies) : ballet in one act / music by Robert Schumann, arranged by N. Tcherepnine.
- Inscription: "U12".
- Part of the collection: Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1938-1940.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144880759
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This belongs to the Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1938-1940.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1938
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