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The Royal Ballet tour of Australia, 1958: the launch of a photographer’s career and the debut of a swan

November 29, 2012 – 7:36 am

Lynn Seymour, Royal Ballet, 1958, photo Norm Danvers, courtesy State Library of NSW, Mitchell Library, Australian Photographic Agency - 05948

Today, when a ballet company goes on an international tour, the dancers are lucky to spend a couple of weeks

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Helpmann: “I like to be head of everything”

August 23, 2012 – 10:32 am

Katharine Hepburn and Robert Helpmann at Kingsford Smith Airport, 1955, Australian Photographic Agency, courtesy State Library of NSW, call number - 00175

His first and most adoring fan was his mother. One day she found a pile of old newspapers on the

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The Fonteyn Follies of ’62

March 31, 2012 – 12:22 pm

Front row, l to r: Ronald Emblen, Annette Page, Bryan Ashbridge. Back row, l to r: Margot Fonteyn, Brian Shaw, Maryon Lane, David Blair

With the men in miniscule swimming costumes, and the women dressed modestly in summer shirts and cotton trousers, Margot Fonteyn

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Helpmann’s last move on the chessboard

April 24, 2011 – 1:09 pm

Robert Helpmann as the Red King

In 1986, Robert Helpmann was in hospital suffering from emphysema when the Australian Ballet’s artistic director, Maina Gielgud, and ballet

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De Valois, the black queen

March 9, 2011 – 10:23 am

Ninette de Valois in 1920, Bassano studios

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Ninette de Valois, the founder of the Royal Ballet, and,

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Bassano studio

February 2, 2011 – 3:48 am

Adeline Genee 1916

Long before Maurice Seymour in Chicago and Max Dupain in Sydney and Melbourne glamourised ballet dancers for the benefit of

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