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When the baby ballerinas took a detour to the silver screen

November 1, 2016 – 1:14 pm

How many ballet dancers these days become actors? There are some, of course, including Baryshnikov, but I think the peak

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Baby ballerinas, Ballet Rambert, Bronislava Nijinska, Colonel de Basil, Cyd Charisse, David Lichine, Gerry Sevastianov, Irina Baronova, J C Williamson, Leslie Caron, Moira Shearer, Renee Jeanmaire, Tamara Toumanova, Tatiana Riabouchinska | Comments (1)

Irina Baronova, billboard version, makes a second appearance – in Melbourne

November 18, 2013 – 7:30 am

First the State Library of New South Wales found a gigantic painting of Irina Baronova tucked away in the archives

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Ballets Russes, Comedy Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre, Irina Baronova, J C Willamson, Judith Roberts, Kate Gorman, Maurice Seymour | Comments (3)

A Ballets Russes’ treasure finds a new home at the State Library of New South Wales

October 13, 2013 – 10:27 am

Just when it seemed there could be no more treasures to be unearthed from de Basilâ€™s Ballets Russes’ tours of

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged (Anna Severska), (Lelia Roussova), Alexandre Phillipoff, Alexis (Alosha) Frank, Ann Northcote, Arnold Haskell, Arthur Wigram Allen, Audrey Williams (Olga Valevska), Ballets Russes, Betty Scorer (Elisabeth Souvorova, Daryl Lindsay, David Allen, Denis Allen, Igor Youskevitch, J C Williamson Ltd, Lelia Russell, Leon Woizikovsky, Margaret Allen, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, Nina Raievska, Robert Woodley, Sam Hood, Serge Unger, Sonia Woizikowska, Valentin Froman, Valentina Blinova | Comments (12)

Cinderella: a tale best told at a time of war

July 29, 2013 – 1:25 pm

Cinderellaâ€™s story can take place in any country and at any time, but in ballet terms, the tale will always

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Adventures in Motion Pictures, Algeranoff, Cendrillon, Cinderella, Covent Garden Russian Ballet, David Lichine, Frederic dâ€™Erlanger, Frederick Ashton, Marian Ladre, Matthew Bourne, Michel Fokine, Natalia Gontcharova, Original Ballet Russe, Paul Petroff, Raisse Kouznetsova, Royal Ballet, Sergei Prokofiev, Tamara Grigorieva, Tatiana Riabouchinska | Comments (2)

Brigitte Kelly and Strelsa Heckelman: lives dedicated to dance

January 13, 2013 – 9:00 pm

Two dancers whose with close connections to Col de Basilâ€™s Ballets Russes’ tours to Australia have died – Brigitte Kelly,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Anglo-Polish Ballet, Brigitte Kelly, Dancing Years, Edouard Borovansky, Gay Rosalinda, Helene Kirsova, J C Williamson, Leon Woizikowski, Les Ballets Trois Arts, Maria Sanina, Marie Rambert, Matt Mattox, Michel Fokine, Oklahoma!, Strelsa Heckelman, The King and I, Vassilli Trunoff | Comments (2)

A treasure trove of ballet signatures from the ’40s

September 16, 2012 – 1:03 pm

My recent post about the artist, Phyllis McLachlan, led me to the website of Douglas Stewart Fine Books in Melbourne

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Ballet Rambert, Original Ballet Russe, Wesley Hooper | Comments (3)

How a crumbling roof in Dorset brought a Ballets Russes’ gallery to Australia

May 24, 2012 – 8:10 am

I first saw these Ballets Russesâ€™ drawings at Martyn Cookâ€™s antique showroom in Queen Street, Woollahra in 2009. Theyâ€™ve intrigued

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Ballets Russes, Cecil Waller, David Lichine, Irina Baronova, Leon Woizikovsky, Nina Milkina, Olga Kobseva, Tamara Toumanova, Tatiana Riabouchinska | Comments (7)

Beth Dean and Moscelyne Jasinsky: Parallel lives devoted to dance

April 28, 2012 – 11:47 pm

The deaths of two dancers, one in Sydney, New South Wales, the other in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are reminders of the

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Ballets Russes, Beth Dean, Coroboree, John Anthill, Moscelyne Larkin Jasinsky, Nicolai Legat, Olga Preobrajenska, Roman Jasinsky, Serge Popeloff, Theodore Kosloff, Victor Carell | Comments (1)

The Ballets Russes in Australia and Beyond

July 31, 2011 – 8:35 am

In the winter of 2005, the University of Adelaide, the National Library of Australia and the Australian Ballet, received a

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Ballets Russes, Diaghilev, Lee Christofis, Leonide Massine, Lynn Garafola, Mark Carroll, National Library of Australia, Nicolette Fraillon, Richard Stone, University of Adelaide | Comments (2)

Tag Archives: Col. de Basil

When the baby ballerinas took a detour to the silver screen

Irina Baronova, billboard version, makes a second appearance – in Melbourne

A Ballets Russes’ treasure finds a new home at the State Library of New South Wales

Cinderella: a tale best told at a time of war

Brigitte Kelly and Strelsa Heckelman: lives dedicated to dance

A treasure trove of ballet signatures from the ’40s

How a crumbling roof in Dorset brought a Ballets Russes’ gallery to Australia

Beth Dean and Moscelyne Jasinsky: Parallel lives devoted to dance

The Ballets Russes in Australia and Beyond

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