Elaine Fifield – Valerie Lawson's Dancelines

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March 22, 2013 – 9:51 am

A dancelinesâ€™ reader has asked if anyone can identify Elaine Fifield among the dancers in the second video below. She

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November 29, 2012 – 7:36 am

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

March 31, 2012 – 12:22 pm

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

July 28, 2011 – 1:50 pm

Trader Faulkner recently sent me this tribute to the ballerina, Elaine Fifield, written by his mother, Sheila Whytock, who had

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March 9, 2011 – 10:23 am

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

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February 15, 2011 – 12:43 pm

This monthâ€™s reprisal of Madame Butterfly by the Australian Ballet evokes memories of the late Australian ballerina, Elaine Fifield. The

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