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Robert Helpmann 1958: From the nude with violin to the lunch with Nugget Coombs

October 29, 2017 – 11:55 am

No one excelled Robert Helpmann as a multi tasker. Dancer, choreographer, actor, singer, director and publicist, Helpmann was at the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Ballet Rambert, Borovansky Ballet, Charles Lisner, Coppelia, Derek Denton, Edinburgh International Ballet, Edouard Borovansky, Geoffrey Ingram, Hamlet, John Field, Margaret Scott, Margot Fonteyn, Ninette de Valois, Peggy van Praagh, Robert Helpmann, Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet, Sally Gilmour, Tamara Tchinarova, The Rake's Progress | Comments (0)

The past pas de deux of the Australian Ballet and the Liberal Party

June 14, 2014 – 12:51 pm

The unnaturally green lawns and the Queen Anne style house in the photo were in sharp contrast to the moral

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Australian Ballet School, Bill Arthur, Chris Knoblanche, David Crawford, Fred Lampe, Fred Millar, Fred Osborne, Harold Holt, Ian Potter, Jim Cousins, Lady Porter, Lady Snedden, Mel Ward, Robert Menzies, Robert Porter, Robert Southey, Rod Kemp, Sallyanne Atkinson, Tim Cox | Comments (0)

The first decade: snapshots from the early years of the Australian Ballet

December 26, 2011 – 8:59 am

Noel Smith strode into the pit, picked up his baton, and gave the downbeat for the overture. The chatter, the

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Australian Ballet, Barry Kitcher, Betty Pounder, Colin Peasley, Erik Bruhn, Garth Welch, Giselle, Graeme Murphy, Jack Manuel, Kathleen Gorham, Marilyn Jones, Peggy van Praagh, Ray Powell, Robert Helpmann, Sonia Arova, Stefan Haag, Sun Music, Swan Lake, The Display, Yugen | Comments (1)