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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, Nugget Coombs, Peggy van Praagh, Robert Helpmann, Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet, Sally Gilmour, Tamara Tchinarova, The Rake's Progress | Comments (0)

Laurel Martyn, once a dancer, always a dancer

October 27, 2013 – 10:41 am

As a child in the 1920s, Laurel Martyn saw Anna Pavlova dance in Brisbane. Of course she found Pavlovaâ€™s performances

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Adeline Genee, Anna Pavlova, Ballet Guild, Edouard Borovansky, Felix Emery, Jennie Brenan, Judith Espinosa, Laurel Martyn, Marjorie Hollinshed, Ninette de Valois, Phyllis Bedells, Royal Academy of Dancing, Sadlers Wells Ballet, The Rake's Progress, Vic-Wells Ballet | Comments (0)