Meg Denton interviewed by Lee Christofis [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4318647
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Denton, Margaret Abbie, 1937-2009, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 1 sound file (ca. 85 min.)
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Meg Denton speaks about her first ballet classes; seeing a ballet production for the first time; her mother's occupation as medical practitioner; her early dancing experiences in Adelaide; her University education; her full time dance training with Audrey de Vos in London; performing in London productions; her introduction to dance notation; working at the Dance Notation Bureau in New York; classes at Jacob's Pillow and in New York; dancing with Ballet Guild; notating Paul Grinwis' The Eternal Lovers and Journey to the Moon; working in the men's wardrobe department of Borovansky Ballet; her mother's time in England; Dr Lamaze; teaching in Adelaide while studying physiotherapy; writing biography of Joanne Priest for her Master's degree; Alan Brissenden; her physiotherapy practice; her husband Samuel Denton; working in hospitals as a physiotherapist; physiotherapy for dancers; her dance notation in Australia; the Australian Choreographic Project; her relationship with the Australian Ballet; notating Beth Dean's Corroboree performed by students of the Australian Ballet School; her interest in Ballets Russes; Mira Dimina; meeting Irina Baronova and Tamara Tchinarova in the presence of Dame Roma Mitchell; Joe Siebert's Les Ballets Contemporains; dance in Adelaide; the Australian Dance Theatre; Elizabeth Dalman; the dance companies in Adelaide.
- Notes:
- Recorded on March 3, 2008 at Mitcham, S. Aust.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (4 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 47 leaves)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Ballet dancers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Christofis, Lee, 1948-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2078 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
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