Records of Ballet Australia, 1956-1976 [manuscript].

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Records of Ballet Australia, 1956-1976 [manuscript]

Creator
Ballet Australia
Call Number
MS 9171
Created/Published
[1956-1976]
Extent
1.23 m. (3 boxes) + 2 fol. boxes + 1 packet.
Items
1
Scope and Content
MS 9171 comprises records in chronological order including correspondence, newsletters, handbills, cuttings, programs, competition entries and adjudicators' reports. There are also press and publicity albums, 1960-1974, negatives and accounts, 1966-1967, and proofs of photographs of "The red violin", 1963. A later addition to the collection includes photographs of performances and other activities of Ballet Australia, taken by Leone Vining Brown, ca. 1967-ca. 1973 (3 boxes, 1 fol. box). The Acc06.077 instalment comprises a small collection of musical scores for works composed by John Antill (Wakooka and Black opal), Kurt Herweg (Jedoah the fisherman) and Bruce Lawrence (The genius) for productions by Ballet Australia in the 1960s (1 fol. box). The Acc06.116 instalment comprises submissions, notes, music scores and costume designs relating to new ballets for Ballet Australia (1 packet).
Background
Ballet Australia was the choreographic ensemble founded by Valrene Tweedie, whose work became a major part of Sydney dance culture in the 1960s and 1970s. The organisation conducted full-scale performances as well as workshops of new choreography from 1960, and from 1969-1976 hosted a major annual choreographic competition.
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234827761

APA citation

Ballet Australia & Tweedie, Valrene & Vining Brown, Leone. (1956). Records of Ballet Australia, Retrieved April 20, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234827761

MLA citation

Ballet Australia, Tweedie, Valrene and Vining Brown, Leone. Records of Ballet Australia, : , 1956. Web. 20 April 2024 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234827761>

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Ballet Australia & Tweedie, Valrene & Vining Brown, Leone. 1956, Records of Ballet Australia, , viewed 20 April 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234827761

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  | author2=Tweedie, Valrene.
  | author3=Vining Brown, Leone.
  | title=Records of Ballet Australia,
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  | section=1.23 m. (3 boxes) + 2 fol. boxes + 1 packet.
  | series=Keep dancing collection.
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  | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234827761
  | id=nla.obj-234827761
  | access-date=20 April 2024
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