Helen Herbertson interviewed by Michelle Potter in Keep dancing oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 1782286
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Herbertson, Helen, 1950-
- Access Conditions:
- Written permission required for research, personal copies and public use during the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 1998
- 4 digital audio tapes (ca. 260 min.)
- Series:
- Keep dancing oral history project.
- Summary:
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Herberston speaks of her childhood and education, early dance training, her choice between Ballet Theatre of Queensland and the Queensland Modern Contemporary Dance Company, moving to Sydney to study dance, her description of the Bodenwieser studio, her early choreographic activities in Sydney, teaching at Newtown Infants School, meeting her husband, working in Adelaide at CPA, her choreography for Tasdance including "Watercows", her choreographic approach, going to Jacob's Pillow and the American Dance Festival, her early encounter with Beth Shelton; her career as Joint Artistic Director of Dance Works and later as sole Director, some of her pieces including "Last Stand", "Dance for a Dying Woman", "Physical Business", "Human to Human", making evening length pieces, her collaborators, her work "In the Company of Angels", going to Paris to the Australia Council studio, "Descansos", leaving Dance Works, curating a dance program, the importance of site; and new developments with Jenny Kemp.
- Biography/History:
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Helen Herbertson is a choreographer, dancer and artistic director.
- Notes:
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- Preservation and user cassette copies made.
- Joint project with the National Sound and Film Archive.
- Recorded on Mar. 24-25, 1998 in Melbourne, Vic.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Summary available (2 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 58 leaves)
- Subject:
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- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Keep dancing oral history project.
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- Published status:
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- Creation date:
- 1998
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