Peggy Sager as the Spirit of Australia and Vassilie Trunoff as the Aboriginal and in Terra Australis, Borovansky Ballet [1] [picture] / J. Stewart
- Bib ID:
- 3425220
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Stewart, Jean, 1921-
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC P348/BB/241 LOC Album 810/9 copy
- Description:
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- 1946
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.6 cm.
- Series:
- Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet.
- Biography/History:
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Eve Harris was the costume and decor designer for the Borovansky Ballet, 'Terra Australis', a symbolic ballet about the encounter between Aboriginal people and white settlers. It was the first ballet to portray issues of European settlement of Aboriginal Australia, albeit through European eyes.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on caption list prepared by researcher.
- Choreography by Edouard Borovansky, design by Eve Harris.
- Condition: Fair.
- 'J Stewart"--Stamped lower right; "Terra Australis" and "JC Williamson Theatres publicitiy office stamp" --On verso.
- Part of the collection: Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet.
- PIC P348/BB/241 LOC Album 810/9 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-141401441
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Ballet dancers
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1946
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