Kenneth Gillespie and Edna Busse in the Borovansky ballet The Black Swan, 1950 [picture]
- Bib ID:
- 4536613
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1950
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.1 x 19.8 cm.
- Series:
- Kenneth Gillespie photograph collection, ca. 1933-1960.
- Biography/History:
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The Black Swan was Borovansky's second ballet on an Australian theme, following on from his Terra Australis of 1946. Danced to music by Sibelius and with designs by William Constable, The Black Swan was based on an historical incident in 1697 when a Captain Vlaming from the Dutch East India Company discovered and named Rottnest Island and the river on which the city of Perth now stands. He was particularly struck by the number of black swans on the river and his crew captured several and took them back to Java. A libretto, written round this incident by M. Millet, told the story of the Captain entranced by a black swan, symbol of a new land--Acquisitions documentation.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on acquisitions documentation, see file NLA08/2808.
- Part of the collection: Kenneth Gillespie photograph collection, ca. 1933-1960.
- Condition: Pin-holes top corners and lower right corner.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-148438022
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Kenneth Gillespie, 2008.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Ballet dancers
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- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Kenneth Gillespie photograph collection, ca. 1933-1960.
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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- Unpublished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:
- 1950
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