Guide to the Papers of Moya Beaver

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MS 9803

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2006

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Series 1. Photographs, 1918-1973

The series is primarily comprised of black and white photographs and postcards depicting the dancing career of Moya Beaver from 1934 to 1941. Many of the photographs feature annotations by Beaver and others. There are five folders of photographs which have been individually numbered and listed, and one folder of unnumbered duplicates...

Portrait of Moya Beaver on pointe in marching girl costume, c.1934 (Item 2)

Moya Beaver in Indian style costume and pose [1], c.1934 (Item 3)

Moya Beaver in Indian style costume and pose [4], c.1934 (Item 6)

Moya Beaver as Coppelia, Mischa Burlakov as Franz, and Lindsay Kingsmill Shaw (?) as Swanhilda in Coppelia, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, 1934 (Item 8)

Portrait of Moya Beaver in Peter Pan (?), The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, c.1935 (Item 9)

Moya Beaver in costume for Peter Pan (?), The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, c.1935 (Item 10)

Portrait of Moya Beaver in costume worn in productions of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet [1], c.1935 (Item 13)

Portrait of Moya Beaver in costume worn in productions of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet [2], c.1935 (Item 14)

Moya Beaver putting on her pointe shoe, in costume (with choker) worn in productions of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, c.1935 (Item 16)

Moya Beaver dancing in costume (with choker) worn in productions of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet [1], c.1935 (Item 17)

Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The Reed Pipes of Pan [3], 1935 (Item 21)

Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The Reed Pipes of Pan [4], 1935 (Item 22)

Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The Reed Pipes of Pan [6], 1935 (Item 24)

Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The Reed Pipes of Pan [7], 1935 (Item 25)

Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver in costume for The Reed Pipes of Pan [2], 1935 (Item 28)

Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and four other pupils of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in a free dance pose [1] (large version), c.1937 (Item 29a)

Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and four other pupils of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in a free dance pose [2] (large version), c.1937 (Item 30b)

Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and four other pupils of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in a free dance pose [3] (large version), c.1937 (Item 31b)

Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and 'Josie Vanderfield (nee Heinz)' in a free dance pose, c.1937 (Item 32)

Joan Brandon, Moya Beaver, Jessica Chamberlain, Molva Alcott and artists of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, posed in costume during 'Music Week' at Farmers Blaxland Galleries, c.1937 (Item 33)

Artists of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet (?) posing in costume outdoors, c.1937 (?) (Item 35)

Moya Beaver in costume for unidentified dance, c.1937 (Item 36)

Portrait of Moya Beaver as Columbine in Le Carnaval, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet [2], c.1937 (Item 39)

Moya Beaver and Gordon Hamilton as Columbine and Harlequin in Le Carnaval, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, c.1937 (Item 40)

Gordon Hamilton as Harlequin in Le Carnaval, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, c.1937 (Item 41)

Moya Beaver and Gordon Hamilton in Variations from Swan Lake, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, c.1937 (Item 42)

Posed portrait of Moya Beaver and Gordon Hamilton in costume, c.1937 (Item 43)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Moya Beaver in costume for Variations from Swan Lake, c.1937 (Item 44)

Portrait of Moya Beaver in Le Spectre de la Rose, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, c.1937 (Item 45)

Moya Beaver (?) with female colleague in gymnastic pose on a beach, c.1937 (Item 46)

Moya Beaver and Phyllis Wardrop in Indian costume, c.1937 (Item 47)

Moya Beaver and Mischa Burlakov dancing on a beach, c.1937 (Item 48a)

Phyllis Wardrop dancing with The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, 1939 (Item 52)

Helene Deizon (centre) with artists including Moya Beaver (second from left) in A Waltz Dream, c.1939 (Item 53)

Moya Beaver travelling with two colleagues, c.1939 (Item 55)

Moya Beaver with three colleagues, c.1939 (Item 56)

Natasha Sobinova, Alexandra Denisova and Moya Beaver on deck en route to Europe, 1939 (Item 57)

Maria Sanina, Alexandra Denisova and Moya Beaver on deck en route to Europe, 1939 (Item 58)

Gordon Hamilton with female colleague in the Norwegian mountains, c.1939 (Item 59)

Gordon Hamilton, Alla Shishkina and Oenone Talbot at Cheltenham, c.1939 (Item 60)

Moya Beaver and Joy Camden at 'Old Barn Cottage', c.1939 (Item 61)

Moya Beaver and Gordon Hamilton in 'fish-dive' pose at 'Old Barn Cottage', c.1939 (Item 62)

Moya Beaver, Gordon Hamilton, Joy Camden and Aimee Saxlund (?) in Copenhagen, 1939 (Item 63)

Moya Beaver, Gordon Hamilton and Chris (?) on deck en route for Denmark, 1939 (Item 64)

Portrait of Moya Beaver in costume for the Strauss Waltz performed with Henry Legerton in Ballet Nationale production [1], 1941 (Item 65)

Portrait of Moya Beaver in Spanish Dance, Ballet Nationale [1], 1941 (Item 67a)

Portrait of Moya Beaver in Spanish Dance, Ballet Nationale [2], 1941 (Item 68)

Portrait of Moya Beaver in Spanish Dance, Ballet Nationale [3], 1941 (Item 69)

Moya Beaver posing in costume with unidentified partner [3], c.1941 (?) (Item 72)

Moya Beaver and Gerald McErlean in a pose from A Romance in Dresden China from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941 (Item 74)

Moya Beaver and Gerald McErlean in A Romance in Dresden China from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up [2], 1941 (Item 75)

Moya Beaver in the dressing room in costume for Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941 (Item 79)

Moya Beaver in costume for Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941 (Item 80)

Moya Beaver and other artists in Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up [1], 1941 (Item 81)

Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941 (Item 87)

Moya Beaver seated in the dressing room in costume for The Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941 (Item 89)

Moya Beaver seated in costume for The Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941 (Item 90)

Artists including Betty Bryant, Kitty Bluett, Joan Robbins and Moya Beaver in the dressing room, in costume for the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941 (Item 91)

Moya Beaver in costume for the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941 (Item 92)

Moya Beaver with unidentified artist in costume for the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941 (Item 94)

Portrait of Moya Beaver in full length gown, c.1941 (Item 95)

Ludmilla Shollar and Anatole Vilzak ('Chollar and Wiltzak') as Columbine and Harlequin in Le Carnaval, c.1920 (Item 103)

Tamara Tchinarova Finch as a gypsy in Petrouchka, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 107)

Portrait of Lelia Roussova in costume, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 108)

Portrait of Leon Woizikowsky as Petrouchka, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 109)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of David Lichine, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 110)

Portrait of Lubov Tchernicheva in Spanish costume, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 111)

Lubov Tchernicheva in Thamar, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 113)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Lubov Tchernicheva in costume for Cléopâtre, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 114)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Serge Grigorieff, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 115)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Valentina Blinova, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 116)

Valentina Blinova and Valentin Froman in Serenade, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 117)

Two Ballets Russes artists in pose from unidentified ballet, 1930s (Item 118)

Portrait of Tamara Toumanova and unidentified partner, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 119)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Nina Raievska, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 120)

Portrait of Roland Guerard in costume, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 121)

Portrait of Igor Yousskevitch in The Firebird, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 122)

Portrait of Sonia Woizikowska, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, c.1936-1937 (Item 124)

Sonia Woizikowska in costume for Le Carnaval, Ballets Russes, c.1937 (Item 125)

Portrait of Thomas Armour, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1937 (Item 127)

Portrait of Nina Raievska in Schéhérazade, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1937 (Item 128)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Hélène Kirsova in Swan Lake, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1937 (Item 129)

Hélène Kirsova as the Ballerina in Petrouchka, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, c.1936-1937 (Item 130)

Portrait of Igor Yousskevitch, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1937 (Item 131)

Posed photograph of Valentina Blinova in costume as the Street Dancer in Le Beau Danube, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, c.1936-1937 (Item 132)

Posed photograph of Leon Woizikowski and Valentina Blinova in costume as the Street Dancer and the Hussar Le Beau Danube, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, c.1936-1937 (Item 133)

Portrait of Lina Lerina, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 134)

Reproduction of sketched portrait (head and shoulders) of Vera Nemtchinova, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 135)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Tamara Grigorieva, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 136)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Paul Petroff as the Prince in Cendrillon, Ballets Russes Australian tours, c.1939 (Item 138)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Vera Nelidova, Ballets Russes, 1930s (Item 140)

Portrait (head and shoulders) of Gordon Hamilton, c.1940 (Item 143)

Portrait of La Meri in costume for Goyesca dance, c.1940 (?) (Item 145)

Gordon Hamilton as Avarice in The Quest, Sadler's Wells Ballet, c.1944 (Item 146)


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