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AND WE DANCED

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EPISODE ONE

INTERVIEWEES

Margot Anderson Dimity Azoury Peter F Bahen Adam Bull Ita Buttrose AC OBE Marilyn Jones OBE David McAllister AC Musette Molyneaux AO Lisa Pavane Colin Peasley OAM Marilyn Rowe AM OBE Hugh Sheridan Fiona Tonkin OAM Elizabeth Toohey Emma Watkins

SPECIAL THANKS TO

David McAllister AC David Hallberg Nicolette Fraillon AM Artists of The Australian Ballet past and present Artists of Bangarra Dance Theatre past and present Orchestra Australia Orchestra Tony Iffland Janine Burdeu The Langham Hotel Brett Ludeman, David Ward

ARCHIVE SOURCES

The Australian Ballet ABC Archives National Film and Sound Archive Getty International Arts Cinesound Movietone

1 National Library of Australia Australian Council for the Arts National Archives of Australia Australian Information Service Australian News and Information Bureau Nine Entertainment News Corp Australia Tourism Victoria Associated Press The Apiary The Australian Labour Party Four Corners

FOOTAGE

The Australian Ballet

Year of Limitless Possibilities, 2020 Brand Film Artists of The Australian Ballet Valerie Tereshchenko, Robyn Hendricks, Dimity Azoury, Callum Linnane, Jake Mangakahia Choreography David McAllister AM Cinematography Brett Ludeman and Ryan Alexander Lloyd Produced by Robyn Fincham and Brett Ludeman

Filmed on location at Mundi Mundi Station, via Silverton NSW The Living Desert Sculpture Park, Junction Mine, The Imperial Fine Accommodation, Broken Hill NSW. With thanks to 2019 Under 15s West Broken Hill Football Club Broken Hill Council, NSW Department of Industry - Lands and Water

Aurora’s Wedding (1964) Choreography Additional Choreography Dame Music Scenery Design Warwick Armstrong Costume Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Kathleen Gorham and

Cinderella (1972) Choreography Sir Music Costume and Scenery Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists , Ray Powell and Sir

Coppélia (1969) Book by Charles Nuitter and Arthur Saint-Léon Choreography Lev Ivanov and Enrico Cecchetti Reproduced by Dame Peggy van Praagh Music Léo Delibes

2 Set and Costume Design Kenneth Rowell Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Barbara Chamber and Sir Robert Helpmann

Coppélia (1979), (2000), (2010) Production devised and directed by George Ogilvie Original Choreography by Arthur Saint-Leon Revised by Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti Reproduced and with original choreography by Dame Peggy van Praagh Music Léo Delibes Set and Costume Designs Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Designs Francis Croese *2000 With The State Orchestra of Victoria Conducted by Mark Summerbell Concertmaster Jo Beaumont Featured Artists Anne Jenner and (1979) David McAllister (2000) Miwako Kubota and Luke Ingham (2010)

Divergence (1994) Choreography Music Costume Design Vanessa Leyonhjelm Lighting Design Francis Croese 1994 performance footage shows sets designed by Ben Anderson

Don Quixote film (1973) Directed by and Sir Robert Helpmann Produced by John Hargreaves Choreography Rudolf Nureyev Based on the ballet by Marius Petipa Music With State Orchestra of Victoria Conductor Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth Edited by Anthony Buckley Presented by International Arts Featured Artists Rudolf Nureyev, Sir Robert Helpmann, Lucette Aldous, Marilyn Rowe

A Little Bit of Don Quixote documentary (1973) Produced and Directed by Kay Roberts Edited by John Hutchards Produced by Artransa Park Studios Restoration and Remastering (1999) For The Australian Broadcast Corporation Head ABC Video Janine Burdeu, ABC Enterprises Producer Cheryl Forrest-Smith, Forrest-Smith Productions

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Gemini (1973), (2002) Choreography Glen Tetley Music Hans Werner Henze Costume and Scenery Design Nadine Baylis *2002 With Conducted by Mark Summerbell Concertmaster Marcell Marlette Featured Artists Marilyn Rowe and John Meehan (1973) Nicole Rhodes and Matthew Trent (2002)

Giselle (1965) Choreography Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Scenario Theophile Gautier and Jules-Henri Vernoy de St Georges Production Dame Peggy van Praagh Music Adolphe Adam Set and Costume Design Kenneth Rowell Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Kathleen Geldard and Kelvin Coe

Giselle (1986) Choreography Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli Production Music Adolphe Adam Set and Costume Design Peter Farmer Lighting Design William Akers Reproduced by Francis Croese

Le Corsaire - pas de deux (1966) Choreography Marius Petipa Music Riccardo Drigo Featured Artists Patricia Cox and Karl Welander

Onegin (1989), (2012) Choreography Reproduced by Anne Woolliams Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Arranged and Orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze Costume and Scenery Design Jürgen Rose Original Lighting Design William Akers Reproduced by Francis Croese *1989 With The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Peter Brandy Concertmaster Ladislav Jasek Musical Arranger Kurt-Heinz Stolze *2012 With Orchestra Victoria Conducted by Nicolette Fraillon Concertmaster Adam Chalabi

4 Featured Artists Fiona Tonkin and Steven Heathcote (1989) Madeleine Eastoe and Andrew Killian (2012)

Raymonda (1965), (1968) Choreography Marius Petipa Revised Choreography Rudolf Nureyev Music Costume Design Nadine Baylis Scenery Design Ralph Koltai Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Marilyn Rowe and Kelvin Coe (1965) Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch (1968)

Swan Lake (1962) Choreography Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Revised by Dame Peggy van Praagh and Ray Powell Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Costume and Scenery Design Anne Fraser Featured Artists Sonia Arova and Eric Bruhn

Swan Lake (1977) Devised and Directed by Anne Woolliams Choreography Act II after Lev Ivanov Additional Choreography Anne Woolliams and Ray Powell Music Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky, arranged by John Lanchbery Costume and Scenery Design Tom Lingwood Lighting Design William Akers

Swan Lake (2002), (2006), (2008) Choreography Graeme Murphy Creative Associate Janet Vernon Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Set and Costume Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design Damien Cooper Featured Artists Simone Goldsmith (2002) Madeleine Eastoe (2006) Amber Scott and Adam Bull (2008)

Swan Lake (2012) Choreography Stephen Baynes Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Costume and Scenery Design Hugh Colman Assisted by Lexi George Lighting Design Rachel Burke Projection Design and Director Domenico Bartolo Featured Artist Adam Bull

5 The Display (1966) Choreography Sir Robert Helpmann Music Malcolm Williamson Scenery Design Sidney Nolan Costume Design Adele Weiss Lighting Design William Akers With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Robert Rosen Featured Artists Kathleen Gorham, Gath Welch and Bryan Lawrence

The Fool On The Hill (1976) Australian Broadcasting Commission in collaboration with The Australian Ballet Choreography Costume and Scenery Design Tim Goodchild Music based on themes by The Beatles Orchestral score John Lanchbery, Eric Cook, Neil Thurgate, Peter Davies Played by the Symphony Orchestra led by Alwyn Elliott Melbourne Symphony Orchestra led by Reginal Larner with the Don Burrows Quintet, And The Claire Poole Singers Conducted by John Lanchbery Featured Artists Marilyn Jones, Lucette Aldous, Kelvin Coe,

The Lady and the Fool (1962) Choreography John Cranko, reproduced by Ray Powell Music , arranged by Charles Mackerras Costume Design Richard Beer Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artist Marilyn Jones

The Melbourne Cup (1962) Choreography Rex Reid Music arranged by Harold Badger Set and Costume Design Anne Church Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Robyn Croft and Karl Welander

The Merry Widow (2000) Choreography Scenario Sir Robert Helpmann and Ronald Hynd Music Franz Lehár Based on the operetta by Victor Léon and Leo Stein Arranged and Orchestrated by John Lanchbery Set and Costume Design Desmond Heeley Lighting Design Francis Croese Presented by arrangement with Glocken Verlag Ltd Featured Artists Nicole Rhodes and David McAllister

6 The Sleeping Beauty (1973) Devised and Directed by Sir Robert Helpmann Choreography Marius Petipa Reproduced by Dame Peggy van Praagh Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Arranged by John Lanchbery Costume and Scenery Design Kenneth Rowell Lighting Design William Akers

The Sleeping Beauty (1984) Choreography Marius Petipa Additional Choreography Maina Gielgud Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Costume and Scenery Design Hugh Colman Lighting Design William Akers

Warumuk - in the dark night (2012) The Australian Ballet with Bangarra Dance Theatre Choreography Music David Page* Orchestration Jessica Wells Costume Design Jennifer Irwin Set Design Jacob Nash Lighting Design Padraig O'suilleabhain *Featuring Dhuwa and Yirritja songs and stories from North East Arnhem Land Vocals by Jamie Wanambi, Banula Marika and Janet Guypunguna Munyarryun Featured Artists Ella Havelka and Jake Mangakahia

BALLET RUSSES IN AUSTRALIA

Choreartium (1939) Choreography Leonide Massine

Icare (Icarus) (1940) Choreography Igor Schwezov Costume and Scenery Design Kathleen and Florence Martin Music , arranged by Antal Donati

Le Beau Danube (1933) Choreography Leonide Massine Costume Design Count Etienne de Beaumont Scenery Design Vladimir and Elisabeth Polunin, after Constantin Guys Music Johan Strauss, arranged by Roger Desormiere

Les Presages (1939) Choreography Leonide Massine

Swan Lake (1948) Ballet Rambert tour of Australia

7 (1936 - 1940) Choreography Mikhail Fokine Music Fredrik Chopin Design Camille Corot

BOROVANSKY BALLET

En Saga (1941) Borovansky Ballet

Terra Australis (1946) Borovansky Ballet Choreography Costume and Scenery Design William Constable Music Esther Rofe

Giselle (1951) Choreography Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli Music Adolphe Adam

PHOTOGRAPHY

Courtesy The Australian Ballet Archives Anthony Gordon, Courtesy National Library of Australia Branco Gaica Dalman & Smith Pty Ltd Darryl Smythe David Mist David Parker Derek S Duparcq Eric Smith Gregory Weight Jack Asker James Robinson JW Debenham Michael Cook Paul Cox Ritter-Jeppesen Studios

MUSIC RECORDINGS

Coppélia Orchestra Victoria Conductor Barry Wordsworth Assistant Conductor Simon Thew Concertmasters Roger Jonsson, Yi Wang © 2018 Australian Broadcast Corporation and The Australian Ballet

8 The Sleeping Beauty First TAB performance: 7 December 1973 (P. van Praagh / R. Helpmann / M. Petipa) The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 Rose Adagio (Pas d’action, Act I) Pas de deux: Aurora and Désirée (Adagio, Act III) Music by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky. Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Nicolette Fraillon conductor The Australian Ballet The music of the dance - Celebrating 50 years © 2012 Australian Broadcast Corporation

“Surfer Girl” Written by John McDermot and Gerald Francis Published by Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd By kind permission of the Wise Music Group

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