AND WE DANCED
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EPISODE TWO
Executive Producers Veronica Fury Alan Erson Michael Tear
Development Producer Stephen Waller
INTERVIEWEES
Margot Anderson Dimity Azoury Peter F Bahen Lisa Bolte Adam Bull Ita Buttrose AC OBE Ella Havelka Steven Heathcote AM Marilyn Jones OBE Ako Kondo David McAllister AC Graeme Murphy AO Stephen Page AO Lisa Pavane Colin Peasley OAM Marilyn Rowe AM OBE Amber Scott Hugh Sheridan Fiona Tonkin OAM Elizabeth Toohey Emma Watkins Michael Williams
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 Victoria
1 Opera Australia Orchestra Tony Iffland Janine Burdeu The Langham Hotel Melbourne Brett Ludeman, David Ward
ARCHIVE SOURCES
The Australian Ballet ABC Archives National Film and Sound Archive Nine Entertainment Associated Press Getty Images Ten Network Australia Archive Road Australian Performing Arts Collection Bangarra Dance Theatre The Apiary
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
1914 (1998) Choreography Stephen Baynes Music Graeme Koehne Costume Design Anna French Scenery Design Andrew Carter
Afternoon of a Faun (1978) Choreography Jerome Robbins Music Claude Debussy Costume Design Irene Sharaff Scenery and Lighting Design Jean Rosenthal Featured Artists Valentina Kozlova and Leonid Kozlov
2 Alchemy (1996), (2002) Choreography Stephen Page Music David Page Costume Design Jennifer Irwin Scenery Design Fiona Foley Lighting Design Joseph Mercurio Vocals David Page, Leah Purcell, Kirk Page, Connie Mitchell and Ningali Electric and acoustic guitar Steve Francis. Indigenous language groups Umpila, Yugambeh and Walmadjarri *2002 With Orchestra Victoria Guest Conductor by Mark Summerbell Orchestra Victoria Guest Concertmaster Marcelle Mallette Featured Artist Steven Heathcote
Aurora’s Wedding (1964) Choreography Marius Petipa Additional Choreography Dame Peggy van Praagh Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Scenery Design Warwick Armstrong Costume Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Kathleen Gorham and Garth Welch
Beyond Twelve (1987), (2002), (2012) Choreography Graeme Murphy Music Maurice Ravel Set and Costume Design Alan Oldfield Lighting Design Christopher Maver, reproduced by Francis Croese *2012 With Orchestra Victoria Conducted by Nicolette Fraillon Concertmaster Adam Chalabi Featured Artists Steven Woodgate, David McAllister, Kelvin Coe, Lisa Pavane (1987) Marc Cassidy, Nigel Burley, Steven Heathcote (2002) Jack Hersee, Calvin Hannaford, Matthew Donnelly, Steven Heathcote (2012)
Cinderella (1997) Choreography Stanton Welch Music Sergei Prokofiev Costume and Scenery Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design John Rayment
Divergence (1994), (1998) Choreography Stanton Welch Music Georges Bizet Costume Design Vanessa Leyonhjelm Lighting Design Francis Croese 1994 performance footage shows sets designed by Ben Anderson *1998 With State Orchestra of Victoria Conducted by Mark Summerbell Concertmaster Mara Miller
3 Featured Artists Justine Summers, Laura Tong
Don Quixote film (1973) Directed by Rudolf Nureyev and Sir Robert Helpmann Produced by John Hargreaves Choreography Rudolf Nureyev Based on the ballet Don Quixote by Marius Petipa Music Ludwig Minkus With State Orchestra of Victoria Conductor John Lanchbery Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth Edited by Anthony Buckley Presented by International Arts Featured Artists Rudolf Nureyev, Sir Robert Helpmann, Lucette Aldous, Marilyn Rowe
Giselle (1986) Choreography Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli Production Maina Gielgud Music Adolphe Adam Set and Costume Design Peter Farmer Lighting Design William Akers Reproduced by Francis Croese Featured Artists Christine Walsh and Kelvin Coe
In The Upper Room (1997) Choreography Twyla Tharp Music Philip Glass Staging Shelly Washington Costume Design Norma Kamali Lighting Design Jennifer Tipton
Nutcracker, The Story of Clara (1992), (2009), (2017) Choreography Graeme Murphy Artistic Associate Janet Vernon Concept Graeme Murphy and Kristian Fredrikson Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Arrangement Alan Smith and Peter Bandy Costume and Set Design Kristian Fredrikson Original Lighting Design John Drummond Montgomery Recreated by Francis Croese with Graeme Murphy and Graham Silver Film Collage Philippe Charluet Featured Artists Sian Stokes, Roy Wilson, Valrene Tweedie (1992) Leanne Stojmenov, Ai-Gul Gaisina (2009) *2009 With Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Conducted by Nicolette Fraillon Concertmaster Aubrey Murphy
Onegin (2012) Choreography John Cranko Reproduced by Anne Woolliams Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
4 Arranged and Orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze Costume and Scenery Design Jürgen Rose Original Lighting Design William Akers Reproduced by Francis Croese Featured Artists Madeleine Eastoe and Andrew Killian
Poems (1981) Concept and choreography Robert Ray Poetry written and performed by John Betjeman Composer and arranger Jim Parker Scenery Design Scott Matthewson Costume Design Kate Murray Lighting Design Francis Croese
Raymonda (1965), (1968) Choreography Marius Petipa Revised Choreography Rudolf Nureyev Music Alexander Glazunov 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)
Red Earth (1996) Choreography Stanton Welch Music Peter Sculthorpe AO OBE Design Stanton Welch Backcloth Kevin Pro Hart Lighting Design John Rayment Costume Assistant Casandra Schultz Featured Artists Miranda Coney and Damien Welch *Rehearsal music ‘Nourlangie’ by Peter Sculthorpe By permission of Boosey & Hakes Pty Ltd as agents for Faber Music Solo Guitar Geoffrey Morris
Rites (1997) The Australian Ballet with Bangarra Dance Theatre Choreography Stephen Page Music Igor Stravinsky Costume Design Jennifer Irwin Scenery Design Peter England Lighting Design Mark Howett Featured Artists Djakapurra Munyarryun and Sidney Saltner
Romeo and Juliet (1994) Choreography John Cranko Reproduced by Anne Woolliams Music Sergei Prokofiev Costume and Scenery Design Jürgen Rose
5 Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artists Fiona Tonkin and Steven Heathcote
Sinfonietta (1997) Choreography Jiři Kylián Staging Rosyln Anderson Music Leoš Janáček Costume and Scenery Design Walter Nobbe Lighting Design Joop Caboort Featured Artists Miranda Coney and Nigel Burley
Spartacus (1993) Choreography László Seregi Music Aram Khachaturian Costume Design Tivadar Márk Scenery Design Gábor Forray Original Lighting Design Christopher Maver, reproduced by William Akers With State Orchestra Victoria Conducted by Ormsby Wilkins Featured Artists Lisa Pavane, Fiona Tonkin, Steven Heathcote, Geg Horsman, Adam Marchant
Suite en Blanc (2002) Choreography Serge Lifar Music Edouard Lalo, arranged by Serge Lifar Costume and Scenery Design Serge Lifar Original Lighting Design William Akers With Orchestra Victoria Guest Conductor Dobbs Franks Guest Concertmaster Marcelle Mallette
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 Featured Artist Kelvin Coe
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 *2002 With Orchestra Victoria Conducted by Mark Summerbell Concertmaster Peter Exton Featured Artists Simone Goldsmith (2002) Madeleine Eastoe (2006)
6 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
The Deep End (1996) Choreography Meryl Tankard Music inc. Joseph Racaille, Mahmoud Ahmed, Estuary Cugat, Michael Nyman, Hutter/Schneider/Schultz, Fancisco Ribereiro, Costume Design Meryl Tankard Scenery Design Dan Potra Lighting Design Stephen Wickham Costume Assistant Judith Meschke
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1981) Production and Scenario George Ogilvie Choreography Bruce Wells Music Bela Bartok, arrangement Dobbs Franks Costume and Scenery Design Kristian Fredrikson Lighting Design William Akers
The Lady and the Fool (1962) Choreography John Cranko, reproduced by Ray Powell Music Giuseppe Verdi, arranged by Charles Mackerras Costume Design Richard Beer Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artist Marilyn Jones
The Merry Widow (2000) Choreography Ronald Hynd 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
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
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The Sleeping Beauty (1988) Choreography Marius Petipa Additional Choreography Maina Gielgud Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Costume and Scenery Design Hugh Colman Lighting Design William Akers Featured Artist Sian Stokes
The Three Musketeers Freely adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas Choreography and Scenario André Prokovsky Costume and Scenery Design Peter Farmer Music Giuseppe Verdi, Arranged by Guy Woolfenden Additional music by Guy Woolfenden Lighting Design Christopher Maver and André Prokovsky Lighting Design reproduced by William Akers *1981 With The Elizabethan Melbourne Orchestra Conductor Dobbs Franks Concertmaster Maurice Stead Associate Concertmaster Ritchie Hanna
Warumuk - in the dark night (2012) The Australian Ballet with Bangarra Dance Theatre Choreography Stephen Page 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
PHOTOGRAPHY
Anthony Crickmay Bill Bachman Branco Gaica Courtesy of The Australian Ballet Archives David Parker David Simmonds Desmond O'Neill Earl Carter Gilles Terrier Jeff Busby Jim McFarlane Martha Swope
8 Nan Melville Paul Cox Rennie Ellis Sue Adler Tim Webster Wayne Ludbey William Baxter
MUSIC RECORDINGS
Aerial Music Sony Music Publishing Boosey and Hawkes c/ Hal Leonard
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