First Season of Ballet

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Event First Season of Ballet
Venue Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC
First Date 25 July 1939
Opening Date 25 July 1939
Last Date 26 July 1939
Dates Estimated No
Status Community
World Premiere No
Description Works of 5 Local Dance Companies/Schools/Teachers. Academy of Russian Dancing (Borovansky), Dorothy Gladstone, Elsie James, Lucie Saranova and Avona James.
Description Source Other
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Gertrude Johnson Administrator
Jennie Brenan Ballet Master/Mistress Les Sylphides
Edouard Borovansky Choreographer Etude (Debussy), Petite Mozartiana
Dorothy Gladstone Choreographer Act II Swan Lake
Elsie James Choreographer A Midsummer Night's Dream (Fairy Fantasy), Mendelssohn
Laurel Martyn Choreographer Les Sylphides & On the Wanganui
Edith Harrhy Composer On The Wanganui. also on piano
Reg Bartram Dancer Borovansky
Edouard Borovansky Dancer Borovansky
Xenia Borovansky Dancer Borovansky
Serge Bousloff Dancer Borovansky
Edna Busse Dancer Borovansky
Joan Cadzow Dancer Les Sylphides
Vera Grist Dancer Bolero (student of Lucie Saranova)
Avona James Dancer On The Wanganui
Phillippe Perrottet Dancer Borovansky
Martin Rubinstein Dancer Les Sylphides
Eunice Weston Dancer Borovansky
Gustav Slapoffski Musical Director
William P Carr Production Coordinator
Works
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Proved so popular a repeat performance followed "soon after". Notable for being the first public performances by The Academy of Russian Dancing who became The Borovansky Dancers & eventually The Australian Ballet. Historically The Australian Ballet has not acknowledged The National Theatre Ballet Company in the same way as Borovansky
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Book National Treasure
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 156416