Swan Lake / Les Belles Creoles

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Event Swan Lake / Les Belles Creoles
Venue Tivoli Theatre (1932-1969), Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event National Theatre Ballet Company
First Date 23 June 1951
Opening Date June 1951
Last Date July 1951
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Probably one of Gertrude Johnson's forays into Sydney with the National Theatre Movement of Australia (based in Melbourne) at a time when Clarice Lorenz was setting out to establish a 'National Theatre' in Sydney. Works from the Melbourne Festival at The Princess Theatre but full repertoire not known
Description Source Personal Opinion
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Ballet
Compilation
Subjects Australian National Identity
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Verdon Williams Conductor
Henry Danton Dancer
Lynne Golding Dancer
Walter Gore Dancer
Strelsa Heckelman Dancer
Paula Hinton Dancer
Leon Kellaway Dancer
Further Information Sourced from advertisement in programme for To Dorothy, a Son, Theatre Royal, Sydney, 1952. This cast & producer are the same as the 1951 New Zealand tour which broke up at the end of that tour so its unlikely to be 1952.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Advertisement Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Book National treasure
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 15884