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Event

Yugen / Threshold / Firebird

Venue

Princess Theatre (1886- ), Melbourne, VIC

First Date

25 August 1972

Opening Date

25 August 1972

Last Date

7 September 1972

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Description

10th Anniversary Season: 1962 - 1972

Description Source

Programme

Primary Genre

Dance

Secondary Genre

Ballet

Organisations

J C Williamson Theatres Limited (1943-1976), Presenting Company
The Australian Ballet, Production Company
The Australian Council for the Arts, Grant Body
The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Presenting Company
The Elizabethan Trust Melbourne Orchestra, Orchestra
Australian Ballet Foundation, Sponsor
Australian Ballet Society, Sponsor

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Robert Helpmann	Artistic Director	Dancer,Choreographer, Devisor
Peggy van Praagh	Artistic Director
Alan Barker	Assistant Conductor
Chris Maver	Assistant Stage Manager
Heather Macrae	Ballet Master/Mistress
John Butler	Choreographer	Devisor
Grazyna Bacewicz	Composer
Zsolt Durko	Composer
Igor Stravinsky	Composer
Yuzo Toyama	Composer
Greg Irvine	Costume Designer	Set Designer
Kenneth Rowell	Costume Designer	Set Designer
Alan Alder	Dancer
Lucette Aldous	Dancer
Don Asker	Dancer
Ronald Bekker	Dancer
Lesley Billing	Dancer
John Brice	Dancer
Mark Brinkley	Dancer
David Burch	Dancer
Leigh Chambers	Dancer
Alida Chase	Dancer
Kelvin Coe	Dancer
Julia Cotton	Dancer
Patricia Cox	Dancer
Francis Croese	Dancer
Julie da Costa	Dancer
Susan Dains	Dancer
Roma Egan	Dancer
Josephine Anne Endicott	Dancer
Gail Ferguson	Dancer
Yvonne Gilchrist	Dancer
Antony Hamilton	Dancer
Helene Hetherington	Dancer
Gary Hill	Dancer
Graeme Hudson	Dancer
Joseph Janusaitis	Dancer
Michela Kirkaldie	Dancer
Cheryl Mallinson	Dancer
Rex McNeill	Dancer
John Meehan	Dancer
Wendy Moyle	Dancer
Gary Norman	Dancer
Robert Olup	Dancer
Colin Peasley	Dancer
Ray Powell	Dancer
Carolyn Rappel	Dancer
Marilyn Rowe	Dancer
Leigh Rowles	Dancer
Paul Saliba	Dancer
Lucyna Sevitsky	Dancer
Margaret Smith	Dancer
Rodney Smith	Dancer
Ian Spink	Dancer
Gailene Stock	Dancer
Olga Tamara	Dancer
Wendy Thompson	Dancer
Robin Thomson	Dancer
Cherie Trevaskis	Dancer
John Tsakiris	Dancer
Janet Vernon	Dancer
Wendy Walker	Dancer
Christine Walsh	Dancer
Garth Welch	Dancer	Choreographer, Devisor
Frederic Werner	Dancer
Julia Woods	Dancer
Desmond Heeley	Designer
William Akers	Lighting Designer
John Lanchbery	Musical Director
Gerard Willems	Musician: Pianist
Reginald Stead	Musician: Violinist
John Moulton	Stage Manager
John Langmaid	Wardrobe Master/Mistress
Frances Towers	Wardrobe Master/Mistress

Resources

Works

Production Nationality

Australia

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Programme	Flinders University Library Special Collections Theatre Programmes 1972
Programme	University of Adelaide Special Collections

Event Identifier

89956

Dataset

AusStage