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Event

Swan Lake

Venue

Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, NSW

First Date

18 April 1964

Last Date

30 April 1964

Dates Estimated

Status

Professional

World Premiere

Part of a Tour

Yes

Description

Programme A: Just for Fun/ Gisell Act I & II
Programme B: Jazz Spectrum/ Divertissements/ Aurora's Wedding
Programme C: Swan Lake

Description Source

Programme

Primary Genre

Dance

Secondary Genre

Ballet
Classical

Organisations

J C Williamson Theatres Limited (1943-1976), Presenting Company
Australian Ballet Foundation, Other
The Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, Production Company
The Australian Ballet, Presenting Company
J and M Laurie Concerts Management (London) Ltd, Other

Contributors

Name	Function	Notes
Geoffrey Ingram	Administrator
Peggy van Praagh	Artistic Director	Producer
Wynne Austin	Assistant Stage Manager
Rosemary Mildner	Ballet Master/Mistress
Jean Coralli	Choreographer
Lev Ivanov	Choreographer
Marius Petipa	Choreographer
Robert Pomie	Choreographer
Betty Pounder	Choreographer
Agrippina Vaganova	Choreographer
Adolphe Adam	Composer
Georges Bizet	Composer
Riccardo Drigo	Composer
Eduardo Lalo	Composer
Ludwig Minkus	Composer
Les Patching	Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich	Composer
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky	Composer
Kristian Fredrikson	Costume Designer
Margaret Akerman	Dancer
Alan Alder	Dancer
Joan Boler	Dancer
Walter Bourke	Dancer
Barbara Chambers	Dancer
Patrina Coates	Dancer
Kelvin Coe	Dancer
Jillian Collinson	Dancer
Peter Condon	Dancer
Robyn Croft	Dancer
Beverley Dean	Dancer
Royes Fernandez	Dancer
Margot Fonteyn	Dancer
Carol Ann Ford	Dancer
Anne Fraser	Dancer	Costume Designer, Scenery Designer
Kathleen Geldard	Dancer
Douglas Gilchrist	Dancer
Kathleen Gorham	Dancer
Marilyn Jones	Dancer
Vlado Juras	Dancer
Janet Karin	Dancer
Rhyl Kennell	Dancer	Assistant Ballet Mistress
Barry Kitcher	Dancer
Bryan Lawrence	Dancer
Leonie Leahy	Dancer
Heather Macrae	Dancer
Jan Melvin	Dancer
Barry Moreland	Dancer
Suzanne Musitz	Dancer
Roger Myers	Dancer
Carmel Nolan	Dancer
Rudolf Nureyev	Dancer
Colin Peasley	Dancer
Ray Powell	Dancer	Ballet Master, Choreographer, Costume Designer
Ramona Ratas	Dancer
Rhonda Russell	Dancer
Lupe Serrano	Dancer
Robert Smith	Dancer
Karl Welander	Dancer
Garth Welch	Dancer	Choreographer
Warwick Armstrong	Designer
John Truscott	Designer
Noel Smith	Musical Director
William Akers	Producer	Lighting Designer
John Moulton	Stage Manager
Len Clerehan	Wardrobe Master/Mistress
Frances Towers	Wardrobe Master/Mistress
Mona Workman	Wigmaker
Patrick Thomas

Resources

Programme: The Australian Ballet Gala Performances, The University of Adelaide, Library Special Collections, 1964

Works

Production Nationality

Australia

Further Information

Gala Performance also performed in Sydney Programme has been signed by Margot Fonteyn & Rudolf Nureyev.

Event Status

Completed

Data Source

Source	Description
Programme	University of Adelaide Special Collections

Event Identifier

99951

Dataset

AusStage