Papers of Marilyn Rowe [manuscript]. 1913-1976.

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Papers of Marilyn Rowe [manuscript]. 1913-1976.

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This collection contains programs and photographs relating to the tour to Australia by Adeline Genee and the Imperial Russian Ballet in 1913; photographs and programs relating to the Australian tour by the Royal Ballet in 1962, which was led by Margot Fonteyn and David Blair; photographs relating to productions of Petrouchka in Australia including that of Ballet Victoria in 1976 and the Australian Ballet in 1970; and photographs of members of the Borovansky Ballet visiting the Adelaide grave of Ballets Russes dancer Mira Dimina. Includes a poem dedicated to Adeline Genee, and a writing folder from the Japan Ballet Association.

2 cm (2 folders)

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Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991

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Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells Theatre Company), eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II. She was born Margaret Evelyn Hookham on May 18, 1919, to Felix John Hookham and Hilda Acheseon Fontes. She studied at the Vic-Wells Ballet School and made her solo debut in 1935 under the stage name "Margot Fonteyn". She was best know for her artis...

Genée, Adeline, 1878-1970

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Danish by birth, Adeline Genée (1878-1970), was a talented ballerina whose greatest success was at The Empire Theatre in London, in productions such as Old China (1901), The Milliner Duchess (1903), High Jinks (1904), Cinderella and Coppelia (1906). Genée was also the founder president of the Association of Teachers of Operatic Dancing of Great Britain (later the Royal Academy of Dance) and played a major part in the early development of the organization including the achievement of its Royal Ch...

Australian Ballet School

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Rowe, Marilyn, 1946-

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Borovansky Ballet.

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