Australia Dancing - Nutcracker

Nutcracker

McMurdo, Don: Greg Horsman and Miranda Coney in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet [1], 1992

The first production of Nutcracker by an Australian company was staged by Laurel Martyn and Alison Lee for Ballet Guild in 1953. This two-act version designed by Leonard French featured Martyn as both Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy and Laurence Bishop as the Nutcracker Prince. Prior to the Guild production, the Chinese Dance from the ballet was presented as a divertissement during the tour by Adeline Genee and members of the Imperial Russian Ballet in 1913, and excerpts were also performed by Pavlova during her tours to Australia in 1926 and 1929. Divertissements from Nutcracker were presented as interpolations into Aurora's Wedding by the Ballets Russes companies during their tours of Australia between 1936 and 1940, and Ballet Rambert staged Act II during its Australian tour of 1947-1949.

In 1955 David Lichine was invited to Australia to stage a full-length Nutcracker for the Borovansky Ballet. The world premiere performance took place in Sydney at the Empire Theatre on 6 December 1955. This Borovansky production was designed by Elaine Haxton and the opening night cast included Peggy Sager as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Royes Fernandez as the Nutcracker Prince. The Borovansky Nutcracker was a Christmas favourite in Australia and remained in the repertoire until the Borovansky Ballet folded in 1961. A slightly revised version was produced by Peggy van Praagh for the Australian Ballet's 1962-1963 season when Kathleen Gorham and Marilyn Jones shared the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Garth Welch danced the Nutcracker Prince.

In 1982 while the Australian Ballet was under the directorship of Marilyn Rowe, the company staged its first commissioned Nutcracker. This production was choreographed by Leonid Kozlov and Valentina Kozlova, designed by Hugh Oliveiro and lit by Francis Croese. It opened at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne on 8 October and featured Kozlova and Simon Dow in the leading roles.

In 1992 the Australian Ballet commissioned its second Nutcracker. The concept for the new work was created jointly by Graeme Murphy and Kristian Fredrikson. Together they reinterpreted the traditional story giving it an Australian context while retaining enough elements to make it recognisably a version of Nutcracker. With choreography by Murphy, design by Fredrikson, lighting by John Montgomery and film collage by Phillipe Charluet, Nutcracker - the Story of Clara opened at the Opera Theatre of the Sydney Opera House on 12 March 1992. The opening night featured Margaret Scott as Clara the Elder, Miranda Coney as Clara the Ballerina, Kellie-Ann Farrugia as Clara the Child, Steven Heathcote as the Doctor/Beloved Officer and Greg Horsman as the Nutcracker Prince. Later casts included Vicki Attard as Clara the Ballerina, Valrene Tweedie as Clara the Elder and David McAllister as the Doctor/Beloved Officer. The work has been revived twice by the Australian Ballet since its premiere season, once in 1994 when it was filmed, and once in 2000 when Murphy revised it slightly. It was most recently performed in the 2009 season.

The Australian Ballet performed the Australian premiere of British choreographer Peter Wright's Nutcracker in 2007. In 2008, Ivan Cavallari created a new version for the West Australian Ballet. This radical reworking, set to the Tchaikovsky score, harnesses the underlying theme of the transition from childhood to maturity but brings it firmly into the twenty first century, with the new setting embracing cyberspace.

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McMurdo, Don: Artists of the Australian Ballet in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', 1992

McMurdo, Don: Artists of the Australian Ballet in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', 1992 (Picture): Performers include Dame Margaret Scott (third from left) as Clara the Elder, and Colin Peasley, Andris Toppe and Adrian Burnett (fourth, fifth and seventh from the left) as Clara's Russian emigre friends.; Australian Ballet, The ; Burnett, Adrian ; Murphy, Graeme ; Peasley, Colin ; Scott, Margaret; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/5067/B29, Album 1003/19
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McMurdo, Don: Artists of the Australian Ballet in the Hornpipe from Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', 1992

McMurdo, Don: Artists of the Australian Ballet in the Hornpipe from Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', 1992 (Picture): Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/5066/D/21, Album 1003/19
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McMurdo, Don: Dame Margaret Scott and Kellie-Ann Farrugia in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992

McMurdo, Don: Dame Margaret Scott and Kellie-Ann Farrugia in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): Scott, Margaret ; Australian Ballet, The ; Murphy, Graeme; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/5066/A/9, Album 1003/19
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Smith, Eric: Dancers of The Australian Ballet in The Nutcracker, 1963

Smith, Eric: Dancers of The Australian Ballet in The Nutcracker, 1963 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/AB/23 LOC Album 810/14
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Smith, Eric: Dancers of The Australian Ballet in The Nutcracker, 1963

Smith, Eric: Dancers of The Australian Ballet in The Nutcracker, 1963 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/AB/22 LOC Album 810/14
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Stringer, Walter: Dancers of the Borovansky Ballet in David Lichine's 'Nutcracker', c. 1956

Stringer, Walter: Dancers of the Borovansky Ballet in David Lichine's 'Nutcracker', c. 1956 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Borovansky Ballet; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BB/369
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet [1], 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet [1], 1992 (Picture): Fredrikson, Kristian ; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/101 LOC Drawer 10671
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet [2], 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet [2], 1992 (Picture): 1 drawing : pencil ; 41.5 x 29.4 cm.; Fredrikson, Kristian ; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/128 LOC Drawer 10691
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet [3], 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet [3], 1992 (Picture): 1 drawing : pencil ; 41.5 x 29.4 cm.; Fredrikson, Kristian ; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/127 LOC Drawer 10691
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara's final waltz in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet, 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara's final waltz in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): 1 drawing : pencil ; 40.4 x 29.5 cm.; Fredrikson, Kristian ; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/105 LOC Drawer 10671
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara's Mother 1890s in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act I, the Australian Ballet, 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Clara's Mother 1890s in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act I, the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): 1 drawing : pencil ; 41.8 x 29.4 cm.; Fredrikson, Kristian ; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/130 LOC Drawer 10691
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for HMAS Perth Navy officer in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for HMAS Perth Navy officer in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): 1 drawing : pencil ; 41.5 x 29.4 cm.; Fredrikson, Kristian ; Australian Ballet, The ; Murphy, Graeme; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/131 LOC Drawer 10691
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for mouse (Revolutionary forces 1917) in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act I, the Australian Ballet, 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for mouse (Revolutionary forces 1917) in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act I, the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): 1 drawing : pencil ; 41.1 x 29.3 cm.; Fredrikson, Kristian ; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/102 LOC Drawer 10671
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Snow Maidens in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act I, the Australian Ballet, 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Snow Maidens in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act I, the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): 1 drawing : pencil ; 41 x 29.3 cm.; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The ; Fredrikson, Kristian; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/103 LOC Drawer 10671
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for the child Clara in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act I, the Australian Ballet, 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for the child Clara in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act I, the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): 1 drawing : pencil ; 40.8 x 29.6 cm.; Fredrikson, Kristian ; Australian Ballet, The ; Murphy, Graeme; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/129 LOC Drawer 10691
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for The grand duchess Tatiana in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet, 1992

Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for The grand duchess Tatiana in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' Act II, the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): 1 drawing : pencil ; 40.4 x 29.5 cm.; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The ; Fredrikson, Kristian; Location:; Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/104 LOC Drawer 10671
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McMurdo, Don: Garry Norman as Drosselmeyer in 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1982

McMurdo, Don: Garry Norman as Drosselmeyer in 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1982 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo personal archive collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/8336/269, Album 1003/2
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Smith, Eric: Garth Welch as the Prince and Marilyn Jones as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963

Smith, Eric: Garth Welch as the Prince and Marilyn Jones as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Welch, Garth ; Jones, Marilyn ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/AB/27 LOC Album 810/14
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Lynkushka, Angela: Graeme Murphy with Steven Heathcote and Miranda Coney in rehearsal for 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992

Lynkushka, Angela: Graeme Murphy with Steven Heathcote and Miranda Coney in rehearsal for 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): Murphy, Graeme ; ; Heathcote, Steven ; Coney, Miranda ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P621/1-8
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McMurdo, Don: Greg Horsman and Miranda Coney in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet [2] , 1992

McMurdo, Don: Greg Horsman and Miranda Coney in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet [2] , 1992 (Picture): Coney, Miranda ; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection [picture]; National Library of Australia; PIC/5067/A/17a LOC Cold store PIC McM Album 1003/19
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Hooper, Jim: Jasmine Burnett backstage for the Australian Ballet School production of Nutcracker at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, 4 December 2003

Hooper, Jim: Jasmine Burnett backstage for the Australian Ballet School production of Nutcracker at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, 4 December 2003 (Picture): Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/9271/1 LOC Cold Store PIC HOO
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McMurdo, Don: Junior supernumeraries of the Australian Ballet as Pupils of the Imperial Conservatoire in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', 1992

McMurdo, Don: Junior supernumeraries of the Australian Ballet as Pupils of the Imperial Conservatoire in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', 1992 (Picture): Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/5067/C/42, Album 1003/19
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McMurdo, Don: Justine Summers (right) and Michele Goullet (?) in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992

McMurdo, Don: Justine Summers (right) and Michele Goullet (?) in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): Colin Peasley (left, partially obscured) plays the dance master of the Imperial Conservatoire.; Murphy, Graeme ; Summers, Justine ; Australian Ballet, The ; Peasley, Colin; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/5067/C/5, Album 1003/19
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Smith, Eric: Kathleen Geldard (centre) with dancers from The Australian Ballet as Mirlitons in The Nutcracker, 1963

Smith, Eric: Kathleen Geldard (centre) with dancers from The Australian Ballet as Mirlitons in The Nutcracker, 1963 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The ; Geldard, Kathleen; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/AB/29 LOC Album 810/14
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Smith, Eric: Kathleen Geldard (centre) with dancers from The Australian Ballet as Mirlitons in The Nutcracker, 1963

Smith, Eric: Kathleen Geldard (centre) with dancers from The Australian Ballet as Mirlitons in The Nutcracker, 1963 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The ; Geldard, Kathleen; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/AB/24 LOC Album 810/14
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McMurdo, Don: Kellie-Ann Farrugia as Clara the Child with artists of the Australian Ballet in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992

McMurdo, Don: Kellie-Ann Farrugia as Clara the Child with artists of the Australian Ballet in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/5066/C/17a, Album 1003/19
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Fredrikson, Kristian: Design for Cinderella's mother and Cinderella in Stanton Welch's 'Cinderella' Act I, the Australian Ballet , 1996

Fredrikson, Kristian: Kristian Fredrikson collection of costume designs for the performing arts, 1996-2001 (Picture): Collection of drawings of costume designs for companies including, the Australian Ballet, the Sydney Dance Company, Opera Australia and the Melbourne Theatre Company. Productions include, Cinderella, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Devils, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Tivoli, Trojans at Carthage, Coppelia, Giselle, Coriolanus, Touch of the Poet and Merchant of Venice.; Tivoli ; Cinderella ; Fredrikson, Kristian ; Australian Ballet, The ; Sydney Dance Company ; Swan Lake ; Coppelia ; Giselle; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/1-175 LOC Drawer 10671-10691
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Smith, Eric: Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch in 'The Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1964

Smith, Eric: Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch in 'The Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1964 (Picture): Welch, Garth ; Jones, Marilyn ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/AB/19, Album 810/14
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Smith, Eric: Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963

Smith, Eric: Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Jones, Marilyn ; Welch, Garth ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/AB/20 LOC Album 810/14
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McMurdo, Don: Miranda Coney as Clara the Ballerina in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992

McMurdo, Don: Miranda Coney as Clara the Ballerina in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): Murphy, Graeme ; Coney, Miranda ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection [picture]; National Library of Australia; PIC/5066/D/7 LOC Cold store PIC McM Album 1003/19
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McFarlane, Jim: Miranda Coney in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992

McFarlane, Jim: Miranda Coney in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The ; Coney, Miranda ; Murphy, Graeme; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P1798
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Stringer, Walter: Paul Grinwis and Kathleen Gorham in 'Nutcracker', Borovansky Ballet, 1955 or 1956

Stringer, Walter: Paul Grinwis and Kathleen Gorham in 'Nutcracker', Borovansky Ballet, 1955 or 1956 (Picture): Gorham, Kathleen ; Borovansky Ballet ; Grinwis, Paul ;; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BB/145, Album 912/10
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Stringer, Walter: Peter Condon as Madam Bonbonniere in 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1963

Stringer, Walter: Peter Condon as Madam Bonbonniere in 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC6558/365, Album 1016/2
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Photographic Albums of Walter Stringer : [Borovansky Ballet], 1956 (Picture): One album containing 11 photographs of performances by the Borovansky Ballet. Two ballets are represented, Nutcracker and Le Carnaval. Dancers represented include Royes Fernandez, Peggy Sager, Audrey Nicholls and Kathleen Gorham. A list of the contents of the album is available at the pictorial list titled Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001: Borovansky Ballet, [c.1956]. Stringer's dance photography is discussed in 'Documenting Australian Dance: Walter Stringer's Dance Photography', National Library of Australia News, February 2000.; Borovansky Ballet ; Sager, Peggy ; Gorham, Kathleen ; Fernandez, Royes ; Carnaval, Le; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC album 990

Photographic albums of Walter Stringer : [Various dance companies and some personal portraits and landscapes], 1947-1949 (Picture): This album contains 43 black and white and sepia-toned photographs of various productions staged in Australia by Ballet Rambert during their tour of 1947-1949. Productions include L'Apres-midi d'un faune, Bar aux Folies-Bergere, Bluebird pas de deux, Gala Performance, Giselle, Lady into Fox, Nutcracker, Soiree musicale, Les Sylphides, Swan Lake Act II. Artists represented include Annette Chappell, Sally Gilmour, John Gilpin, Walter Gore, Joyce Graeme, Brenda Hamlyn, Sara Luzita, John Paget, Frank Staff and Belinda Wright. Other photographs relate to performances by the Original Ballet Russe and the Borovansky Ballet. A small selection of photographs is non-dance material. A list of the contents of the album is available at the pictures list titled Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001 : Various dance companies and some personal portraits and landscapes.; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Borovansky Ballet ; Gore, Walter ; Graeme, Joyce ; Swan Lake ; Giselle ; Gilmour, Sally ; Sylphides, Les; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC Album 995

Photographs of Ballet Guild, 1947-1967 (Picture): The W. F. Stringer Collection includes 154 photos of performances by Ballet Guild and the Victorian Ballet Company. Works represented include Apollon Musagete, Beauty and the Beast, Le Carnaval, Contes heraldiques, Coppelia, En cirque, Giselle, Night is a Sorceress, Nutcracker, Royal Command, Les Sylphides, Sylvia and Swan Lake.; Ballet Victoria ; Ballet Guild ; Giselle ; Swan Lake ; Carnaval, Le ; Sylphides, Les ; Apollo ; En Cirque ; Night is a Sorceress, The ; Contes Heraldiques ; Coppelia; Location:; W. F. Stringer Collection; National Library of Australia; P554/BG/1-154

Photographs of Graeme Murphy, c.1958-1995 (Picture): The Sydney Dance Company collection contains a number of photographs of Murphy in various works including Shining, Late Afternoon of a Faun and Poppy. Other shots show him as a child in Tasmania, and with his associate director Janet Vernon. A portrait in the series Australian Choreographers shows him rehearsing Nutcracker with Steven Heathcote and Miranda Coney of the Australian Ballet.; Coney, Miranda ; Murphy, Graeme ; Sydney Dance Company ; Australian Ballet, The ; Vernon, Janet ; Heathcote, Steven ; Poppy ; Late Afternoon of a Faun ; Shining; Location:; National Library of Australia; P698, P1136/R, P1137/R, P1138/R, P1139/1//R, P1141/2/R, P1142/1-4/R; P621/7

Smith, Eric: Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch in 'The Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1964

Photographs of the Australian Ballet, 1962-1994 (Picture): The Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet contains 48 items, mostly black and white photographs, most of which document productions by the Australian Ballet during 1962 and 1963. Productions include Melbourne Cup, Nutcracker, One in Five and Swan Lake. Artists represented include Sonia Arova, Erik Bruhn, Marilyn Jones, Leon Kellaway, Caj Selling, Karl Welander and Garth Welch. Other photographs show Kathleen Gorham and Robert Helpmann performing a pop number together and there is some historical material that may have been used for program illustrations. The W. F. Stringer Collection contains many hundreds of black and white and colour images documenting productions by the Australian Ballet over four decades.; Kellaway, Leon ; Australian Ballet, The ; Welch, Garth ; Helpmann, Robert ; Jones, Marilyn ; Gorham, Kathleen ; Swan Lake ; Melbourne Cup; Location:; National Library of Australia; Stringer: P554/AB/1- (Album 912); Ingram: P348/AB/1-48 (Album 810); The W.F. Stringer collection is currently being sorted and processed and not all items are yet available for research use

Photographs of the Borovansky Ballet and the Borovansky Ballet Academy, 1940-1961 (Picture): Productions covered in this extensive collection of photographs include L'Amour ridicule, Autumn Leaves, The Black Swan, Le Beau Danube, Capriccio italien, Carnaval, En Saga, Facade, Fantasy on Grieg's Concerto in A minor, Gay Rosalinda, Giselle, Nutcracker, Sea Legend, Sigrid, Terra Australis, Vltava. Artists represented in the collection include Serge Bousloff, Edna Busse, Kathleen Gorham, Laurel Martyn, Martin Rubinstein, Peggy Sager, Dorothy Stevenson, Tamara Tchinarova, Vassilie Trunoff, Garth Welch.; En Saga ; Vltava ; Stevenson, Dorothy ; Sigrid ; Borovansky Ballet ; Martyn, Laurel ; Welch, Garth ; Rubinstein, Martin ; Sager, Peggy ; Gorham, Kathleen ; Trunoff, Vassilie ; Finch, Tamara Tchinarova ; Black Swan, The ; Gay Rosalinda ; Busse, Edna ; Sea Legend ; Terra Australis ; Giselle ; Carnaval, Le ; Beau Danube, Le ; Bousloff, Serge ; Autumn Leaves; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; P348/BB/1-568

McFarlane, Jim: Portrait of Kristian Fredrikson with a Mouse from Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992

McFarlane, Jim: Portrait of Kristian Fredrikson with a Mouse from Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1992 (Picture): Fredrikson, Kristian ; Murphy, Graeme ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/8818/4
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Stringer, Walter: Snowflakes scene from 'The Nutcracker', Borovansky Ballet, 1955

Stringer, Walter: Snowflakes scene from 'The Nutcracker', Borovansky Ballet, 1955 (Picture): Borovansky Ballet ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BB/141
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Smith, Eric: Unidentified dancer as Clara in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963

Smith, Eric: Unidentified dancer as Clara in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/AB/26 LOC Album 810/14
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Smith, Eric: Unidentified dancer as Clara, Garth Welch and Marilyn Jones in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963

Smith, Eric: Unidentified dancer as Clara, Garth Welch and Marilyn Jones in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Welch, Garth ; Jones, Marilyn ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/AB/28 LOC Album 810/14
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McFarlane, Jim: Vicki Attard and David McAllister in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1994

McFarlane, Jim: Vicki Attard and David McAllister in Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker', the Australian Ballet, 1994 (Picture): McAllister, David ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/7360/9
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