New York City Ballet Australian Tours (1958 - )
Stringer, Walter: Advertising for New York City Ballet, Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne, Australian tour 1958
Research Materials |
Other Resources
New York City Ballet made its first tour to Australia in 1958. Appearing in Sydney and Melbourne the company was brought to Australia by the J. C. Williamson organisation whose advertising asserted:
The visit of the entire New York City Ballet Company, with its principals, soloists and corps de ballet, plus artistic directors, stage and executive staff, is one of the outstanding events in Australian theatre history.
It was the first American classsical ballet company to be seen in Australia. Leading female dancers were Diana Adams, Melissa Hayden, Allegra Kent and Patricia Wilde. The male ranks were led by Jacques d'Amboise, Nicholas Magallanes, Francisco Moncion and Roy Tobias. The company of forty-six dancers brought a repertoire of twenty-six works including Bourree fantasque, Concerto Barocco, Firebird, Four Temperaments, Scotch Symphony, Serenade, Square Dance, Stars and Stripes, Symphony in C and Western Symphony by George Balanchine; Afternoon of a Faun, The Cage, and Interplay by Jerome Robbins; and Souvenirs by Todd Bollender.
New York City Ballet made its second visit to Australia as part of the 1997 Melbourne International Festival of the Arts. The tour by fifty of the company's dancers was part of a Pacific Rim tour, which in turn was part of New York City Ballet's fiftieth anniversary initiative to appear in all fifty of the United States and six continents by the year 2000. The group was led by Helene Alexopoulos, Peter Boal, Albert Evans, Darci Kistler, Philip Neal, Margaret Tracey and Miranda Weese in a repertoire of works by George Balanchine, Peter Martins and Jerome Robbins.
See also: Firebird, The ; Serenade
Research Materials
Ephemera
| Oral history
| Picture
| All
Stringer, Walter: Allegra Kent and Francisco Moncion in Jerome Robbins' 'Afternoon of a Faun', New York City Ballet, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Allegra Kent and Francisco Moncion in Jerome Robbins' 'Afternoon of a Faun', New York City Ballet, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter ;
Afternoon of a Faun
- Location:
- W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7403
nla.pic-vn3066471 -
Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Concerto Barocco', Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne , 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Concerto Barocco', Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne , 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter
- Location:
- W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7461
nla.pic-vn3066512 -
Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Firebird', Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Firebird', Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter ;
Firebird, The
- Location:
- W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7522
nla.pic-vn3066554 -
Stringer Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Scotch Symphony', Australian tour 1958
- Stringer Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Scotch Symphony', Australian tour 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter
- Location:
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7438, Album 1016/24
nla.pic-vn3066492 -
Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Serenade',, Australian tour 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Serenade',, Australian tour 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter ;
Serenade
- Location:
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7398
nla.pic-vn3066433 -
Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Serenade', Australian tour 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Serenade', Australian tour 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter ;
Serenade
- Location:
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7410, Album 1016/24
nla.pic-vn3061318 -
Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Serenade', Australian tour 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Serenade', Australian tour 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter ;
Serenade
- Location:
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7411, Album 1016/24
nla.pic-vn3066476 -
Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Stars and Stripes', Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne , 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Stars and Stripes', Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne , 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter
- Location:
- W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7514
nla.pic-vn3066543 -
Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Symphony in C', Australian tour 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Symphony in C', Australian tour 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter
- Location:
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7499, Album 1016/24
nla.pic-vn3066540 -
Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Western Symphony', Australian tour 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Western Symphony', Australian tour 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter
- Location:
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7495
nla.pic-vn3066534 -
Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in Todd Bolender's 'Souvenirs', Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne , 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Artists of New York City Ballet in Todd Bolender's 'Souvenirs', Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne , 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter
- Location:
- W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7488
nla.pic-vn3066520 -
Stringer, Walter: Backstage, Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne, New York City Ballet Australian tour, 1958
- Stringer, Walter: Backstage, Her Majesty's Theatre Melbourne, New York City Ballet Australian tour, 1958 (Picture)
-
Stringer, Walter
- Location:
- W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides
- National Library of Australia
- PIC/6558/7519
nla.pic-vn3066547 -
- Walter Stringer collection: New York City Ballet (Picture)
- Volume 24 of the Walter Stringer collection of dance slides contains 132 35 mm colour slides of performances by New York City Ballet during its 1958 tour to Australia. Ballets represented include Firebird, Scotch Symphony, Serenade, Stars and Stripes, Symphony in C and Western Symphony by George Balanchine, Afternoon of a Faun by Jerome Robbins and Souvenirs by Todd Bollender. Some items in this album have been individually catalogued and are available as separate items on the Australia Dancing portal.
-
Stringer, Walter ;
Serenade ;
Firebird, The
- Location:
- National Library of Australia
- PIC 6558, Album 1016/24
-
Research Materials
Top
Other resources
Find more about New York City Ballet Australian Tours in:
Home
