Australia Dancing - Gore, Walter (1910

Gore, Walter (1910 - 1979)

Attributed to Alec Murray: Walter Gore at 'Merioola', 1948

Scottish-born Walter Gore established his career as a dancer and choreographer in England with Ballet Rambert. He came to Australia on the momentous 1947-1949 tour by Ballet Rambert. In Australia he danced leading roles in the Rambert repertoire and choreographed his tenth ballet, Winter Night, which premiered in Melbourne in 1947. Gore subsequently returned in 1952 to direct, briefly and controversially, the Melbourne-based National Theatre Ballet Company. He returned again to tour his Walter Gore Ballet, which he established in London in 1954 and which assumed for the Australian tour the name Australian Theatre Ballet. He subsequently worked around the world as a director and choreographer. He established a further connection with Australia in 1974 when he was offered the job of artistic director of the Queensland Ballet (which he did not take up) and when he staged his Simple Symphony and created Rip Tide for Laurel Martyn's Ballet Victoria.

Bibliography:

A list of Gore's choreography is in Martha Bremser (ed.), International Dictionary of Ballet, Volume 1 (Detroit: St James Press, 1993), pp. 591-92. This list, however, fails to include Rip Tide (1974)

Research Materials

Stewart, Jean: Ballet Rambert dancer in Walter Gore's 'Plaisance', 1947 or 1948

Stewart, Jean: Ballet Rambert dancer in Walter Gore's 'Plaisance', 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Ballet Rambert Australian tour; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P 348/RAM/28, Album 810/13
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Stringer, Walter: Cecil Bates, David Hunt, Walter Gore and Elisabeth Schooling in 'Bar aux Folies-Bergere', Ballet Rambert, 1947

Stringer, Walter: Cecil Bates, David Hunt, Walter Gore and Elisabeth Schooling in 'Bar aux Folies-Bergere', Ballet Rambert, 1947 (Picture): Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Bates, Cecil ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BR/57, Album 912/1
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Stringer, Walter: Dianne Parrington and Karl Welander in Walter Gore's 'Rip Tide', Ballet Victoria, 1974

Stringer, Walter: Dianne Parrington and Karl Welander in Walter Gore's 'Rip Tide', Ballet Victoria, 1974 (Picture): Ballet Victoria ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/6558/2566, Album 1016/8
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Stringer, Walter: Dianne Parrington, Gary Hill, Karl Welander and Belinda Mitchell in Walter Gore's 'Simple Symphony', Ballet Victoria, 1974

Stringer, Walter: Dianne Parrington, Gary Hill, Karl Welander and Belinda Mitchell in Walter Gore's 'Simple Symphony', Ballet Victoria, 1974 (Picture): Ballet Victoria ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/6558/2430, Album 1016/8
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Stringer, Walter: Margaret Hill, Charles Boyd and Pamela Vincent in 'Winter Night', Ballet Rambert, 1948

Stringer, Walter: Margaret Hill, Charles Boyd and Pamela Vincent in 'Winter Night', Ballet Rambert, 1948 (Picture): Winter Night was choreographed by Walter Gore and designed by Kenneth Rowell.; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Boyd, Charles ; Stringer, Walter ; Winter Night ; Rowell, Kenneth; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BR/15, Album 912/1
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Stringer, Walter: Paula Hinton and dancers of the National Theatre Ballet in Walter Gore's 'Crucifix', Princess Theatre, 1952

Stringer, Walter: Paula Hinton and dancers of the National Theatre Ballet in Walter Gore's 'Crucifix', Princess Theatre, 1952 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; National Theatre Ballet; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/NTB/45
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Photographer unknown: Paula Hinton and Walter Gore in 'Tancredi and Chlorinda', 1950s

Photographer unknown: Paula Hinton and Walter Gore in 'Tancredi and Chlorinda', 1950s (Picture): Location:; Walter Gore collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/3383/16
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Stringer, Walter: Paula Hinton and Walter Gore in 'Winter Night', Ballet Rambert, 1948

Stringer, Walter: Paula Hinton and Walter Gore in 'Winter Night', Ballet Rambert, 1948 (Picture): Winter Night was choreographed by Walter gore and designed by Kenneth Rowell.; Rowell, Kenneth ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Winter Night ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BR/22, Album 912/1
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Stringer, Walter: Paula Hinton in 'Winter Night', Ballet Rambert, 1948

Stringer, Walter: Paula Hinton in 'Winter Night', Ballet Rambert, 1948 (Picture): Winter Night was choreographed by Walter Gore and designed by Kenneth Rowell.; Winter Night ; Stringer, Walter ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Rowell, Kenneth; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BR/16, album 912/1
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Photographic albums of Walter Stringer : [Ballet Rambert during its Australian tour], 1947-1949 (Picture): Two albums of photographs document some of the repertoire brought to Australia by Ballet Rambert. These albums contain 54 black and white and sepia-toned photographs that represent a range of productions including L'Apres-midi d'un faune, Bar aux Folies-Bergere, Bluebird pas de deux, Carnival of the Animals, Facade, Gala Performance, Giselle, Les Masques, Mermaid, Plaisance, The Planets, Peter and the Wolf, Soiree musicale, Les Sylphides and Winter Night. Artists represented include Cecil Bates, Sylvia Briar, Annette Chappell, Frank Staff, Sally Gilmour, John Gilpin, Walter Gore, Joyce Graeme, Barbara Grimes, Brenda Hamlyn, Paula Hinton, David Hunt, Sara Luzita, Enid Owen, John Paget, Margaret Scott, Audrey Turner, Pamela Vincent and Belinda Wright. A list of the contents of the albums is available at the pictorial list titled Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001 : Ballet Rambert, during its Australian tour [1947-1949]. (Album 987 also contains 7 photographs from National Theatre Ballet Company productions).; Graeme, Joyce ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; National Theatre Ballet ; Giselle ; Scott, Margaret ; Bates, Cecil ; Gilmour, Sally ; Winter Night ; Sylphides, Les; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC albums 987-988

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 ; Graeme, Joyce ; Swan Lake ; Giselle ; Gilmour, Sally ; Sylphides, Les ; Nutcracker; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC Album 995

Photographs of the National Theatre Ballet, 1951-1954 (Picture): The W. F. Stringer Collection contains 290 photographs of various productions staged by the National Theatre Ballet between 1951 and 1954. Productions represented include Les Amours de Pierrette, Antonia, Aurora's Wedding, Les Belles Creoles, Caprice, Le Carnaval, Coppelia, Le Coq d'or, Crucifix, Don Quixote, Giselle, Graduation Ball, Pas de Quatre, Pastorale for Today, Protee, Ranch House, Romantic Suite, Les Sylphides and Swan Lake. Artists represented include Noelle Aitken, Mariln Burr, William Carse, Judith Cohen, Marie Cumisky, Henry Danton, Maureen Davis, Mary Duchesne, Lynne Golding, Walter Gore, Joyce Graeme, Strelsa Heckelman, Paula Hinton, Gwenda Kaires, Leon Kellaway, Eve King, Janet Keyte, Katherine Lamb, Marita Lowdon, Norma Lowdon, Gayrie MacSween, Ron Reay, Rex Reid, Margaret Scott, Graham Smith, Raymond Trickett, Valrene Tweedie and Marion Ward.; Duchesne, Mary ; Golding, Lynne ; Don Quixote ; National Theatre Ballet ; Reid, Rex ; Scott, Margaret ; Tweedie, Valrene ; Kellaway, Leon ; Graeme, Joyce ; Sylphides, Les ; Graduation Ball ; Carnaval, Le ; Coq d'or, Le ; Aurora's Wedding ; Protee ; Coppelia ; Heckelman, Strelsa; Location:; National Library of Australia; P554/NTB/1-290 (Album 912)

Stringer, Walter: Portrait of Walter Gore and Paula Hinton in 'Plaisance', Ballet Rambert, 1947

Stringer, Walter: Portrait of Walter Gore and Paula Hinton in 'Plaisance', Ballet Rambert, 1947 (Picture): Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P554/BR/63 LOC Album 912/1 *
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Stewart, Jean: Portrait of Walter Gore, Ballet Rambert, 1947 or 1948

Stewart, Jean: Portrait of Walter Gore, Ballet Rambert, 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Ballet Rambert Australian tour; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/39, Album 810/13
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Melvin, Duncan: Portrait of Walter Gore, 1940s

Melvin, Duncan: Portrait of Walter Gore, 1940s (Picture): Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/19, Album 810/13
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Stringer, Walter: Sally Gilmour and artists of Ballet Rambert in 'Winter Night' [1], 1948

Stringer, Walter: Sally Gilmour and artists of Ballet Rambert in 'Winter Night' [1], 1948 (Picture): Winter Night was choreographed by Walter Gore and designed by Kenneth Rowell.; Rowell, Kenneth ; Stringer, Walter ; Winter Night ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Gilmour, Sally; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BR/17, Album 912/1
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Stringer, Walter: Sally Gilmour and artists of Ballet Rambert in 'Winter Night' [2], 1948

Stringer, Walter: Sally Gilmour and artists of Ballet Rambert in 'Winter Night' [2], 1948 (Picture): Winter Night was choreographed by Walter Gore and designed by Kenneth Rowell.; Stringer, Walter ; Gilmour, Sally ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Winter Night ; Rowell, Kenneth; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BR/18, Album912/1
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Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [1], 1947 or 1948

Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [1], 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Gilmour, Sally ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Giselle; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/13, Album 810/13
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Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [2], 1947 or 1948

Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [2], 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Gilmour, Sally ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Giselle; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/14, Album 810/13
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Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [3], 1947 or 1948

Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [3], 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Gilmour, Sally ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Giselle; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/15, Album 810/13
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Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [4], 1947 or 1948

Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [4], 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Gilmour, Sally ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Giselle; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/16, Album 810/13
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Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [5], 1947 or 1948

Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Act I, Ballet Rambert [5], 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Gilmour, Sally ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Giselle; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/17, Album 810/13
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Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Ballet Rambert, 1947 or 1948

Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour and Walter Gore in 'Giselle' Ballet Rambert, 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Giselle ; Gilmour, Sally; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/12, Album 810/13
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Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour as Pretty Polly in Walter Gore's 'Mr Punch', Ballet Rambert, 1947 or 1948

Stewart, Jean: Sally Gilmour as Pretty Polly in Walter Gore's 'Mr Punch', Ballet Rambert, 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Gilmour, Sally ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/27, Album 810/13
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Stringer, Walter: Sally Gilmour, Walter Gore and artists of Ballet Rambert in 'Winter Night' [2], 1948

Stringer, Walter: Sally Gilmour, Walter Gore and artists of Ballet Rambert in 'Winter Night' [2], 1948 (Picture): Winter Night was choreographed by Walter Gore and designed by Kenneth Rowell.; Gilmour, Sally ; Winter Night ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; Rowell, Kenneth ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BR/24, Album 912/1
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Stringer, Walter: Sally Gilmour, Walter Gore and artists of Ballet Rambert in 'Winter Night' [3], 1948

Stringer, Walter: Sally Gilmour, Walter Gore and artists of Ballet Rambert in 'Winter Night' [3], 1948 (Picture): Winter Night was choreographed by Walter Gore and designed by Kenneth Rowell.; Stringer, Walter ; Winter Night ; Gilmour, Sally ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BR/25, Album 912/1
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Herald Sun (Melbourne): Sally Gilmour, Walter Gore and friend reading a letter, 1947 or 1948

Herald Sun (Melbourne): Sally Gilmour, Walter Gore and friend reading a letter, 1947 or 1948 (Picture): Gilmour, Sally ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/RAM/32, Album 810/13
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Attributed to Alec Murray: Walter Gore at 'Merioola', 1948

Attributed to Alec Murray: Walter Gore at 'Merioola', 1948 (Picture): Location:; Walter Gore collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/3383/2
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Walter Gore Collection, 1947-c.1957 (Picture): This collection of 37 photographs documents various activities by Walter Gore including his work for Ballet Rambert, National Theatre Ballet Company, Walter Gore Ballet, and the Australian Theatre Ballet, which Gore directed in the 1950s.; Ballet Rambert Australian tour ; National Theatre Ballet ; Australian Theatre Ballet; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/3383
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Photographer unknown: Walter Gore in 'Kaleidoscope', 1949

Photographer unknown: Walter Gore in 'Kaleidoscope', 1949 (Picture): Location:; Walter Gore collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/3383/10
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Stringer, Walter: Walter Gore in 'Mr Punch', Ballet Rambert, 1947

Stringer, Walter: Walter Gore in 'Mr Punch', Ballet Rambert, 1947 (Picture): Choreography by Walter Gore; Stringer, Walter ; Ballet Rambert Australian tour; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BR/49, album 912/1
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