Australia Dancing

Coppelia

McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [3], 1990

Danish ballerina Adeline Genee and members of the Imperial Russian Ballet introduced Australian audiences to Coppelia in Melbourne on the opening night of their 1913 tour. This ballet premiered in Paris on May 25, 1870, choreographed by Arthur Saint-Leon to music by Leo Delibes. Its sentimental, comic libretto, based on a tale by E T A Hoffmann, was devised in collaboration with Charles Nuitter. Although Saint-Leon choreographed the ballet in three acts, the third has frequently been abbreviated or omitted from subsequent versions.

The version of Coppelia presented by Genee was produced by Alexandre Volonine, and included musical additions by C J M Glaser and designs by C Wilhelm. The first Australian production took place in 1931 in Sydney, designed and staged by Louise Lightfoot and performed by the First Australian Ballet with Mischa Burlakov dancing as Franz. The 1930s also saw a suite of dances from Coppelia presented by the Dandre-Levitoff Russian Ballet in a divertissement program during its 1934-35 Australian tour.

The next international company to perform the work in this country was the Original Ballet Russe which opened the brief Sydney season of its two-act production on August 12, 1940. This version was based on Petipa's 1884 revival and staged by Anatol Oboukhoff. Vera Nemtchinova, Tamara Toumanova and Tatiana Riabouchinska alternated as Swanilda, with the roles of Franz and Dr Coppelius performed throughout by Michel Panaieff and Sviatoslav Toumine. Design was by Olga Larose.

Melbourne audiences saw their first Coppelia since the 1913 Genee tour in 1946 when the Borovansky Ballet presented a two-act version with 'choreography by E Borovansky' featuring Edna Busse as Swanilda, Serge Bousloff as Franz and Edouard Borovansky as Dr Coppelius. This popular production remained in the company's repertoire with a revival in the 1950s. A new production, the first in three acts for the Borovansky Ballet, was created in 1960 by the company's new artistic director Peggy van Praagh, featuring designs by Kenneth Rowell. Choreography was credited to 'Lev Ivanov and Enrico Cecchetti' with 'general production revised by Peggy van Praagh'. Kathleen Gorham and Patricia Cox alternated as Swanilda, with Robert Pomie and Jeffrey Kovel as Franz and Algeranoff as Dr Coppelius. This landmark production was presented in the Borovansky Ballet's final performance in 1961 and the inaugural repertoire of the Australian Ballet in 1962. In the new company's opening season guest artists Erik Bruhn and Sonia Arova danced the leading roles. In the 1969 season, Robert Helpmann performed as Dr Coppelius, the role he had first performed in Australia during the 1958-9 Royal Ballet tour.

Van Praagh staged a new version of Coppelia in collaboration with theatre director George Ogilvie and using choreography based on her earlier production and designs by Kristian Fredrikson as her swansong for the Australian Ballet in 1979. Ann Jenner featured as Swanilda, with Kelvin Coe as Franz and Ray Powell as Dr Coppelius. Both of Van Praagh's productions marked important milestones in the history of the flagship company and proved extremely popular.

Coppelia has enjoyed a plethora of professional stagings by other Australian companies. In 1951, the Ballet Guild presented the second act, with designs by Elaine Haxton and with Laurel Martyn and Maxwell Collis in lead roles. The Kouznetsova Ballet also staged this act in the early 1950s, as did the Arts Council Ballet directed by Beth Dean in 1958. The National Theatre Ballet performed a three-act version by Valrene Tweedie in the early 1950s, in which Raymond Trickett and Tweedie danced the leading roles. In 1967, the Victorian Ballet Company, with Poul Gnatt as director, staged an abridged version of the Danish production choreographed by Glasemann and Hans Beck, with Gnatt as Dr Coppelius, Dianne Parrington as Swanilda and Laurence Bishop as Franz. Other productions of Coppelia over the years have been presented by the Sydney Festival Ballet, the North Queensland Ballet, the Tasmanian Ballet and the South Australian Ballet Company. The Queensland Ballet performed the second act in the 1960s, and Leslie White's three-act production in 1977. The West Australian Ballet's staging of the Australian Ballet three-act version, which premiered in 1975 with Ray Powell performing as Dr Coppelius, was a milestone production for this company.

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Stringer, Walter: Algeranoff as Dr Coppelius and Joan Boler as the Scottish Doll in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet , ca. 1960

Stringer, Walter: Algeranoff as Dr Coppelius and Joan Boler as the Scottish Doll in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet , ca. 1960 (Picture): Algeranoff ; Borovansky Ballet ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC/6558/3321 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/11 *
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Stringer, Walter: Artists of the Australian Ballet as Franz and Coppelia in Act 1 of 'Coppelia', 1985

Stringer, Walter: Artists of the Australian Ballet as Franz and Coppelia in Act 1 of 'Coppelia', 1985 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P6558/6185 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/19 *
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McMurdo, Don: Artists of the Australian Ballet as the Friends of Franz and Swanilda in 'Coppelia', 1980s

McMurdo, Don: Artists of the Australian Ballet as the Friends of Franz and Swanilda in 'Coppelia', 1980s (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo personal archive collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/8336/273, Album 1003/2
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Stringer, Walter: Artists of the Australian Ballet in Act 1 of 'Coppelia', 1985

Stringer, Walter: Artists of the Australian Ballet in Act 1 of 'Coppelia', 1985 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P6558/6182 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/19 *
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McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [1], 1990

McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [1], 1990 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC/4875/D/7 LOC Cold store PIC McM Album 1003/6 *
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McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [2], 1990

McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [2], 1990 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC/4875/H/31 LOC Cold store PIC McM Album 1003/6 *
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McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [4], 1990

McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [4], 1990 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC/4875/F/18 LOC Cold store PIC McM Album 1003/6 *
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McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [5], 1990

McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [5], 1990 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC/4875/B/8 LOC Cold store PIC McM Album 1003/6 *
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McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [6], 1990

McMurdo, Don: Australian Ballet performance of 'Coppelia' [6], 1990 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/8336/273 LOC Cold store PIC McM Album 1036/2 *
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Stringer, Walter: Ballet Guild performance of 'Coppelia', 1957

Stringer, Walter: Ballet Guild performance of 'Coppelia', 1957 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Ballet Guild; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BG/27 LOC Album 912/14 *
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Stringer, Walter: Borovansky Ballet performance of 'Coppelia', 1961

Stringer, Walter: Borovansky Ballet performance of 'Coppelia', 1961 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Borovansky Ballet; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P554/BB/414 LOC Album 912/13 *
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McMurdo, Don: Colin Peasley as Dr Coppelius with artists of the Australian Ballet in 'Coppelia', 1990

McMurdo, Don: Colin Peasley as Dr Coppelius with artists of the Australian Ballet in 'Coppelia', 1990 (Picture): Peasley, Colin ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/4875/J/6 LOC Cold store PIC McM Album 1003/6 *
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Hyams, Estella: Peggy van Praagh as a child dancer

Dame Peggy van Praagh collection, 1916-1990 (Picture): 157 photographs : some col. ; 30.5 x 25 cm. and smaller + 36 colour slides Summary: Photographs include portraits of Peggy van Praagh (PvP): as a child, 1912-1920; teaching in Margaret Craske's studio, 1940; in ENSA uniform for Sadler's Wells tour of Germany, 1945; Cecchetti Farewell dinner, 1960; Sydney, 1962; teaching in Singapore, 1961; portraits dated 1942, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1980, 1982; at the conferring of Doctor of Letters, University of New England, 1974, and Doctor of Laws, University of Melbourne, 1981; in her Parkville flat. PvP in various roles: with Therese Langfield and Charlotte Bidmead at the Player's Theatre, Covent Garden, [1937-45?]; in an Hungarian dance, and Contre Danse, 1930s, with Molly Lake's Marilyn Dancers; as The Woman in his Past in Jardin aux Lilas, 1936; as Bolero in Soiree Musicale, [1938]; with Hugh Laing in The gods go a'begging, 1938; with Agnes de Mille, Anthony Tudor, Hugh Laing and Margaret Braithwaite in Gallant Assembly, 1938; as Mortal born under Neptune in The planets, 1939; as the Russian ballerina in Gala performance, 1939; in Dark Elegies, 1939; as Swanhilda, Coppelia, 1940; as Vivandiere in Cap over Mill, 1940. PvP photographed with: Franz Baur [1956]; Lia Schubert, Boris Kniaseff, and Victor Gsovsky [1957?]; Michael Frostick and Charles Mackerras, 1958; Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev at Chequers [1964]; Dr Coombs, 1969; Agnes de Mille and Martin Finestein, 1972; Ray Powell; Peter Brinson, 1975; Kelvin Coe; Peter Brinson and Warren Lett, 1977; Christopher Sexton and Shirley McKechnie; Chris Sexton, Kelvin Coe, Modesta Gentile [?], Shirley McKechnie and Noel Pelly [?]; Dame Margaret Scott and others 1981; Betty Pounder on This is your life; Ursula Moreton and G.B. Wilson. Also portraits of : John Cranko [with poster for Sea change, 1949]; PvP's mother Ethel van Praagh; Bryan Lawrence and Elaine Fifield; Sir Frank Tait; Anne Ludmilla [?]; PvP and others appearing on Danny Angle's This is your Life, 1958. Also 16 photographs of PvP's production of The Rake's Progress, Munich, 1956. Also various colour slides including Dame Margot Fonteyn and Garth Welch rehearsing for Swan Lake in Canberra; van Praagh, Peggy ; Dieux mendiants, Les ; Fonteyn, Margot ; Nureyev, Rudolf ; Powell, Ray ; Coe, Kelvin ; McKechnie, Shirley ; Pelly, Noel ; Lawrence, Bryan ; Fifield, Elaine ; Welch, Garth ; Swan Lake; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/3132/1-193 LOC Box PIC/3132; PIC LOC Nitrate Store Box 44
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Australian Information Service: Dancers of the Borovansky Ballet in 'Coppelia', 1946

Australian Information Service: Dancers of the Borovansky Ballet in 'Coppelia', 1946 (Picture): Borovansky Ballet; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/9059
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Stringer, Walter: Dressing for the Australian Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1985

Stringer, Walter: Dressing for the Australian Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1985 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P6558/6139 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/19 *
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Photographer unknown: Edna Busse in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, c. 1946

Photographer unknown: Edna Busse in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, c. 1946 (Picture): Borovansky Ballet ; Busse, Edna; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 9733/5/33
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Photographer unknown: Edouard Borovansky as Dr Coppelius in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, c. 1946

Photographer unknown: Edouard Borovansky as Dr Coppelius in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, c. 1946 (Picture): Borovansky Ballet ; Borovansky, Edouard; Location:; Geoffrey Ingram Archive of Australian Ballet; National Library of Australia; PIC P348/EB/68, Album 810/1
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Dickson, Enid: Edouard Borovansky as Dr Coppelius in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, 1951?

Dickson, Enid: Edouard Borovansky as Dr Coppelius in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, 1951? (Picture): 1 drawing on velvet paper : pastel and charcoal, col. ; 36.0 x 23.2 cm.; Borovansky Ballet ; Borovansky, Edouard; Location:; Collection of sketches of ballet dancers [picture]; National Library of Australia; PIC/9921/65 LOC Drawer 10481-10490
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Stringer, Walter: Eve King and Jack Manuel in Ballet Guild performance of 'Coppelia', 1957

Stringer, Walter: Eve King and Jack Manuel in Ballet Guild performance of 'Coppelia', 1957 (Picture): Ballet Guild ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BG/13 LOC Album 912/14 *
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McMurdo, Don: Greg Horsman and Lisa Pavane in Act III of 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1990

McMurdo, Don: Greg Horsman and Lisa Pavane in Act III of 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1990 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The ; Pavane, Lisa; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/4875/A/16, album 1003/6
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Stringer, Walter: The Hours of the Night from Act III of the Australian Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1985

Stringer, Walter: The Hours of the Night from Act III of the Australian Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1985 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P6558/6115 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/19 *
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Duparcq, Derek S.: Janet Karin as Prayer in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963

Duparcq, Derek S.: Janet Karin as Prayer in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Karin, Janet ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P2043/22
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McMurdo, Don: Jayne Beddoe as Dawn in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1990

McMurdo, Don: Jayne Beddoe as Dawn in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1990 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/4875/A/22
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Stringer, Walter: Kathleen Geldard as Dawn in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963

Stringer, Walter: Kathleen Geldard as Dawn in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The ; Stringer, Walter ; Geldard, Kathleen; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/AB/51, Album 912/17
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Stringer, Walter: Kathleen Gorham as Swanilda and Algeranoff as Dr Coppelius in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, 1961

Stringer, Walter: Kathleen Gorham as Swanilda and Algeranoff as Dr Coppelius in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, 1961 (Picture): Algeranoff ; Gorham, Kathleen ; Borovansky Ballet ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/BB/411 LOC Album 912/13 *
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Stringer, Walter: Kathleen Gorham as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, ca. 1960

Stringer, Walter: Kathleen Gorham as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, ca. 1960 (Picture): Gorham, Kathleen ; Stringer, Walter ; Borovansky Ballet; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC/6558/3330 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/11 *
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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 ; Nutcracker ; Giselle; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/11460/1-175 LOC Drawer 10671-10691
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Stewart, Jean: Laurel Martyn as Swanilda in Coppelia Act II, Ballet Guild, 1952

Stewart, Jean: Laurel Martyn as Swanilda in Coppelia Act II, Ballet Guild, 1952 (Picture): Martyn, Laurel ; Ballet Guild; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 9711
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Stringer, Walter: Leonie Leahy as Prayer in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963

Stringer, Walter: Leonie Leahy as Prayer in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P554/AB/49 LOC Album 912/17 *
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McMurdo, Don: Lisa Bolte as Prayer with artists of the Australian Ballet in 'Coppelia', 1990

McMurdo, Don: Lisa Bolte as Prayer with artists of the Australian Ballet in 'Coppelia', 1990 (Picture): Bolte, Lisa ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC/4875/G/17, Album 1003/6
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Stringer, Walter: Making up for the Australian Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1985

Stringer, Walter: Making up for the Australian Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1985 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P6558/6138 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/19 *
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Stringer, Walter: Marilyn Jones as Swanilda and Algeranoff as Dr. Coppelius in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963

Stringer, Walter: Marilyn Jones as Swanilda and Algeranoff as Dr. Coppelius in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Algeranoff ; Australian Ballet, The ; Jones, Marilyn; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC P554/AB/62 LOC Album 912/17 *
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McMurdo, Don: Miranda Coney as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1990

McMurdo, Don: Miranda Coney as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1990 (Picture): Coney, Miranda ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC/4875/B/15 LOC Cold store PIC McM Album 1003/6 *
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Photographer unknown: Moya Beaver as Coppelia, Mischa Burlakov as Franz and Lindsay Kingsmill Shaw (?) as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', First Australian Ballet, 1934

Photographer unknown: Moya Beaver as Coppelia, Mischa Burlakov as Franz and Lindsay Kingsmill Shaw (?) as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', First Australian Ballet, 1934 (Picture): Burlakov, Mischa ; First Australian Ballet, The ; Beaver, Moya; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 9803/1/8
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Photographer unknown: Peggy Sager as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, 1952

Photographer unknown: Peggy Sager as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, 1952 (Picture): Borovansky Ballet ; Sager, Peggy; Location:; Peggy Sager ballet photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC P979/35 LOC Album 887 *
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Anthony, Gordon: Peggy van Praagh as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', c. 1940

Anthony, Gordon: Peggy van Praagh as Swanilda in 'Coppelia', c. 1940 (Picture): van Praagh, Peggy; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC3132/72
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Photographic albums of Walter Stringer : [National Theatre Ballet Company], 1953-1955 (Picture): Five albums containing ninety-five black and white photographs record ballets produced for the National Theatre Ballet by Valrene Tweedie. Tweedie directed the company from 1953 until 1955 and appeared in many of the productions herself. In addition to Tweedie, other dancers represented in the albums include Athol Willoughby, William Carse, Noelle Aitken, Ray Trickett and Marion Ward. Ballets represented include Le Coq d'or, Swan Lake Act II, Francesca da Rimini, Coppelia, Carnaval, Pas de quatre and Aurora's Wedding. A list of the contents of the albums is available at the pictorial list titled Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001 : National Theatre Ballet Company, [1953-1955]; National Theatre Ballet ; Tweedie, Valrene ; Carnaval, Le ; Francesca da Rimini ; Aurora's Wedding ; Coq d'or, Le; Location:; National Library of Australia

Photographic albums of Walter Stringer : [The Royal Ballet Performing at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne, 1958], 1958 (Picture): One album, compiled by the photographer, containing forty-three black and white photographs of performances by the visiting Royal Ballet. Some photographs are autographed. Dancers represented include Susan Alexander, Michael Boulton, Lynn Seymour, Anne Heaton, Robert Helpmann, Rowena Jackson, Patricia Cox, Alan Alder and Philip Chatfield. Ballets represented include Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Coppelia, Hamlet, Pineapple Poll and The Rake's Progress. A list of the contents of the album is available at the pictorial list titled Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001: The Royal Ballet Performing at her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne, 1958.; Helpmann, Robert ; Alder, Alan ; Royal Ballet Australian Tour, The ; Sylphides, Les ; Pineapple Poll; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC Album 994

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 ; Nutcracker ; Swan Lake ; Carnaval, Le ; Sylphides, Les ; Apollo ; En Cirque ; Night is a Sorceress, The ; Contes Heraldiques; Location:; W. F. Stringer Collection; National Library of Australia; P554/BG/1-154

Photographs of the Borovansky Ballet, 1943-1961 (Picture): The W. F. Stringer collection includes a large component of photographic material documenting various productions by the Borovansky Ballet. All material was shot in performance by Walter Stringer and some is autographed. Productions represented include Aurora's Wedding, Le Beau Danube, Le Carnaval, Coppelia, Corrida, The Eternal Lovers, Francesca da Rimini, Fifth Symphony - Les Presages, Giselle, Graduation Ball, Nutcracker, Petrouchka, Polovtsian Dances, Les Rendezvous, Sleeping Princess, Les Sylphides and Symphonie fantastique. Artists represented include Iovanka Biegovic, Royes Fernandez, Elaine Fifield, Kathleen Gorham, Marilyn Jones, Robert Pomie, Peggy Sager, Yurek Shabelevsky, Vassilie Trunoff, Jocelyn Vollmar and Garth Welch. A small amount of material documents the Fonteyn season of the Borovansky Ballet in 1957. Most photographs were shot during the 1950s and 1960s. A small amount of material was created in c.1943 and includes material relating to the Borovansky production of Facade in 1943 and photographs shot in Borovansky's studio in Melbourne.; Petrouchka ; Borovansky Ballet ; Welch, Garth ; Gorham, Kathleen ; Jones, Marilyn ; Sager, Peggy ; Trunoff, Vassilie ; Fifield, Elaine ; Fonteyn, Margot ; Pomie, Robert ; Fernandez, Royes ; Sleeping Beauty, The ; Carnaval, Le ; Presages, Les ; Graduation Ball ; Sylphides, Les ; Francesca da Rimini ; Beau Danube, Le ; Vollmar, Jocelyn ; Aurora's Wedding ; Symphonie fantastique ; Eternal Lovers, The; Location:; W. F. Stringer Collection; National Library of Australia; P554/BB/1-491

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 ; Gore, Walter ; Reid, Rex ; Scott, Margaret ; Tweedie, Valrene ; Kellaway, Leon ; Graeme, Joyce ; Sylphides, Les ; Graduation Ball ; Carnaval, Le ; Coq d'or, Le ; Aurora's Wedding ; Protee ; Heckelman, Strelsa; Location:; National Library of Australia; P554/NTB/1-290 (Album 912)

Ferguson, Colin: Photographs of the Original Ballet Russe, 1940 (Picture): This collection consists of 16 photographs, thought to be taken by Colin Ferguson, documenting performances by the Original Ballet Russe in 1940. Productions represented are Aurora's Wedding, Cendrillon, Les Cent baisers, Coppelia, Francesca da Rimini, Lutte eternelle, Paganini and Les Sylphides. Dancers represented include Tamara Grigorieva, Roman Jasinsky, Paul Petroff, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Dimitri Rostoff, Igor Schwezoff, Lubov Tchernicheva, Tamara Toumanova and Nina Verchinina. Some autographed material is included.; Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Sylphides, Les ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Francesca da Rimini ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Petroff, Paul ; Aurora's Wedding ; Cendrillon ; Paganini ; Lutte eternelle ; Cent baisers, Les ; Verchinina, Nina ; Jasinsky, Roman; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P873/1-16
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McMurdo, Don: Portrait of Anne Jenner in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1990

McMurdo, Don: Portrait of Anne Jenner in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1990 (Picture): Australian Ballet, The; Location:; Don McMurdo performing arts collection [picture]; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC/4389 LOC Drawer PIC/4389
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Stringer, Walter: Props backstage for 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1985

Stringer, Walter: Props backstage for 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1985 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P6558/6150, album 1016/19
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Stringer, Walter: Ramona Ratas as the Spanish Doll in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, 1960

Stringer, Walter: Ramona Ratas as the Spanish Doll in 'Coppelia', Borovansky Ballet, 1960 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Borovansky Ballet; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC/6558/5114 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/16 *
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Stringer, Walter: Robert Pomie and Marilyn Jones in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963

Stringer, Walter: Robert Pomie and Marilyn Jones in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Pomie, Robert ; Jones, Marilyn ; Australian Ballet, The ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC P544/AB/47
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Stringer, Walter: Scene from the Borovansky Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1960

Stringer, Walter: Scene from the Borovansky Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1960 (Picture): Borovansky Ballet ; Stringer, Walter; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC/6558/5103 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/16 *
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Stringer, Walter: Set by Kenneth Rowell for the Borovansky Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1960

Stringer, Walter: Set by Kenneth Rowell for the Borovansky Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1960 (Picture): Borovansky Ballet ; Stringer, Walter ; Rowell, Kenneth; Location:; National Library of Australia; PIC/6558/5101, Album 1016/16
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Stringer, Walter: Sonia Arova and Jonathan Watts in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963

Stringer, Walter: Sonia Arova and Jonathan Watts in 'Coppelia', the Australian Ballet, 1963 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance photographs; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P554/AB/48 LOC Album 912/17 *
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Dickson, Enid: Sono Osato and Tatiana Riabouchinska watching 'Coppelia' from the wings at the last performance in Sydney, Original Ballet Russe, 1940

Dickson, Enid: Sono Osato and Tatiana Riabouchinska watching 'Coppelia' from the wings at the last performance in Sydney, Original Ballet Russe, 1940 (Picture): 1 drawing on velvet paper : pastel, charcoal, col. ; 30.3 x 20.0 cm.; Osato, Sono ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Collection of sketches of ballet dancers [picture]; National Library of Australia; PIC/9921/42 LOC Drawer 10481-10490
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Photographer unknown: Tamara Tchinarova in mazurka costume with Xenia Borovansky before a Borovansky Ballet production of 'Coppelia', ca. 1946

Photographer unknown: Tamara Tchinarova in mazurka costume with Xenia Borovansky before a Borovansky Ballet production of 'Coppelia', ca. 1946 (Picture): Borovansky Ballet ; Borovansky, Xenia ; Finch, Tamara Tchinarova; Location:; National Library of Australia; MS 9733, Series 5, Item 167
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Ferguson, Colin [?]: Tatiana Riabouchinska and dancers of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Coppelia', 1940

Ferguson, Colin [?]: Tatiana Riabouchinska and dancers of the Original Ballet Russe in 'Coppelia', 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana; Location:; Collection of photographs of Ballets Russes performances in Australia; National Library of Australia; PIC P873/4
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Ferguson, Colin [?]: Tatiana Riabouchinska and Sviatoslov Toumine in 'Coppelia', Original Ballet Russe, 1940

Ferguson, Colin [?]: Tatiana Riabouchinska and Sviatoslov Toumine in 'Coppelia', Original Ballet Russe, 1940 (Picture): Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Collection of photographs of Ballets Russes performances in Australia; National Library of Australia; PIC P873/2
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Ferguson, Colin [?]: Tatiana Riabouchinska in 'Coppelia', Original Ballet Russe, 1940

Ferguson, Colin [?]: Tatiana Riabouchinska in 'Coppelia', Original Ballet Russe, 1940 (Picture): Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Riabouchinska, Tatiana; Location:; Collection of photographs of Ballets Russes performances in Australia; National Library of Australia; PIC P8731/
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Ferguson, Colin [?]: Tatiana Riabouchinska, Sviatoslav Toumine and Michel Panaieff in 'Coppelia', Original Ballet Russe, 1940

Ferguson, Colin [?]: Tatiana Riabouchinska, Sviatoslav Toumine and Michel Panaieff in 'Coppelia', Original Ballet Russe, 1940 (Picture): Riabouchinska, Tatiana ; Ballets Russes Australian tours; Location:; Collection of photographs of Ballets Russes performances in Australia; National Library of Australia; PIC P873/3
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Stringer, Walter: Waiting in the wings before Act III of the Australian Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1985

Stringer, Walter: Waiting in the wings before Act III of the Australian Ballet production of 'Coppelia', 1985 (Picture): Stringer, Walter ; Australian Ballet, The; Location:; W.F. Stringer collection of dance slides; National Library of Australia; PIC PIC P6558/6152 LOC Cold store PIC Stri Album 1016/19 *
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