Australia Dancing - Of Blessed Memory (1991

Of Blessed Memory (1991 - )

McMurdo, Don: Fiona Tonkin and artists of the Australian Ballet in Stanton Welch's 'Of Blessed Memory', 1992

Of Blessed Memory received its world premiere performance at the State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne on 18 October 1991. Given the subtitle Beatae Memoriae it was choreographed by Stanton Welch, designed by Kristian Fredrikson, lit by William Akers and danced to selections from Joseph Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne.

Welch dedicated the ballet to his mother, Marilyn Jones, and his program notes included the following: 'For some time the theme of mother and child has been very important to me. I wished to explore the relationship between a child and the giver of life, a bonding that is so deep and natural and which comes from the sharing of the same body'.

The opening night cast featured Marilyn Jones, Fiona Tonkin, Miranda Coney, Justine Summers, Greg Horsman, Steven Heathcote, David McAllister, artists of the Australian Ballet and soprano Miriam Gormley.

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