Antique Forms in an Antique Sun (1972 - )

Vining Brown, Leone: Margaret Barr Dance Drama Group in 'Antique forms in an antique sun', Ballet Australia, 1972

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Antique Forms in an Antique Sun was entered by Margaret Barr in the 1972 Ballet Australia Choreographic Competition. It premiered on 14 May 1972 at the Elizabethan Theatre, Newtown, and received second place in the competition behind Christine Koltai's Asylum. Barr’s dance-drama was performed to Music for Percussionists by Xavier Benguerel, Jose Soler and Siegfried Fink. The original cast of fourteen included Kai Tai Chan, Maureen Acox, Joolie Eadie, Rhona Googan, Jillian Kelly, Genevieve Langtry, Deirdre Schofield, Anette Williams, Elizabeth Wills, Lindsay Anderson, Jim Carruthers, James McIntyre, and Glen Rosewell.

In her program notes Barr wrote: 'Chinese children in their social studies at school are taught to observe people as being typed as: Squares – dependable, cannot see round corners. Circles – devious. Triangles – unpredictable.'

See also: Ballet Australia ; Barr, Margaret ; Chan, Kai Tai

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