Dupain, Max (1911 - 1992)

Cotton, Olive: Portrait of Max Dupain, 1938

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Max Dupain's extensive and acclaimed photographic output includes an important series shot between 1936 and 1940 of dancers from Ballets Russes companies that were visiting Australia at the time: the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, the Covent Garden Russian Ballet and the Original Ballet Russe. Mostly posed, indoor studies they capture the glamour and allure of the dancers, who included Irina Baronova, Helene Kirsova, David Lichine, Serge Lifar, Sono Osato, Paul Petroff, Tamara Toumanova and Igor Youskevitch. A small part of the series was shot outdoors in Frenchs Forest using natural light. The series was commissioned by the publisher Sydney Ure Smith and many of the shots were originally published in glossy magazine The Home. Dupain also photographed dancers of the Kirsova Ballet and the Bodenwieser Ballet in Sydney during the 1940s.

See also: Ballets Russes Australian tours ; Bodenwieser Ballet ; Kirsova Ballet ; Kirsova, Helene ; Lichine, David ; Lifar, Serge ; Osato, Sono ; Petroff, Paul ; Toumanova, Tamara ; Youskevitch, Igor

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