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Warrior, from the ballet 0 World
Costume design by Eileen Cramer

Gertrud Bodenwieser Archives (MS 9263)
From the Manuscript Collection

On their arrival in Australia in 1939, Viennese dancer Gertrud Bodenwieser and her company Tanzgruppe Bodenwieser were already well-travelled and internationally acclaimed exponents of the New Dance. Despite severe limitations in local venues and theatrical facilities Bodenwieser quickly achieved an Australia-wide reputation for her choreography and teaching, and hers became the first theatrical company to tour overseas from Australia. 0 World with its sumptuous Indian setting was produced in 1945 and contrasted the jubilation of victory with the misery of defeat in a sobering reflection on the futility of war.

 

February 1999 Volume IX Number 5

THIS BEAUTIFUL CULTURAL DESERT

Michelle Potter finds a rich tapestry in the life of an Australian dance pioneer

BRINGING THEM HOME: A PILOT FOR A MAJOR ORAL HISTORY PROJECT AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY

Gwenda Beed Davey reports on an initiative to record the stories of those involved in the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families

CAPTURING THE MOMENT

Through Loui Seselja's photographic portrait of the 1998 Constitutional Convention, Annabel Pengilley reflects on the National Library's role in documenting historical events

KINETICA: NETWORKING INTO THE MILLENNIUM

The National Library's new bibliographic and information service will support cooperation and resource sharing within the Australian library community. Diana Giese reports

SAVOURING THE SPOKEN WORD

In her 1998 TDK Australian Audio Book Awards address, Jill Kitson explores the pleasures of listening

FRIENDS

A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia

NLA PUBLICATIONS

Gold medal winners - Faces of Mandurama and Australia's Timeless Gardens

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