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Anton Dolin and Sono Osato in a study for Protee,
Covent Garden Russian Ballet, Australian tour, 1938-39
silver gelatin photograph; 43.2 x 35.6 and smaller
Pictorial Collection Album 888

The ballet Protee, created in 1938, was a choreographic essay honouring the spirit of Greek classicism. During the tour to Australia by the Covent Garden Russian Ballet, the leading role of the god Proteus was frequently danced by Anton Dolin. Sono Osato danced one of the five nymphs who come to a temple by the sea to invoke the presence of the god. The ballet's surrealist set and costume designs by Giorgio de Chirico, and its choreography borrowed from poses on Greek friezes, made it an unusual but popular item in the Australian repertoire of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet

 

April 2001 Volume XI Number 7

YOUR PERCEPTIONS, YOUR VISTAS, YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR FEELINGS: THE MANNING CLARK PAPERS

D.W.A. Baker shares with us the fascination of the Manning Clark Papers: documents relating to his historical writings and research, short stories, articles, lectures and personal correspondence

IGNATIUS DONNELLY (1831-1901): AUSTRALIAN ECHOES OF AN AMERICAN POPULIST

Stephen Holt describes how the works and beliefs of an American congressman influenced pre-Federation Australia and the early Labor Party, and are still echoed in the beliefs of the anti-globalisation movement today

DANCING ON THE WEB

Michelle Potter shows how the Web is becoming an important resource for researching international dance holdings and also offers a way of preserving the history and heritage of this ephemeral art form

REMARQUE IN EXILE: THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH ARTHUR WHEEN (1933-36)

Ian Campbell reveals how letters between Arthur Wheen and novelist E.M. Remarque give us an insight into the complex relationship between writer and translator

SHARKS AND COLOMBINE AND THE ROCKS OF HAN

Marion Halligan finds that, for a writer, libraries can provide research tools, story leads and even inspiration itself

IN MEMORIUM

John Meredith, AM, died on 16 February 2001

FRIENDS

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

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

Highlighting events marking the Centenary of Federation, and the 100th Anniversary of the National Library of Australia

100TH BIRTHDAY BOOKSEARCH

Help uncover items on the National Library's desiderata list

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