On the cover this month
Unknown photographer
Portrait of Anna Pavlova in Dragon Fly [1914-1916]
Pictures Collection;
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Anna
Pavlova came to Australia twice, both times under the entrepreneurial
banner of the J. C. Williamson organisation and billed as 'The greatest
dancer of all time'. Her first tour was in 1926 when she visited
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. She was partnered at this
time by Laurent Novikoff, and the dancers included Harcourt Algeranoff
making the first of his many visits to Australia. The company presented
some 17 ballets and several shorter divertissements, including works
that Pavlova had choreographed herself. In 1929 Pavlova returned with a
larger company and expanded repertoire. She was partnered during this
tour by Pierre Vladimiroff and both Algeranoff and Edouard Borovansky
were members of the company. Further details of Pavlova’s Australian
tours are available from the Australian Performing Arts (PROMPT)
Collection in the National Library of Australia.
February 2004 Volume XIV Number 5
AS LIGHT AS AIR: DECORATIVE DANCING
Michelle Potter explores the popularity of a free, Grecian-style dance form in Australia through images found in the Library’s collections
WORDS ARE CLUES
From the very beginning of European settlement on Australia’s east coast, Indigenous words were recorded by navy personnel, administrators and residents. Keith Vincent Smith unearths some of the resulting word lists in the Library’s collections
NEW PATHWAYS, NEW DIRECTIONS: THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA IN 2003
This special 'year in review' supplement highlights the National Library’s activities in 2003
JOHN FLYNN'S DOUBLE VISION
Historian Rob Linn describes an in-depth study of the Australian Inland Mission and the AIM photographs held in the National Library’s collections
FRIENDS
A regular news page about the activities of the Friends of the National Library of Australia
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