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In 1939, Russian dancer Kira Bousloff arrived in Perth on tour with the Convent Garden Russian Ballet. She had in the country for less than an hour before she decided to make Perth her new home. Bousloff subsequently founded the West Australian Ballet, one of Australia’s earliest state-based ballet companies, and boldly created a dance environment that continues to flourish today. See story p. 3.

 

April 2006 Volume XVI Number 7

'MADAME BALLET'

Michelle Potter reveals how Russian dancer Kira Bousloff boldly created an environment for dance to flourish in Western Australia

THE CAMERA ART OF GEOFFREY POWELL

Jennifer Lovell uncovers the career of Geoffrey Powell, a photographer who had a knack for being where the action was

ROLL UP TO THE CIRCUS!

Gillian Arrighi searches for remnants of the FitzGerald Brothers' Circus, Australia’s largest and most dazzling producer of popular culture in the late 19th century

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Russell Doust examines restaurant menus in the National Library’s collection of ephemera

AN UNASSUMING RADICAL

Christobel Mattingley discusses the powerful influence of author Nene Gare’s work

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