Hélène Kirsova
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Hélène Kirsova was a Danish prima ballerina, choreographer and ballet teacher and is noted as the founder of the first professional ballet company in Australia. She trained in Paris with former Sergei
Helene Kirsova, ballerina, ca. 1941 – photographer Bitter-Jeppesen Studios, Melbourne (4439479907)
Hélène Kirsova stars in Petrushka at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, 11 January 1937
Hélène Kirsova (with presents of a puppy and tomato sauce) arriving back in Sydney, May 1937
Madame Erik Fischer (Hélène Kirsova) The Home magazine August 1938. Photo: Noel Rubie
Joan Gadsdon
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Joan Margaret Anne Gadsdon was an Australian ballet dancer, actor and artist. She was one of the pioneers of early Australian ballet in the 1940s, performing with the newly established Kirsova and Bor
Hélène Kirsova
…and included John Seymour, Victoria Forth, Helen Black, Trafford Whitelock, Jean Shearer, Bettina Brown, Marie Malloy, Joy Palmer and Peggy Chauncey. Joan Gadsdon joined the company later, as did Thadée Slavinsky in 1942, Mischa Burlakof and Valentin Zeglovsky. Kirsova's choreography was perceived as "minimalist…
Joan Gadsdon, Australian ballet dancer, 1940s