Kirsova Ballet
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The Kirsova Ballet was the first professional Australian ballet company. It was founded by prima ballerina Hélène Kirsova in 1941. Initially the leading performers were dancers who had stayed in Austr
Hélène Kirsova, c1941
Rachel Cameron and Henry Legerton dance in the Kirsova Les Sylphides. (Photographer Max Dupain)
(l to r) Paul Clementin (Hammond), Rachel Cameron, and Strelsa Heckelman, c1943
Programme for the Kirsova Ballet season opening 17 December 1943
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
Kirsova Ballet
…The Kirsova Ballet was the first professional Australian ballet company. It was founded by prima ballerina Hélène Kirsova in 1941. Initially the leading performers were dancers who had stayed in Australia following the 1938/1939 tour of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet…
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