Ballet - Study and teaching

Date: 1936-1937, 1953-2017

By: Royal New Zealand Ballet

Reference: MS-Group-1156

Description: Files include correspondence, financial records, contract agreements, reports, technical specification plans, music scores, sound recordings, biographical details, printed material, photographs, ephemera, and bound volumes of media files comprising photocopies and printouts of reviews and press/media pieces. Source of title - Supplied The New Zealand Ballet Company was founded by Poul Rudolph Gnatt in 1953. Gnatt was the first Artistic Director of the Ballet from 1953 to 1962. The Company received a charter from the Queen in 1984 and became the Royal New Zealand Ballet. In 1998 the company moved into its own premises adjacent to the St James Theatre in Wellington. Quantity: 26 box(es) 280 folders. 128 10" reel(s). 91 7" reel(s). 46 5" reel(s). 25 folder(s). 15 volume(s). 3 compact disc(s). 6.12 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Manuscripts, printed matter, photographs, ephemera, and sound recordings. Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - 77 posters - To Ephemera Collection - 66 performance programmes - To Photographic Archive - See photographs in PAColl-8294.

Date: 2020-2021

By: National Dance Archive of New Zealand; Pringle, Lyne, active 1980-2000s

Reference: OHColl-1630

Description: Four interviews with senior women in the New Zealand dance industry. The interviews were commissioned by the National Dance Archive of New Zealand Ngā Kaitiaki Taonga Kanikani o Aotearoa and conducted by Lyne Pringle between 2020 and 2021. The interviewees were Jenny Stevenson, Jamie Bull, Shona McCullagh, and Carla Van Zon. Title supplied by Library. Earlier interviews by the National Dance Archive of New Zealand are described at OHColl-0208. Quantity: 4 Interview(s). 34 digital sound recording(s). 10 Electronic document(s). 4 printed abstract(s) include recording agreement forms. 1 folder(s) biographical information forms. 1 folder(s) project report. Search dates: 2021

Date: 14 December 1998

From: Shennan, Jennifer, 1945-: Papers and recordings

By: Yalland, Patricia Doreen, 1915-2009; Shennan, Jennifer, 1945-

Reference: OHInt-1099

Description: Three cassette tapes of an interview with Auckland ballet teacher, Doreen O'Leary, by Jennifer Shennan recorded 14 December 1998. Quantity: 3 C120 cassette(s). 1 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available. Search dates: 1998 Processing information: This interview record was formerly described as an individual collection, OHColl-1099. It has been reunited with materials of the same provenance in collection ATL-Group-00243 (October 2017).

Date: 1956

From: [Music programmes 1956].

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1956-01

Description: Programme for dance and music performance with a trumpet solo by J Greagh, dances by S Garland, O Pelceris, H Taylor, J McGregor, S Brailsford, M Smith, D May, G Wilkin, E Kearney; vocal D Dobson. The front shows the logo (musical notation and stave) of the Wellington Salon Orchestra. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on sheet 228 x 145 mm. Provenance: One copy donated by Mrs Judy Siers, Wellington, in 2014.

Date: 1949 - 1951

By: Gnatt, Poul Rudolph, 1923-1995

Reference: Curios-049-003

Description: Salmon-coloured watermarked satin sash with screen-printed gold lettering, reading 'Den danske Balletklub'; the capital letter B is at the beginning of the word 'ballet' and at the end of the word 'klub' (it appears to read as 'KluBallet') Poul Gnatt was involved with Den danske Balletklub between 1949 and 1951 Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Gold ink on satin sash, 1720 x 135 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1294 - Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts; other transfers made to Photo Archive and Published collections.

Date: 1954

By: Galina Wassiliewa School of Russian Classical Ballet

Reference: Eph-C-DANCE-1954-01

Description: Anarrangement of text in red and blue on white card. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on card, 305 x 478 mm.

Date: 27 May 1986

From: National Dance Archive of New Zealand Oral History Project

By: Chapman, Dorothy Jeane, 1913-1998

Reference: OHInt-0208-01

Description: Jean Chapman, known professionally as Jeane Horne, recalls details of her childhood in Auckland and Wellington; her life and training as a dancer in London (1927-1933) where she went at the age of 13 to study at the Cone School of Ballet, now the Arts Educational School; establishing and running dancing schools in Auckland and Wellington (1933-1961); the establishment of the New Zealand Branch of the Royal Academy of Dancing (1935) which eventually led to the setting up of the National Ballet School by Poul Gnatt and recollections of dancing teachers and students of ballet. Access Contact - see oral history library Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Mrs Chapman's home in Wellington Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003625-003627; OHLC-002723-002725 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 3 Hours Duration. 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - no abstract(s) available form folder OHA-2043.

Date: 1980

From: [Posters advertising dance performances of 1980].

Reference: Eph-C-DANCE-1980-01

Description: Poster, printed red on white, shows a stylised ballet shoe "en pointe" Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, 420 x 294 mm.

Date: 1979

From: [Posters advertising dance performances of 1979].

Reference: Eph-C-DANCE-1979-01

Description: Poster, black print on green, shows an arrangement of text, ticket prices, and at the right the silhouette of a ballet dancer in a tutu performing an arabesque. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print, 297 x 420 mm.

Date: 1976

From: [Posters advertising dance performances of 1976].

Reference: Eph-C-DANCE-1976-01

Description: Programme / pamphlet originally folded in three, gives the name of the School's director, Rowena Jackson. The dances performed included: "Andantino" (choreographer Anne Rowse), "Russian scene", "Callisthenics", "Spanish dances", Pas de Trois" (from Swan Lake), "Dolly's Rendezvous", "Jazzaranda", and "Coppelia" (excerpts from Acts I and III). Many of the dances were produced by Rowena Jackson and Philip Chatfield. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 394 x 228 mm., originally folded to 132 x 228 mm.

Date: 1939 - 1966 - 1968 - 1970 - 1973 - 1976 - 1974

From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]

Reference: Eph-C-CABOT-Dance-2

Description: Includes: 1939: A group of the Covent Garden Russian Ballet. Town Hall Concert Chamber, commencing Friday 30 June for a short season [1939] 1966: "Like an exploding sun". The Ballet Folklorico of Mexico, directed by Amalia Harnandez. 78 singers, musicians, dancers. Presented by Kerridge-Odeon in association with the Auckland Festival Society, by arrangement with S Hurok. Wellington, St James Theatre Monday June 6th to Saturday June 18th [1966] 1968: The New Zealand Ballet. Birthday season 1968. Opera House, September 9, 10, 11; members' night Sept 7 [1968] 1970: Now for the first time in New Zealand ... Berioska Dance Company of Moscow. 1970 New Zealand tour. W & H Ltd 090-126. Poster. On the back of this poster are handwritten lists of entertainers and performers who visited New Zealand in the 1940s. 1973: The National School of Ballet, directed by Philip Chatfield and Rowena Jackson. Graduation performance presents three exciting new ballets: "Betrothal ball" (choreography Philip Chatfield), "Shapes in focus" (Valerie Bayley), "The stranger" (choreography Deirdre Tarrant). Opera House Wellington, 7-8 December [1973]. Small poster 1974: Russia's largest ever stage show on tour. Georgian State Dance Company. 65 entertainers of the USSR. On stage at the St James, Wellington, 19-24 August [1974?] (2 copies) The New Zealand Ballet. Grand Opera House Thurs 19 Sept,; Fri 20th Sept; Sat 21st Sept [1974] (2 copies) 1976? The Rumanian Spectacular. Not one but 40 stars! On stage live! Theatre Royal 8-15 March [1976?] The Rumanian Spectacular. Not one but 40 stars! On stage live! Civic Theatre, 16-19 March [1976?] The Rumanian Spectacular. Not one but 40 stars! On stage live! Regent, 20-25 March [1976?] Quantity: 10 Poster(s).

Date: 1971-1986

From: National Dance Archive of New Zealand : Records

Reference: 2003-169-02/01

Description: Hawkes Bay Ballet and Dance Supporters' Club Summer School information booklet & enrolment forms, 1971-1973; Hawkes Bay Annual Ballet and Dance Summer School information sheet, 1974-1975, Hawkes Bay Community College Summer School information booklets No 8-15 (1976 (Sixth annual summer school), 1978-1985). Lists of scholarship winners - Anne Woolliams Victorian College of the Arts (1981-1986); Paul Hammond Australian Ballet School Scholarship (1972-1986); Rowena Jackson Scholarship (1975-1986) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1922-1999

By: Gnatt, Poul Rudolph, 1923-1995

Reference: MS-Group-1294

Description: Includes scrapbooks, photographs, programmes and correspondence all relating to Poul Gnatt's life in ballet, both overseas and in New Zealand as well as personal and family life. Source of title - Supplied by Library Gnatt studied at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became principal dancer in 1949. Settled in New Zealand in 1952, founded the New Zealand Ballet in 1953. Continued to direct the New Zealand Ballet until 1962 then moved to the Australian Ballet. Retired to Otaki in the 1990s Quantity: 2 volume(s). 102 folder(s). 1.75 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Transfers: Material received as a whole into Manuscripts, parts transferred from there - To Ephemera Collection - Three folders of programmes (PR-13-0425) - To Photographic Archive - PA-Group-00162 - To Drawings & Prints Collection - 7 Sketches for 'La Sylphide' (A-459-017/023) 2 sketches by M.V. (A-429-046 and -047) and 2 sashes (Curios-049-004 and -003) - To Serials Collection - Serials and newsletters - To Sound and Music Centre - 8 collections of sheet music. Processing information: Arrangement updated by staff 2013

Date: [14 October 1985]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1985/4595-F

Description: Photographs of young girls in the class of Silverstream ballet teacher Joanne Jones, taken ca 14 October 1985 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [14 October 1985]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1985/4589-F

Description: Young girls practising "good toes and bad toes" in the class of Silverstream ballet teacher Joanne Jones, taken ca 14 October 1985 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley. From left: Amy Sammut, Alaina Riley, Louise Harper and Moyra Nicol. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [14 October 1985]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Mackley, Ian Chappell, 1928-2016

Reference: EP/1985/4594-F

Description: Photographs of young girls in the class of Silverstream ballet teacher Joanne Jones, taken ca 14 October 1985 by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1990 - 1999

By: Dance magazine

Reference: Eph-E-DANCE-DM-1990s

Description: Five posters, each concerning a different type of dance position: Jazz, Port de bras, Arabesques and attitudes, Small poses, Royal Academy of Dancing Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 920 x 615 mm. Provenance: Donated by the New Zealand School of Dance, in 2008.

Date: 1953-1987

From: Wassiliewa, Galina (estate) :Photographs relating to life and ballet career of Galina Wassiliewa in Lithuania and Wellington.

By: Wassiliew, Wassili, 1916-1983

Reference: PAColl-6125-04

Description: Most of the photographs in this group date from the 1960s and 1970s. They show students in the Manners Street premises doing excersises and ballet positions some at least of which were taken for promotional purposes. Others have been taken on rocks on the Wellington coast and at other outside locations. Other photographs relating to the School show visiting examinors and teachers, and other unidentified persons with the students. Arrangement: Negatives associated with this collection are housed at 35mm, 26338 to 35mm, 26431 The Galina Wassiliewa School of Russian Classical Ballet opened in Wellington, in 1953. Sometime in the late 1950s the school also became the New Zealand Branch of the British Association of Russian Classical Ballet. Galina Wassiliewa retired from running the school in 1987. At the time of her retirement the school was to be taken over by Jane Stephens who had studied with her for 14 years. According to another student, Kieth McEwing, the school continued as a co-operative until about 1992. Galina continued to teach and take private pupils until shortly before her death in 1999. Quantity: 101 b&w original photographic print(s). 27 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1980

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5869

Description: Students at the National School of Ballet, 1980. Art works in the Women's Gallery, Wellington, 1980. Women's Den, 1980. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1980

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5868

Description: A drama workshop in Queenstown, August 1980, and students at the National School of Ballet, 1980 Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies.