Southern Ballet Theatre

Based in Christchurch, founded by Lorraine Peters in 1975 with Gillian Francis and David Peake as co-founders and principal dancers. Russell Kerr appointed Artistic Director in 1978.

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[Programmes for ballet and dance performances in New Zealand. 1982]

Date: 1982

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-1982

Description: Includes programmes for: The Dance Centre end of year concert. 6 December 1982. Flier (2 copies) Paula Hunt Dance Academy. "The sleeping princess" plus live orchestra Nova Strings. State Opera House, 28 March [1982? or 1993]. Programme The Wellington Arts Centre presents an evening of exciting contemporary dance by On the Move. (Michael Parmenter, Marie Gray, Michelle Richecoeur). Contemporary dance. University Memorial Theatre, 14 April [1982]. Promotional pamphlet (2 copies) and programme The New Zealand Academy of National Dancing. Pamphlet [1982] New Zealand Dance Federation Inc. National Dance Archive. Pamphlet and invitation to official opening. Antrim House, 20 September 1982 Southern Ballet. Gala season of "Concertante", "Scripting the dreams", "Petrouchka", "Nutcracker Act II", "Ye gods!". July 1982. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm.

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[Posters advertising dance performances of 1981].

Date: 1981

Reference: Eph-C-DANCE-1981

Description: Includes posters for: The Dance Centre. End of year concert at the University Memorial Theatre, 5-7 December [1981] (2 copies) Deirdre Tarrant Dance Theatre presents two new works, "The tin soldier" and "Journey to the planets" at the State Opera House, 10-12 December [1981] (2 copies) Impulse Dance Theatre. "Frames" art gallery tour. National Art Gallery, 25-26 May [1981] (Art: Darryl White; Logan Print, Gisborne) National School of Ballet presents "Pas de quatre", "Carnival of the animals" and other works. State Opera House, 13-14 November [1981] (2 copies) "Pleione" a relatively experimental dance work composed, choreographed and performed by Judith Exley / Pamela Gray / Jennifer Shennan. City Art Gallery, 65 Victoria St., 23-25 Feb. [1981] (2 copies) Southern Ballet with the support of the Southern Regional Arts Council, artistic director & choreographer Russell Kerr. Classical technique in a fresh communicative form. Regent Theatre [Greymouth], Saturday 17th Oct. 8 pm. A Westland Community Arts Council promotion. Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on posters (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 420 x 310 mm (approx)

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[Programmes for ballet and dance performances in New Zealand. 1974-1976]

Date: 1974 - 1976

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-1974/1976

Description: Includes programmes for: 1974: New Zealand Dance Centre. "Princess Natasha". Choreography Russell Kerr; costume design Kevin Baddiley. [Auckland], April 1974. Programme 1975: Dance Gallery (with Andrea Olsen, Peter Schmitz, Katherine Sanderson, Laurie Dill, Micheal Dickinson). Programme (2 copies) National School of Ballet presents "Pas d'Alexandra", Vespri Siciliana", "Pas de trois", "Jazz symphonics" and "Colorscopics". Graduation performance, Grand Opera House, 6 December 1975. Programme New Zealand Dance Centre. Calendar of performances 1975 (2 copies). New Zealand Dance Centre. Direction and choreography Russell Kerr; ballet mistress Jacqui Trimmer. "Scenes de ballet", "The tales of Beatrix Potter". Programme [ca 1975?] New Zealand Dance Centre. "Les sylphides", "Peter and the wolf", "Sun pictures", "Coppelia Act 2", "Swan Lake Act 2", "Scenes de ballet", "The comedians". [1975]. Programme (2 copies) Sound Movement Theatre. "Anatomy of a dance" and "Song cycle". 15-19 September [1975]. Promotional yellow flier and red and black flier (2 copies of each) 1976: Australia presents Traditional Dance: Bamyili Dancers, Torres Strait Islanders, The Tiwi. South Pacific Festival of the Arts, Rotorua, New Zealand, 6-13 March 1976. Programme/pamphlet Ballet Victoria and ex-Russian superstars Valery and Galina Panov invite you to see "Petrouchka" commencing Wednesday July 7 at the Grand Opera House. Flier Impulse Dance Theatre. [1976] Programme / list of repertoire (2 copies) National School of Ballet. Director Rowena Jackson. Graduation performance 1976. Programme Piping & Dancing Association of New Zealand. Auckland Centre. 1976 New Zealand championships, 18 years and over, plus highland and national dancing competitions and championships. 6-8 February at Auckland Teachers' College. Programme Southern Ballet Theatre. "Cinderella". Choreographed and produced by Lorraine Peters & David Peake, assisted by George Williams. (With Jon Trimmer and Gillian Francis, and the Canterbury Orchestra conducted by Dobbs Franks). Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm.

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[Programmes for ballet and dance performances in New Zealand. 1989]

Date: 1989

Reference: Eph-A-DANCE-1989

Description: Includes programmes for: Kanan [Deobhakta] presents "Classical dances of India". Compere Kavita Deobhakta (with Deepti Troupe). Kenneth Maidment Theatre Auckland 28-29 July; National Library of Wellington, 4-5 August [1989]. Programme (2 copies) and yellow flyer Deirdre Tarrant Dance Theatre presents "Alice in Wonderland" (with Brett McKenzie and Kate McIntosh), "Les sylphides", & "A green piece". State Opera House, 8 December [1989]. Programme "How on earth"; an evening of dance with Douglas Wright & Company (Shona McCullagh, Mia Mason, Glenn Mayo, Kilda Northcott, Marianne Schultz, Douglas Wright). Wellington State Opera House, 28 February - 4 March [1989]. Card (2 copies) New Zealand International Festival of the Arts proudly presents Susanne Linke, internationally acclaimed dancer from West Germany. Michael Fowler Centre, 11 February 1989. Promotional pamphlet NZ made dance, from emerging and experienced choreographers from the New Zealand School of Dance. Repertory Theatre, 7-16 September [1989]. Programme Southern Ballet and Dance Theatre. Director Russell Kerr, presenting "Journey with inner-landscapes"; works by four outstanding New Zealand choreographers. Southern Ballet Theatre 29 March - 8 April; University Union Memorial Theatre Wellington 28-29 April; Auckland Grammar School Centennial Theatre 21-22 April [1989]. Pamphlet / booking form Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying under 250 mm.

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[Posters of around A3 size, advertising dance performances of 2000-2002]

Date: 2000-2002

Reference: Eph-C-DANCE-2000/2002

Description: Includes posters for: 2000: Cool Heat, Urban beat. New Zealand festival 2000 (2 copies0 The GraduateDance Company. "Cry". Manners Mall 1 March; Civic Square 2 March; Cuba Mall 3 March [2000]. Fringe festival 2001: Black Grace Dance Company presents "Our back yard", choreographed by Neil Ieremia. On the Wing New Zealand tour, 22 March - 7 April 2001. Wellington 22-23 March; Christchurch 29-30 March; Hamilton 5-7 April 2001 Flying Pig Academy of Dance. Applesauce Lane, 207 Main Rd, Tawa. New studio, 94 Aro St. [2001] Footnote; a dance odyssey. Tim Fletcher, Melissa Tate, Annabel Reader, Matthew Plummer, Sharon Toso. [New Zealand tour. 2001] Footnote Dance. "The house that Jack built", choreographed by Deirdre Tarrant, with new music by Bret McKenzie. Ilott Theatre, 21-22 September [2001] Funny Resource, IHC Alpha St Art Base presents "Dance weave", a passionate mix of choreographed group and improvised solo pieces based on the Maori myth 'Turongo and Mahinarangi'. Directed by Katherine Tate. Newtown Community Centre, 28-29 September [2001] (2 copies) "Gypsy Trail; a journey in dance"; Bharata Natyam, belly dance, flamenco. BATS Theatre, 6-8 September 2001 Limbs retrospective 2001. Choreographed by Mark Baldwin, Chris Jannides, Shona McCullagh, Mary Jane O'Reilly, Douglas Wright. Auckland 27 October - 3 November; Wellington 9-10 November [2001] 2002: Footnote Dance. Banding together 2002 [New Zealand tour 2002] (2 copies) Southern Ballet Theatre proudly presents "Magic master pieces", starring principal artists Olga Kolesnikova & Igor Chepelev, ex St Petersburg Ballet Company. Marlborough Centre [Blenheim], 27 June 2002 Wellington Performing Arts Centre Commercial Dance Diploma students present Synchronicity, directed by Leigh Evans. 7 and 12 December [2002?] Vivek Kinra & Mudra Dance Company present "Nritya Tarangini". Victoria University Memorial Theatre, 30 August - 1 September 2002 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs and offsewt prints, 420 x 310 mm (approx)

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Lees-Jeffries, Peter Dominic, d 1992 :[Card, calendar and envelope designed by Peter Le...

Date: 1980

By: Lees-Jeffries, Peter Dominic, -1992; Lynch, Winifred Jane, 1940-

Reference: Eph-B-PEOPLE-Lees-Jeffries-1980

Description: Includes: 1980 card from Peter Lees-Jeffries, Susannah , Hester and Sarah, showing a house in a wreath of foliage Calendar for 1981 by Peter Lees-Jeffries, featuring costume designs for the Court Theatre and the Southern ballet, and illustrations of buildings from Akaroa, the Woolston Memorial, the old "Papanui Bridge, the Arts Centre cloister and the Farmers' saleyard, Christchurch. Envelope in which the calendar was packed, illustrated by Peter Lees-Jeffries, showing a costume design for David and the Nurse from the Southern ballet's production of "The Nutcracker". Quantity: 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white prints, sizes varying up to 255 x 305 mm Provenance: Card and calendar were sent with envelope to Bruce and Win Lynch whose names are on the address label of the envelope.

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[Programmes and ephemera of quarto size for ballet and dance performances in New Zealan...

Date: 1989

Reference: Eph-B-DANCE-1989-2

Description: Includes programmes and flyers for: New Zealand Association of Dance Teachers Inc. Calendar 1989. Cover photography John Townsend. Milne Printers, Wellington Queensland Ballet. Scheherazade; tales from the Arabian Nights. New Zealand tour, September 1989. Programme (2 copies), pamphlet (2 copies) Southern Ballet and Dance Theatre; director Russell Kerr, presenting "Journey with Inner-landscapes; works by four outstanding New Zealand choreographers (Russell Kerr, Jamie Bull, Liz Davey, Patricia Rianne). Christchurch 29 March - 8 April; Auckland Grammar School Theatre 21-22 April; Wellington University Memorial Theatre 28-29 April. Programme, with cover painting by William (Bill) Sutton (2 copies) Taiao Dance Theatre presents "Te Ao Turoa". Wellington Memorial Theatre 10-14 October; Christchurch Repertory Theatre 18-20 October [1989]. Flyer Douglas Wright & Company. "How on earth"; an evening of dance. [1989]. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Booklets and flyers, sizes varying under 340 mm. Provenance: Donated by various sources

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[Programmes and ephemera of quarto size for ballet and dance performances in New Zealan...

Date: 1996

Reference: Eph-B-DANCE-1996-1

Description: Includes: Lyon Opera Ballet. "Romeo and Juliet". New Zealand International Festival of the Arts. State Opera House, 21-23 March [1996]. Programme (2 copies) New Zealand Academy of Bharata Natyam presents "Rasa; the emotional journey"; enchanting Bharata-Natyam duets by Vivek Kinra & Ranjani Ganesan. 1996 New Zealand tour. Wellington Victoria University Memorial Theatre 6-7 July; Auckland Maidment Studio Theatre 11-13 July; Christchurch Southern Ballet Theatre 19-20 July [1996]. Programme Southern Ballet Theatre. "Giselle". Production by Ashley Killar. Theatre Royal Christchurch, 10-12 May 1996. Programme (2 copies) Kyocera presents Sydney Dance Company with Iva Davis & Icehouse. "Berlin". Choreography by Graeme Murphy. 1996 tour. Sydney Theatre Company and Back Row productions. Dein Perry's "Tap dogs", directed and designed by Nigel Triffitt. Wellington State Opera House [June 1996]. Programme (2 copies), flier (1 copy), and ticket (2 copies) Baryshnikov Productions Inc. White Oak Dance Project, in association with Michael Edgley and Kevin Jacobsen. Touring Australia and New Zealand, May, June, July 1996. Programme (2 copies) and sheets for 5 and 6 July 1996 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and flyers, sizes varying under 340 mm.

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Southern Ballet and Dance Theatre

Date: 1987-1995

From: National Dance Archive of New Zealand : Records

Reference: 2003-169-02/06

Description: Includes `Southern Dance Network - Dance Diary', Issues 13, 15, 16, 17, 19 (Aug/Sep 1994 - Oct/Nov 1995); `A History of Southern Ballet', a student assignment by Sarah Nobbs, 1987 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Inward and outward correspondence (R-T)

Date: [1980-2002]

From: Carr, Edwin James Nairn, 1926-2003 : Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7710-14

Description: Correspondents entered under Name below; also includes letter from Carr to Mrs Scott regarding her criticism of him Quantity: 1 folder(s).