Designing for Nina Verchinina's choreographic vivacity: a new light on Loudon Sainthill's art
Description
Nina Verchinina (1910-1995) was a striking, classically trained dancer whose beauty and choreographic work in the modern idiom were direct sources of inspiration for Loudon Sainthill's art. Arriving in Sydney in December 1939, along with Sainthill she had travelled aboard the Orcades from England with the Original Ballet Russe, the third Ballets Russes company to visit Australia, orchestrated by its savvy and creative director Colonel Wassily de Basil. As a young Australian artist whose lover...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2011 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57629 |
Source: | Brolga: an Australian journal about dance |
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