Robert Helpmann

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Dance Books

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491_9781852731335

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Sir Robert Helpmann was a consummate man of the theatre, equallyproficient as dancer or actor, in comedy or tragedy, and aschoreographer or director. In this book, Kathrine Sorley Walker surveys a careerwhich spanned more than five decades in multiple disciplines, surely aunique achievement in the annals of theatre.An international career that embraced every aspect of the performingarts established Helpmann as a key figure in 20th centurytheatre. Born in Australia in 1909 to a family of English andScottish origins, he was an integral participant, as aprincipal dancer and choreographer, in the development of Britishballet. He also became a leading stage actor and director of playsand operas and had an acknowledged influence, as artistic director andchoreographer of the Australian Ballet, on the cultural life of hisnative country. He was knighted in 1968, and died in Sydney in 1986.A magnetic stage personality, Helpmanns versatility ranged fromShakespearean tragedy to inspired balletic comedy; a man of acuteintelligence, energy and commitment, he is also fondly remembered bymany for his incorrigible, and irresistible, sense of humour. Detailed appendices are included covering all Helpmanns stage,film, and television work.Kathrine Sorley Walker is a British ballet critic and historian. Shereviewed for many years for the London Daily Telegraph. Her booksinclude De Basils Ballets Russes, Ninette de Valois: Idealistwithout Illusions, and Cyril W.Beaumont: Dance Writer and Publisher.She has contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography andEncyclopedia Britannica, as well as to journals such as DanceChronicle (USA), The Dancing Times, Dance Now, Dance Expression andDance International.

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