Robert Helpmann
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| Born: 04/09/1909 Mount Gambier, South Australia |
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Biography: At age 11 he began appearing in the Australian ballet, and later appeared in stage musicals and toured with Pavlova's dance company. In 1933 he moved to England and joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet; soon he became that company's principal dancer, and in the '40s he choreographed many of its productions. He devoted most of the '50s to acting, appearing with the Old Vic in productions of Shakespeare, then returned to ballet in the '60s; in 1965 he was appointed co-director of the Australian Ballet company. |
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DVDs that Robert Helpmann appeared in...
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- 10/28/2008 - One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
- 11/07/2006 - The Quiller Memorandum
- 06/27/2006 - Margot
- 11/22/2005 - The Tales of Hoffmann [Criterion Collection]
- 11/19/2002 - Patrick
- 10/29/2002 - Second Time Lucky
- 05/29/2001 - The Royal Ballet: Cinderella - Prokofiev (Sibley/Dowell/Ashton/Helpmann)
- 11/07/2000 - Don Quixote: Nureyev
- 09/19/2000 - Margot Fonteyn
- 06/29/1999 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
DVDs that Robert Helpmann worked on "behind the scenes"...
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- 11/07/2000 - Don Quixote: Nureyev - Director
- 05/18/1999 - The Red Shoes [Criterion Collection] - Choreography