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Dame Margaret Scott

Dancer Margaret Scott brought her Sadler's Wells and Ballet Rambert training to Australia where she helped found the Australian Ballet.
Series : Australian Biography Series 5 | Year : 1996 | Total Duration : 26.5 Minutes | Producer : Frank Heimans
Director : Frank Heimans |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her belief that dance reveals the dancer's emotions.
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Access No. 147401 | 33 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott performing in long tutu and headdress. Signed Ronald Eton Ryan?
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Access No. 147402 | 10 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Unclear | B&W |
MS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott's father, John Douglas-Scott.
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Access No. 147403 | 6 secs | 1910s | Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her father's background.
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Access No. 147404 | 10 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott's mother.
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Access No. 147405 | 6 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her mother.
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Access No. 147406 | 3 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to WS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott as a young girl of 4 in tutu in line with other child ballerinas, 1926.
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Access No. 147407 | 7 secs | 1920s | Johannesburg, South Africa | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her mother.
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Access No. 147408 | 7 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of Parktown Convent boarding school and grounds with students posed sitting on grass, 1930s.
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Access No. 147409 | 5 secs | 1930s | Johannesburg, South Africa | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her school days and the problems she had. MS of Scott discussing her speech impediment.
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Access No. 147410 | 1 min 11 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott as a small girl in family photograph.
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Access No. 147411 | 5 secs | 1930s | Johannesburg, South Africa | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her childhood desire to be a dancer.
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Access No. 147412 | 6 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott in Parktown Convent school photograph, South Africa, 1934. Zoom into MS Scott. B&W photograph of Scott with female friend as teenagers in swimsuits sitting on ground under straw umbrella eating, 1935. B&W photograph of Scott posing on board boat with her sisters and others on their way to the UK, 1939.
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Access No. 147413 | 18 secs | 1930s | Johannesburg, South Africa | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about the experience of living with her Grandmother in Birmingham, England when she was studying ballet in the UK as a young woman.
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Access No. 147414 | 1 min | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott's Grandmother sitting propped by pillow.
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Access No. 147415 | 7 secs | 1940s | Birmingham, England, UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
B&W archival footage of wartime England and London burning in the Blitz. GS gunners aiming large guns and WS tack of enemy aircraft, women with pram running for shelter and WS with plume of smoke rising from air strike. GS building walls crumbling and fire in ruins as firemen watch. Tilt to silhouetted buildings burning at night and VS fires from bombings.
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Access No. 147416 | 26 secs | 1940s | England, UK | © Thought Equity Motion (formerly Film World) | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her wartime experience in England. Zoom in to CU as she recounts her and her family's experiences during the bombings.
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Access No. 147417 | 45 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of wartime England with pan across bombing aftermath to firemen hosing burning buildings. GS displaced people walking through building ruins carrying suitcases. One man carrying two bottles of milk.
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Access No. 147418 | 11 secs | 1940s | England, UK | © Thought equity Motion (formerly Film World) | B&W |
CU B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott in semi-profile smiling.
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Access No. 147419 | 3 secs | 1940s | Birmingham, England, UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about working in the Sadlers Wells School in England.
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Access No. 147420 | 3 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott in costume with hair braided in ribbon, eyes downcast.
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Access No. 147421 | 5 secs | 1940s | UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about working in the Sadlers Wells School and entertaining wartime factory workers.
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Access No. 147422 | 19 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan across B&W photograph of Corps de Ballet dancers in long white tutus from Sadlers Wells production. Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott at far left. Zoom in to MS of Scott.
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Access No. 147423 | 15 secs | 1940s | UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about joining the Ballet Rambert which she found more challenging and enjoyable than her time at Sadlers Wells.
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Access No. 147424 | 41 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott in semi-profile.
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Access No. 147425 | 5 secs | 1940s | UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her boyfriend, David Martin, during her time with the Ballet Rambert.
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Access No. 147426 | 6 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of dancer David Martin in profile.
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Access No. 147427 | 5 secs | 1940s | UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
Zoom in to CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about the wartime loss of her boyfriend, David Martin.
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Access No. 147428 | 15 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of dancer David Martin in semi profile.
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Access No. 147429 | 5 secs | 1940s | UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about how the wartime loss of her boyfriend, David Martin affected one particular performance she gave.
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Access No. 147430 | 1 min 9 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott in costume of black shawl over head and long dress sitting on set during ballet "The Sailor's Return", 1947.
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Access No. 147431 | 6 secs | 1940s | UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking travelling with the Ballet Rambert during the war.
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Access No. 147432 | 14 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott in army uniform, 1946.
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Access No. 147433 | 5 secs | 1940s | Germany | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about the state of Germany when they toured with the Ballet Rambert during the war.
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Access No. 147434 | 4 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival aerial footage over badly bombed German city during WWII.
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Access No. 147435 | 8 secs | 1940s | Germany | © Thought equity Motion (formerly Film World) | B&W |
B&W photograph of founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott in tutu practising ballet at ship's rail en route for an Australian tour with the Ballet Rambert. Zoom out to WS with female and male dancers doing same, 1947.
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Access No. 147436 | 5 secs | 1940s | Germany | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
B&W archival footage of migrants arriving by ship at Wooloomooloo wharf, c. 1947. MS of ship's bow entering wharf, high shot over crowds waiting on wharf and GS of passengers crowded on decks.
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Access No. 147437 | 12 secs | 1940s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
WS B&W archival footage of train through countryside with sheep in foreground.
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Access No. 147438 | 7 secs | 1940s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her experiences in Melbourne when touring with the Ballet Rambert.
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Access No. 147439 | 37 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W newspaper clipping "Ballet Rambert Success".
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Access No. 147440 | 6 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
WS B&W photograph of the Princess Theatre lit up at night. Zoom in to "Ballet Rambert" up in lights on front facade.
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Access No. 147441 | 8 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
B&W archival footage of Ballet Rambert performance of Casse-Noisette (Nutcracker Suite) showing principal dancer Paula Hinton during their 1947 Australian tour.
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Access No. 147442 | 33 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Thought equity Motion (formerly Film World) | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about a back injury which interrupted her Australian tour with the Ballet Rambert.
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Access No. 147443 | 16 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of Ballet Rambert performance of Giselle during their 1947 Australian Tour. Zoom in to dancer Dame Margaret Scott at front of group.
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Access No. 147444 | 8 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about a back injury which interrupted her Australian tour with the Ballet Rambert.
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Access No. 147445 | 8 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up B&W photograph of dancer Dame Margaret Scott from feet to head in the ballet "Czernyana".
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Access No. 147446 | 8 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about a back injury which interrupted her Australian tour with the Ballet Rambert and the treatment she received.
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Access No. 147447 | 3 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of exterior view of St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.
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Access No. 147448 | 5 secs | 1940s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about the immobilising treatment she received for a back injury which interrupted her Australian tour with the Ballet Rambert.
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Access No. 147449 | 14 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Tilt down B&W photograph from stuffed toy panda to dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott lying in hospital bed reading in St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, 1947.
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Access No. 147450 | 7 secs | 1940s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © John Fairfax Ltd | B&W |
WS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott posing in exotic ballet costume backstage. WS of Scott in 19th century costume dancing on stage with partner in tails.
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Access No. 147451 | 8 secs | 1940s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about joining the National Theatre ballet company in Melbourne.
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Access No. 147452 | 6 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS tilt up B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott hands clasped, full make-up and jewellery and eyes downcast for National Theatre production, 1949.
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Access No. 147453 | 8 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about the recurrence of her back problems after joining the National Theatre ballet company in Melbourne.
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Access No. 147454 | 4 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott lying in hospital bed looking to camera attended by nurse, Alfred Hospital, 1949.
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Access No. 147455 | 6 secs | 1940s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about meeting her husband.
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Access No. 147456 | 3 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott standing with her future husband, Derek Denton, each holding glass in hand.
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Access No. 147457 | 6 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about first meeting her husband.
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Access No. 147458 | 5 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancers posing in normal clothes with Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott standing in middle with two women either side.
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Access No. 147459 | 4 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about first meeting her husband.
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Access No. 147460 | 16 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott dancing in long tutu with arms crossed in front of chest in the ballet "Les Sylphides", 1949. MS B&W photograph of Scott standing with nurse during her recuperation from back injury.
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Access No. 147461 | 11 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about joining her future husband Dick in London.
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Access No. 147462 | 8 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of choreographer John Cranko at piano writing score.
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Access No. 147463 | 6 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about being offered a job by choreographer John Cranko in Henley-on-Thames.
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Access No. 147464 | 15 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott as a young woman with hair in bun and wearing jumper, looking to camera.
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Access No. 147465 | 5 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about choreographer John Cranko.
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Access No. 147466 | 4 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of choreographer John Cranko in profile. WS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott dancing on stage in ballet by John Cranko, Henley-on-Thames, early 1950s.
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Access No. 147467 | 11 secs | 1950s | London, England, UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about the problems she had in rejoining a ballet problem after her back problems.
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Access No. 147468 | 5 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott in profile, smoking, 1954.
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Access No. 147469 | 5 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about how she came to be the ballet mistress of the Rambert ballet company.
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Access No. 147470 | 48 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott admiring poster with young woman.
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Access No. 147471 | 7 secs | 1950s | England, UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
Zoom out from CU to MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about the difficulty she had making her mind up over staying in England or coming out to Australia.
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Access No. 147472 | 24 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott standing with her future husband Dick Denton on stairs, both wearing heavy overcoats.
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Access No. 147473 | 5 secs | 1950s | England, UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott explaining the circumstances in which she decided whether to stay in England or leave for Australia with her future husband Dick Denton.
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Access No. 147474 | 31 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott holding pet dachshund dog looking out of ship's porthole with her future husband Dick Denton.
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Access No. 147475 | 6 secs | 1950s | England, UK | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about the gap in her professional life on arriving in Australia with her future husband Dick Denton.
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Access No. 147476 | 7 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W archival footage of dancers from the Borovansky Company rehearsing with Borovansky, 1950.
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Access No. 147477 | 11 secs | 1950s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about starting up a dance school in Toorak, Melbourne.
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Access No. 147478 | 9 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott with young female students in her ballet school in Toorak, Melbourne.
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Access No. 147479 | 6 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Unclear | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott being asked about her children.
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Access No. 147480 | 6 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott holding her baby son Matthew, 1956.
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Access No. 147481 | 6 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about bringing up her two children. Zoom out to MS as she talks about combining motherhood with her work.
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Access No. 147482 | 49 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott sitting on chair in relaxed pose chewing pencil, reading.
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Access No. 147483 | 6 secs | 1950s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © John Fairfax Ltd | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott explaining how she came to found and be Director of the Australian Ballet School.
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Access No. 147484 | 48 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott with Dr HC "Nugget" Coombs, Director of Elizabethan theatre Trust and another woman. Zoom in to MS of Coombs.
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Access No. 147485 | 8 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about lobbying Dr HC "Nugget" Coombs.
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Access No. 147486 | 12 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott on stage with performers from the newly formed Australian Ballet School taking bows after performance, 1962.
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Access No. 147487 | 5 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Unclear | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about establishing a School for the Australian Ballet.
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Access No. 147488 | 13 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott correcting arm posture of one of several students in black leotards at barre, 1964.
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Access No. 147489 | 7 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Unclear | B&W |
Archival B&W footage of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott taking Australian Ballet School dancers through rehearsal. Dancers include Marilyn Rowe and Ross Stretton.
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Access No. 147490 | 23 secs | 1970s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Unclear | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about bringing in guest teachers from overseas to School for the Australian Ballet.
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Access No. 147491 | 3 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of visiting Russian teacher with three female Australian Ballet School dancers at the barre. Fade to MS photograph of visiting teacher and MS of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott with arm around Russian dance teacher Marika Bessobrazabo.
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Access No. 147492 | 12 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Unclear | B&W |
B&W photograph of large group of Australian Ballet School dancers holding heart shaped rope around pair of dancers in middle, 1975. CU photograph of young female dancer looking up, 1972. WS B&W photograph of four male dancers leaping in air, 1984. MS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott looking at book with student, 1982.
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Access No. 147493 | 13 secs | 1970s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Unclear | B&W |
B&W photograph of four Australian Ballet School dancers at the barre with Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott teaching them, 1965. Tilt down B&W photograph of Scott reaching up to correct dancer's pose.
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Access No. 147494 | 8 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Unclear | B&W |
High angle colour footage of 21st Anniversary of Australian Ballet School's Gala Performance, December 1989. High angle view of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott accepting flowers and taking applause, bowing to audience and being showered in flowers.
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Access No. 147495 | 32 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Australian Ballet School | Colour |
VS dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott teaching students in red leotards and tutus in Australian Ballet School's studios.
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Access No. 147496 | 12 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Frank Heimans | Colour |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about how she went about retiring from heading the Ballet School. Zoom in to CU as Scott describes the conditions which upset her.
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Access No. 147497 | 59 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt us B&W WS photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott sitting amongst her students who watch performers reflected in mirror behind them.
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Access No. 147498 | 6 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about the upsetting aspects of her retirement.
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Access No. 147499 | 8 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Pan across B&W MS photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott standing behind Princess Diana as she greets students from the Australian Ballet School.
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Access No. 147500 | 7 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about her grievances over the terms of her retirement.
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Access No. 147501 | 4 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W WS photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott sitting with crossed legs on a high stool in empty Australian Ballet School studio, 1989.
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Access No. 147502 | 4 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Dame Margaret Scott | B&W |
B&W CU photograph of choreographer Robert Ray.
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Access No. 147503 | 4 secs | 1980s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Frank Heimans | B&W |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about a 1990 performance which arose from a dinner she had with choreographer Robert Ray.
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Access No. 147504 | 5 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
High angle colour footage of Gala Farewell Performance, 1990 featuring dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott in the Nutcracker Suite shown on stage with Company and performing dance with partner.
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Access No. 147505 | 40 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Freelance Video Productions | Colour |
MS interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about resuming performing after her retirement as Director.
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Access No. 147506 | 21 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour footage of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott solo performance in red tutu in the Graeme Murphy choreographed version of "Nutcracker", 1994.
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Access No. 147507 | 58 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © ABC-TV | Colour |
CU interview with dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott talking about what dancing meant to her.
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Access No. 147508 | 26 secs | 1990s | Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Tilt up WS B&W photograph of dancer and Founding Director of the Australian Ballet School Dame Margaret Scott silhouetted in spotlight with back to camera and arms raised as the elder Clara in Graeme Murphy's "Nutcracker", 1994. Closing credits.
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Access No. 147509 | 1 min 53 secs | 1990s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © The Age | B&W |
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