Ballet in New Zealand

1926. Anna Pavlova. Ref: 1/2-089575-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22605424

1932. Bryan Ashbridge in costume. Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints. Ref: 1/1-032407-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22914410

1934 Bryan Ashbridge with musical instrument. Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints. Ref: 1/2-195126-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22319200

1935. Ballet dancers Bryan Ashbridge and Melva Doney (mermaid costume) during a performance. Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints. Ref: 1/1-037947-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22880675

1954: Poul Gnatt and Julie Barker on sand dunes at Bethells Beach. Keith Woods Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library.

1956. Founder of NZ Ballet Poul Gnatt and company pianist Dorothea Franchi. Two of the old hands - D[orothea] & Poul. Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers. Ref: fMS-Papers-8340-02/01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22664494

1956. Dancer Jon Trimmer. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1956/1873-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22327700

1957. Rowena Jackson preparing for a ballet. Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002: Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities. Ref: 1/2-177267-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23251453

1957. Rowena Jackson and Bryan Ashbridge performing a ballet. Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities. Ref: 1/2-177266-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22543984

1959: Arrival of stars of the Royal Ballet, with Dame Margot Fonteyn with fur hat. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1959/0964-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23261912

1959. Sara Neil performing a jete from Dream Visions. Royal New Zealand Ballet: Photographs. Ref: PAColl-8050-01-08. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22904684

1959. Women queue for Ballet tickets at Opera House, Wellington. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1959/0856-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23260991

1959. Unidentified guests at the premiere of the Royal Ballet Company's 1959 tour of New Zealand, with evening wear including fur stoles. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1959/1002-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23262991

1959. Unidentified guest in front of flower arrangement at the premiere of the Royal Ballet Company's 1959 tour of New Zealand, with evening wear including gloves and Asian print dress. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1959/1003-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23262505

1959. Unidentified guests at the premiere of the Royal Ballet Company's 1959 tour of New Zealand, including fur stoles, corsage, and tuxedo suit. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1959/1010-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23262470

Royal New Zealand Ballet on the road in 1959. Image courtesy of Victoria University Press.

1960. Principal ballerina Sara Neil seated in a dressing room - Photograph taken by the Evening Post. Royal New Zealand Ballet :Photographs. Ref: PAColl-8050-01-14. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22488383

1961. New Zealand Ballet Company production of Les Sylphides taken by John Ashton. Alexander Turnbull Library Collections. Photograph of dress rehearsal for New Zealand Ballet Company production. Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives. Ref: 35mm-41440-6-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23034737

1961. NZ Ballet Company production of Les Sylphides, taken by John Ashton. Alexander Turnbull Library Collections. Photograph of New Zealand Ballet Company production. Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives. Ref: 35mm-41737-6-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22910201

Jon Trimmer in Giselle. Image courtesy of Royal New Zealand Ballet.

1963: Members of the New Zealand Ballet Company and their Comma van. Royal New Zealand Ballet :Photographs. Ref: PAColl-8050-02-66. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23241593

1964. Poster for New Zealand Ballet Company production of Petrouchka. Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives. Ref: 35mm-40508-20-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22814960

Jon Trimmer, Petrouchka. Image courtesy of Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Russell Kerr leads class, 1963. Image courtesy of Victoria University Press.

1965. Dorothea Franchi conducting her ballet Do-Whack-a-Do in 1965 with the NZBC Symphony Orchestra. Original performance of ballet suite with NZ Symphony Orchestra. Franchi, Dorothea Anne, 1920-2003 : Papers. Ref: fMS-Papers-8340-01/02. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22802299

1965. Photograph of dress rehearsals for New Zealand Ballet Company production of "Prismatic variations". Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives. Ref: 1/2-200877-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23253373

Poul Gnatt building the ballet set in the backyard of his family home, Sandringham, Auckland. Photograph: Keith Woods.

Costume designer Kristian Fredrikson and Gray Veredon 1982. Image courtesy of Victoria University Press.

1970. Principal dancer Gerard Sibbritt in Green are the Islands. Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives. Ref: 35mm-45841-19-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22910155

Kerry-Anne Gilberd as the Black Swan in Swan Lake, 1985.This costume uses a remnant from a bolt of black lace found in New York. The rest of the bolt was used to make a dress for Greta Garbo.

Ou Lu as Siegfried in Swan Lake, 1996. Image courtesy of Victoria University Press.

Poster for Swan Lake, 1996.

Odette in Swan Lake RNZB, 2013. Photo: Ross Brown.

Radio New Zealand Ballet - Swan Lake 2013 Gillian Murphy as Odette. Photo: Ross Brown.

RNZB Swan Lake 2013 MacLean Hopper as Von Rothbart. Photo: Ross Brown.

Russell Kerr – artistic director 1962–1968. Image courtesy of Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Managing director RNZB, Amanda Skoog, Photo: Maarten Holl.

Gillian Murphy - Principal ballerina with American Ballet Theatre. In 2012 she became Principal Guest Artist with the Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Sir Jon Trimmer. Image courtesy of Royal New Zealand Ballet.

Artistic director, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Ethan Stiefel. Photo: Rosalie O'Connor.

RNZB 60th Birthday Portrait: Dancers in costumes from past productions, shot in the Poul Gnatt studio, Wellington, August 2012.

60th Anniversary curtain calls post-Swan Lake

Clarissa Dunn interviews Dave Bremner from the NZSO

Harry Haythorne talks to Clarissa Dunn.

Jon Trimmer talks to Clarissa Dunn

The Panel - Eric Languet, Jon Trimmer, Turid Revfeim, Anne Rowse, Russell Kerr, Harry Haythorne, Kerry-Anne Gilberd.

The Royal New Zealand Ballet at 60 edited by Jennifer Shennan and Anne Rowse.

Radio New Zealand Concert attends the book launch.