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'The importance and richness of Sir Robert Helpmann's contribution to the performing arts both in Australia and overseas is unique given the vast range of art forms in which he worked. Helpmann's many roles included those of dancer (ballet and musicals); mime artist; make-up artist; choreographer; actor (stage and screen); director of ballets, plays and operas; co-Artistic Director of the Australian Ballet; and Director of the 1970 Adelaide Festival of Arts.
'Despite the extraordinary breadth of his career and the acclaim his work in Australia received at the time, very little has been written about Helpmann's career in Australia. Only two other biographies of Helpmann have been written: one in 1957 and one in 1978 ... The years that have elapsed since Robert Helpmann's death in 1986 provide a sufficient period of critical distance from which to look back and assess the nature and value of his work.' -- Provided by publisher
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- et je danse (Robert Helpmann 1909-1986)i"A warm up gesture in the wings,", single work poetry (p. 312)
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Works about this Work
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UQP Bookshelf : Robert Helpmann
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Contact , Winter 2009; (p. 30)
— Review of Robert Helpmann : A Servant of Art 2008 single work biography -
Untitled
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Limelight , May 2009; (p. 62)
— Review of Robert Helpmann : A Servant of Art 2008 single work biography -
Remembering Robert Helpmann
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: University News , February 2009; (p. 19) -
Out, and Flourishing at the Centre
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 December 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of Robert Helpmann : A Servant of Art 2008 single work biography ; Blood and Tinsel : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography ; On Ecstasy 2008 single work essay -
Giant of the Arts
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 52 no. 12 2008; (p. 120-121)
— Review of Robert Helpmann : A Servant of Art 2008 single work biography
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 88 no. 1 2008; (p. 44)
— Review of Robert Helpmann : A Servant of Art 2008 single work biography -
The Great Servant of Movement Remembered
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 7 October 2008; (p. 13)
— Review of Robert Helpmann : A Servant of Art 2008 single work biography -
The Person Defying the Group
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 307 2008; (p. 13-14)
— Review of Robert Helpmann : A Servant of Art 2008 single work biography -
Giant of the Arts
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 52 no. 12 2008; (p. 120-121)
— Review of Robert Helpmann : A Servant of Art 2008 single work biography -
Out, and Flourishing at the Centre
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 December 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of Robert Helpmann : A Servant of Art 2008 single work biography ; Blood and Tinsel : A Memoir 2008 single work autobiography ; On Ecstasy 2008 single work essay -
Servant and Master in One
2008
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 November 2008; (p. 22) -
Remembering Robert Helpmann
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: University News , February 2009; (p. 19)