Robert Helpmann
Birthday:
9 April 1909, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
Birth Name:
Robert Murray Helpman
Son of James Murray Helpmann & Mary (nee Gardiner), he was educated at Prince Alfred's College, Adelaide, South Australia. He first danced solo at the Theatre Royal, Adelaide in The Ugly Duckling in 1922. He went on to become the pricipal dancer at Sadlers Wells ballet from 1933 to 1950. World renowned as a dancer and choreographer, amongs...
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Son of James Murray Helpmann & Mary (nee Gardiner), he was educated at Prince Alfred's College, Adelaide, South Australia. He first danced solo at the Theatre Royal, Adelaide in The Ugly Duckling in 1922. He went on to become the pricipal dancer at Sadlers Wells ballet from 1933 to 1950. World renowned as a dancer and choreographer, amongst his other achievements he was the director of the Australian Ballet Company. He directed the world tour of Margot Fonteyn in 1963. Show less «
If I told you, you would not know; you simply would have been told.
If I told you, you would not know; you simply would have been told.
Theatre remains the only thing I understand. It is in the community of the theatre that I have my being. In spite of jealousies and fears, e...Show more »
Theatre remains the only thing I understand. It is in the community of the theatre that I have my being. In spite of jealousies and fears, emotional conflicts and human tensions; in spite of the penalty of success and the dread of failure; in spite of tears and feverish gaiety -- this is the only life I know. It is the life I love. Show less «
The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music does.
The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music does.
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