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Shivaram with Australian dancers 1949

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Shivaram with Australian dancers 1949

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Lightfoot, Mary

Mary Lightfoot is the biographer of Louise Lightfoot

Lightfoot, Louise

A trained architect who became a dancer and teacher, Louise Lightfoot made major contributions to two forms of dance, classical ballet and Indian dance. She founded the First Australian Ballet, and later was an advocate, teacher and entrepreneur of Indian dance forms.

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Lightfoot, Louise

Dancer, teacher, choreographer and impresario who was a pioneer of both classical ballet and Indian dance in Sydney.

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