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Bulletin article on Louise Lightfoot's departure for Europe 1937

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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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Weekly magazine influential in Australian literature and culture, particularly before World War I.

Lightfoot, Louise

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

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