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Production of 'Blue God' ballet 1938

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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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First Australian Ballet

Amateur ballet company established in 1931 by Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov. It disbanded in the 1950s.

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