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Michelle Potter

Beyond 40 by Jeff Busby (photographer) & A Collector's Book of Australian Dance by Michelle Potter

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April 2003, no. 250
Robin Grove reviews 'Beyond 40: Celebrating 40 years of dreams' by Jeff Busby, and 'A Collector’s Book of Australian Dance' by Michelle Potter

Here are two sumptuously produced keepsakes serving very different purposes. Beyond 40 describes itself as ‘Forty Years of Dreams’, but actually offers one year’s worth of images that the Australian Ballet want to project. A Collector’s Book of Australian Dance, on the other hand, for all its unintoxicating title, comes much closer to being a book of dreamings.

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National News

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December 2005–January 2006, no. 277

At certain moments in Australia’s cultural history, dance has been the prime artistic force of the day. At those times, dance and its makers have inspired and enthused a whole generation of people. Dance has changed lives, has allowed careers to blossom in unexpected ways, and has created fanatical audiences. Dance had this power over Australians between 1936 and 1940, when three Russian ballet companies – Ballets Russes companies – toured Australia.

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