2019 EVENTS
17 March 2018: Annual General Meeting, to be held at the Prahran Mechanics Institute - Bernard Caleo on Federici and the Princess's Theatre
26 May 2018: Launch of the JCW Scene Books website (The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne)
14 July 2018: Robert Ray on a life as director and choreographer (The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne)
5 September 2018: Katie Flack on Pansy "La Milo" Montague (State Library of Victoria)
17 November 2018: Cheryl Threadgold OAM on the history and culture of amateur theatre in Victoria (The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne)
Michael Pearce has designed nine works for The Australian Ballet, winning three Green Room Awards for Best Dance design, and is a frequent collaborator with The Australian Ballet's resident choreographer Stephen Baynes.
In this illustrated talk, Dr Caitlyn Lehmann will introduce the eccentric world of Philip and John Astley, and reveal the unexpected connections between ballet and circus that shaped the Astley’s fortunes from the 1780s to the early 1800s.
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