Stevenson, Dorothy (1916-2009)

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Dorothy Stevenson began her dance training in Brisbane with Peggy Chauncey. She also studied in England with a number of teachers, including Pruzina, and returned to Australia in 1938 dancing under the name of Katia Assenkova, on tour with de Basil's Covent Garden Russian Ballet. Stevenson remained in Australia for the next several years. She was a principal dancer with the Borovansky Ballet in the first years of the 1940s and was especially lauded for her roles in Borovansky's Fantasy on Grieg's Concerto in A minor and in his Spanish-inspired ballet L'Amour ridicule. For Borovansky she staged her Sea Legend, which had its Australian premiere at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre in November 1943.

Stevenson married in 1946 and moved to England where she danced with the International Ballet. She returned for the Borovansky Ballet's season of 1951 dancing leading roles in a number of ballets including Borovansky's full length Sleeping Princess. In 1951 she also produced her own Chiaroscuro for the Borovansky Ballet.

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  1. Papers of Dorothy Stevenson
    Stevenson, Dorothy, 1916-2009
    [ Unpublished : 1932-1977 ]
    At National Library
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  2. Laurel Martyn as Columbine and Edouard Sobishevsky as Harlequin in Le Carnaval, 1945 / Dorothy Stevenson
    Stevenson, Dorothy, 1916-2009
    [ Art work : 1945 ]
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    Laurel Martyn as Columbine and Edouard Sobishevsky as Harlequin in Le Carnaval, 1945 / Dorothy Stevenson
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  1. Papers of Dorothy Stevenson
    Stevenson, Dorothy, 1916-2009
    [ Unpublished : 1932-1977 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.34)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.34)

  2. Dorothy Stevenson in costume for Sea legend, Borovansky Ballet [Pix]
    [ Photograph : 1943 ]
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    Dorothy Stevenson in costume for Sea legend, Borovansky Ballet [Pix]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.237)

  3. Dorothy Stevenson putting on makeup in her dressing room, Borovansky Ballet
    [ Photograph : 1944 ]
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    Dorothy Stevenson putting on makeup in her dressing room, Borovansky Ballet
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 6.196)

  4. Dorothy Stevenson as Desire and dancers of the Borovansky Ballet in Fantasy on Grieg's Concerto in A minor [Hugh P. Hall]
    Hall, Hugh P
    [ Photograph : 1941 ]
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    Dorothy Stevenson as Desire and dancers of the Borovansky Ballet in Fantasy on Grieg's Concerto in A minor [Hugh P. Hall]
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  5. Portrait (head & torso) of Dorothy Stevenson in Sea legend, Borovansky Ballet, [ca. 1945] Frank Sharman
    Sharman, Frank
    [ Photograph : 1945 ]
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    Portrait (head & torso) of Dorothy Stevenson in Sea legend, Borovansky Ballet, [ca. 1945] Frank Sharman
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  6. Dorothy Stevenson with her father, William Henry Webster Stevenson, Bishop of Grafton
    [ Photograph : 1940-1945 ]
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    Dorothy Stevenson with her father, William Henry Webster Stevenson, Bishop of Grafton
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.541)

  7. Dorothy Stevenson and Martin Rubinstein in Sea legend, Borovansky Ballet, 1943
    [ Photograph : 1943 ]
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    Dorothy Stevenson and Martin Rubinstein in Sea legend, Borovansky Ballet, 1943
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.505)

  8. Dorothy Stevenson in costume for L'amour ridicule, Borovansky Ballet, ca. 1940
    [ Photograph : 1940 ]
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    Dorothy Stevenson in costume for L'amour ridicule, Borovansky Ballet, ca. 1940
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.491)

  9. Dorothy Stevenson and Martin Rubinstein in costume for Sea legend, Borovansky Ballet [3] [Pix]
    [ Photograph : 1943 ]
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    Dorothy Stevenson and Martin Rubinstein in costume for Sea legend, Borovansky Ballet [3] [Pix]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.488)

  10. Dorothy Stevenson (right), and Laurel Martyn prepare to go onstage, Borovansky Ballet
    [ Photograph : 1940-1949 ]
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    Dorothy Stevenson (right), and Laurel Martyn prepare to go onstage, Borovansky Ballet
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  1. Sea Legend (1943 - )
    Sea Legend (1943 - )
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    Choreographed by Dorothy Stevenson with a score by Esther Rofe and designs by Alan McCulloch, Sea Legend premiered at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre during a season by the Borovansky Australia...

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    Sigrid premiered at the Rudolf Steiner Hall, London, on 27 July 1935 as an entry in the Pavlova Casket competition. Designed by Hugh Stevenson and danced to music by Grieg, the work won se...

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    The Outlaw (1951 - )
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    Edouard Borovansky's two act ballet The Outlaw, with a commissioned score from Verdon Williams and designs by William Constable, premiered in Sydney at the Empire Theatre on 18 May 1951. B...

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  2. Dorothy Endsley (Sophomore Portrait); William Hicks (Sophomore Portrait); Wilfred Killip (Sophomore Portrait); Reva Lucas (Sophomore Portrait); Maurice Marks (Sophomore Portrait); Carl Naegle (Sophomore Portrait); Katherine Stevenson (Sophomore Portr...
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  2. Website: Australian Open
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  3. Website: Mariners and ships in Australian waters [Database]
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  1. THE DOMINATING BUDGE WINS AUSTRALIAN TITLE EASILY Miss Bundy Too Good for Miss Stevenson ADELAIDE, Sunday. Miss Bundy proved herself a real champion against Miss Stevenson Exploiti...
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Monday 31 January 1938 p 20 Article
    ... champions at the Memorial Drive courts yesterday. Donald Budge and Miss Dorothy Bundy repeated their Victorian championship successes, defeating John Bromwich and Miss Dorothy Stevenson respectively in ... THE DOMINATING BUDGE -. WINS AUSTRALIAN TITLE EASILY Miss Bundy Too Good for Miss Stevenson By ... 1317 words
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  2. SENIOR DRAWING PRIZE.
    The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) Thursday 12 February 1931 p 7 Article Illustrated
    ... SENIOR DRAWING PRIZE. Original drawing by Dorothy Stevenson, St. Francis* College, Nundah (14 years). ... 14 words
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  3. ALL-ENGLAND PLATE.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 7 July 1938 p 26 Article Illustrated
    ... ALL-ENGLAND PLATE. MISS DOROTHY STEVENSON, Of the Australian women's tennis team, who won the All England Plate singles at Wimbledon on Saturday. ... 22 words
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