Moreland, Barry (1940-)

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Barry Moreland was born in Melbourne, where he studied at the Box Hill Technical School, before beginning his career at J. C. Williamson Ltd., at age fourteen, as an office boy for Frank Tait. After taking drama and movement classes with Gertrude Johnson at the National Theatre, Moreland began his dance training at the Borovansky Ballet Academy.

Moreland's first professional engagement as a dancer was with the Borovansky Ballet in 1960 under Peggy van Praagh. He subsequently joined the Ballet Guild for a season touring country Victoria, before joining the Australian Ballet as a foundation member in 1962. In 1964 Moreland travelled to London, where he performed in a number of West End musicals, including Hello Dolly with Gar Champion and Fiddler on the Roof with Jerome Robbins. He also studied drama with George Devine at the Royal Court Theatre. Moreland launched his choreographic career with his first work, based on Anton Chekov's Three Sisters, at the London Contemporary Dance School. Later Moreland became a foundation member of this company, which was renamed the London Contemporary Dance Theatre. Moreland choreographed a number of works for the company include Nocturnal Dances to a commissioned score by Maxwell Davies. After leaving the company, Moreland was invited by Glen Tetley to perform in Circles, for the Hamburg Opera Ballet in 1971.

Later in the 1970s Moreland joined the London Festival Ballet under Beryl Grey, initially as a soloist, before developing his choreographic career with the company. Choreographic works by Moreland during this period included Summer Solstice, lit by John B. Reid, In Nomine, designed by Nadine Bayliss, to the music of Peter Maxwell Davies, Dark Voyage designed by Moreland to music by Erik Satie, and Prodigal Son (in Ragtime) (1974) to music by Scott Joplin and Hossack, which Moreland toured to Australia with the company in 1975.

In 1976 he began a freelance career as a choreographer in England, Europe and the United States, returning periodically to Australia to create works such as Sacred Space and Trocadero (1979) for the Australian Ballet, and Dialogues (1980) for Sydney Dance Company.

Moreland returned to live in Australia during 1982 and worked with Sydney Dance Company for whom he choreographed Daisy Bates. He was appointed artistic director of West Australian Ballet in 1983 and directed that company until 1997. As director of West Australian Ballet he commissioned work from many Australian choreographers, composers and designers including Jacqui Carroll, Elizabeth Hill, Carl Morrow, Chrissie Parrott, Edmund Stripe, and Garth Welch. Moreland also made a significant opus of works himself for West Australian Ballet including Spindrift (1983), Alice in Wonderland (1984), Romeo and Juliet (1985), Afternoon of a Faun (1985), Seven Deadly Sins (1987), Orpheus (1987), Celestial Mirror (1988), Lady of the Camellias (1989), A Midsummer Nights Dream (1991), and Hamlet (1993). Since 1997 Moreland has worked as a freelance choreographer.

In 2009 Moreland returned to large scale production when he established the Helix Project to research medical imaging, biodynamics and experimental film techniques as media for creating new dance. A two-year collaboration with dancer Daryl Brandwood and cinematographer Ian Batt resulted in the multi-media work, Helix, which simultaneously opened and premiered at the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth in June 2011.

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  1. Barry Moreland interviewed by Shirley McKechnie for the Australian choreographers oral history project
    Moreland, Barry, 1940-
    [ Sound : 1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 11.08)

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  2. Mary Duchesne in rehearsal for Barry Moreland's "Daisy Bates", Sydney Dance Company, Regent Theatre, 1990 / Don McMurdo
    McMurdo, Don, 1930-2001
    [ Photograph : 1990 ]
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    Mary Duchesne in rehearsal for Barry Moreland's "Daisy Bates", Sydney Dance Company, Regent Theatre, 1990 / Don McMurdo
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  3. Jennifer Barry (left) and Janet Vernon in Barry Moreland's "Dialogues", 1982 [Walter Stringer]
    Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001
    [ Photograph : 1982 ]
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    Jennifer Barry (left) and Janet Vernon in Barry Moreland's "Dialogues", 1982 [Walter Stringer]
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  4. Alice in Wonderland / painted in 1956-57 by Charles Blackman, 24 May-10 July 1983, Heide Park and Art Gallery
    Blackman, Charles, 1928-
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  5. Classical ballet in the post-modern world
    Scott, Margaret Dame, 1922-
    [ Sound : 1993 ]
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  1. [Biographical cuttings on Barry Moreland, choreographer, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
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  2. Barry Moreland interviewed by Shirley McKechnie for the Australian choreographers oral history project
    Moreland, Barry, 1940-
    [ Sound : 1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 10.828)

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  3. Barry Moreland, Males and Make-up Series, c. 1970s, The Australian Ballet / Walter Stringer
    Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001
    [ Photograph : 1970 ]
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    Barry Moreland, Males and Make-up Series, c. 1970s, The Australian Ballet / Walter Stringer
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  4. [Helix : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia]
    [ Published : 1900 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.654)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 4.654)

  5. Barry Moreland, Kelvin Coe and Walter Bourke as Candy Canes in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963 [1] W. F. Stringer
    Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001
    [ Photograph : 1963 ]
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    At National Library
    Barry Moreland, Kelvin Coe and Walter Bourke as Candy Canes in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963 [1] W. F. Stringer
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  6. Barry Moreland, Kelvin Coe and Walter Bourke as Candy Canes in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963 [2] W. F. Stringer
    Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001
    [ Photograph : 1963 ]
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    Barry Moreland, Kelvin Coe and Walter Bourke as Candy Canes in The Nutcracker, The Australian Ballet, 1963 [2] W. F. Stringer
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 3.672)

  7. Australian Ballet performance of Nutcracker, starring Barry Moreland, Kelvin Coe and Walter Bourke as candy canes, 1963 [Walter Stringer]
    Stringer, Walter, 1907-2001
    [ Photograph : 1963 ]
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    Australian Ballet performance of Nutcracker, starring Barry Moreland, Kelvin Coe and Walter Bourke as candy canes, 1963 [Walter Stringer]
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