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Pictures, dances & concerts, 1969

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Wide Angle the Ball Is Right at the Left's Feet

Tribune · Wednesday 12 February 1969 · page 3

A NEW TYPE of gathering will be held in Sydney this Easter (April 4th-7th) -- the Conference for Left…

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The Theatre De La Ville

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 14 February 1969 · page 4

The recent inauguration of the Théâtre de la Ville gave inhabitants of Paris an opportunity to discover that they…

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The Margaret Barr Dance Drama Group

Tharunka · Tuesday 25 February 1969 · page 24

Margaret Barr is one of the most exciting and committed people in Australian theatre. Already this…

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Experimental Theatre

Tharunka · Tuesday 11 March 1969 · page 15

“Exciting” is a word that could only rarely be used to describe established theatre in Sydney. In 1968 only three plays could be described as having excited audiences: “Fortune and Men's…

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B'makers' ball and chain skit

Tribune · Wednesday 12 March 1969 · page 12

PERTH: Seven boilermakers marching with a ball and chain attached to legs and wrists pilloried Arbitration in…

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Orchestra to play Kol Nidrei

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 March 1969 · page 18

Kol Nidrei, one of the most sacred of Hebrew melodies, will be included by the Willoughby Municipal…

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Pierre Boulez Appointed Conductor of the Bbc Orchestra

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 21 March 1969 · page 4

The French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez will assume the post of conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1971 when…

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Dance drama

Tribune · Wednesday 26 March 1969 · page 7

HIGHLIGHTS of the Margaret Barr Dance Drama Group's annual recital this year in the Teachers'…

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New leadership for JASA B'ball

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 April 1969 · page 20

JASA Basketball Club elected a new executive at its recent annual meeting. The executive is headed by…

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MUSIC Anniversary concert

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 April 1969 · page 14

The 21st anniversary of the Music Department at the University of Sydney was celebrated in delightful fashion…

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Strong S. Ball representation From Guildford

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 15 April 1969 · page 8

Guildford Leagues Club has five representatives in a training squad of 25 from which the Parramatta District under—15 S. G. Boll team will be chosen. They are the two…

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Theatre in Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 April 1969 · page 15

After a period of expansion during which the Israeli theatre almost tripled its number of companies…

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Israeli night dance at Great

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 April 1969 · page 27

Sydney Jewish youth have been invited with the compliments of the State Zionist Council to celebrate Israel’s…

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Jewish theatre successful in Russia

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 April 1969 · page 4

LONDON: The standard Soviet propaganda line that Yiddish is almost extinct in the Soyiet Union and that there is…

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C.O. Folk Concert

Tharunka · Tuesday 22 April 1969 · page 3

On Tuesday 13th May there will be a Folk Concert at St. James Hall, Phillip Street, City. This concert is organised by the Bill White Conscientious Objectors…

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Follow That Ball

The Biz · Thursday 1 May 1969 · page 7

ABOVE: An elusive basketball escapes (from left) Cathie Sewart, Fiona Fagan, Liza McDonough…

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Gorilla Theatre?

Tharunka · Tuesday 6 May 1969 · page 5

For the major part of this terra I have been warning the student body of the moral dangers to be found at this University and appealing to the Authorities to…

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Dance mastery of new Soviet group

Tribune · Wednesday 7 May 1969 · page 6

AUSTRALIA is the first country outside, the USSR to see the Classical Ballet Company (Her Majesty's,…

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Home Ball Debs 1969 Socially Yours

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 May 1969 · page 17

JILL POZNIAK of Dover Heights attends Kambala School for Girls. She is 16 years old. Her main…

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Le Theatre de l'Odéon rouvre ses portes avec le Theatre des Nations

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 9 May 1969 · page 6

P le 10 avril la seizième saison du Théâtre des Nations, festival international de spectacles qui se déroule…

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