Laurel Martyn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian ballerina
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Place of Birth: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
About Laurel Martyn
- Laurel Martyn (born Laurel Gill, 23 July 1916 – 16 October 2013) was an Australian ballerina.In 1933, she left Australia for England and studied with Phyllis Bedells.
- In 1934 she won a choreographic scholarship from the Association of Operatic Dancing (later the Royal Academy of Dance) for Exile, her first composition.
- In 1935 she became the second Australian to win the Adeline Genée Gold Medal.
- Martyn joined the Vic-Wells Ballet (later Sadler's Wells) in December 1935, the first Australian woman to be accepted into the company.
- By 1938, she was a soloist.
- That same year, she returned to Australia and became a dance teacher.
- She joined Edouard Borovansky's eponymous ballet corps in 1940 and remained until her marriage to Lloyd Lawton in 1945.
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Source: Image from National library of Australia
License: PD-Australia
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Helmut Newton
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| Alternative names | Helmut Neustädter (birth name) | ||
| Description | German-Australian photographer, fashion photographer and photojournalist especially famous for his photographic works about female nudity | ||
| Date of birth/death | 31 October 1920 | 23 January 2004 | |
| Location of birth/death | Berlin, Germany | West Hollywood, United States of America | |
| Work period | 20th century | ||
| Work location | London, United Kingdom; Paris, France | ||
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Source: Image from National library of Australia
License: PD-Australia
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