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Directors of the New Zealand Ballet

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Directors of the New Zealand Ballet

Directors of the New Zealand Ballet gathered in 1984 to celebrate the company's 30th anniversary. Each chose a work to be performed in a celebration season. From left are Philip Chatfield (Last reunion and The kiss), Harry Haythorne (No exit), Una Kai (the pas de deux from Grand pas hongrois), Russell Kerr (Salute), Poul Gnatt (the last act of Napoli) and Rowena Jackson. Former artistic director Brian Ashbridge (not pictured) chose Poems.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1983/3780

by John Nicholson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jennifer Shennan, Ballet – Building a foundation, 1960s and 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43134/directors-of-the-new-zealand-ballet (accessed 29 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jennifer Shennan, i tāngia i te 22 October 2013.