Margaret Evelyn Walker

Australia, 1988

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Episode of Series “Dance: Videos of Australian dancers and choreographers”.
Margaret Evelyn Walker is one of the best loved figures in dance in Australia. She discusses her travels in Eastern Europe in the 1940’s and 1950’s, her belief in the power of folk music, her struggles to have it accepted as a subject in schools and of the establishment of the Australian Association for Dance Education. Interview conducted by James Murdoch.

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producer

Peter Campbell

production company

Australia Council

Duration

00:51:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1988

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Dance: Videos of Australian dancers and choreographers

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