Margaret Evelyn Walker

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

Appears in

Group of items

Dance: Videos of Australian dancers and choreographers

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304422

Language

English

Subject categories

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials

Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Dancers

Music & Performing Arts → Dancers - Australia - Interviews

Music & Performing Arts → Folk dancing

Music & Performing Arts → Folk music

People → Walker, Margaret, 1920-

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1988