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Tagged: Bungan Beach

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Ballet Russes in Australia: Tamara Toumanova (c.1939)
Filmed in slow motion, Tamara Toumanova, wearing a green and black swimsuit, performs a series of leaps and poses on the sand at Bungan Beach. Summary by Poppy de Souza. See more incredible footage...
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Ballet Russes: Solo dance on Bungan Beach (c.1936)
A solo dancer performs a dramatic contemporary dance routine on the shoreline of Bungan Beach. His routine contains arm gestures and facial expressions as well as leaps and lunges. As he dances, the...
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Ballet Russes in Australia: Performing on the beach (c.1939)
This unique and candid home movie footage of members of the Ballets Russes company was taken at Sydney’s Bungan Beach in the late 1930s. Wearing what looks to be Christmas decorations around her neck...
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Ballet Russes in Australia: Dancing on the beach (c.1939)
Filmed in slow motion, two women and a man (Paul Petroff) make human formations on the shoreline of the beach. A woman dressed in black swimwear runs towards Petroff and leaps into his arms. He holds...
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