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Series 1: Photographs, 1918-1973

The series is primarily comprised of black and white photographs and postcards depicting the dancing career of Moya Beaver from 1934 to 1941. Many of the photographs feature annotations by Beaver and others. There are five folders of photographs which have been individually numbered and listed, and one folder of unnumbered duplicates.
Please note: selected photographs from this series have been digitised, and are available online through this finding aid (http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms9803) and via the Library's catalogue (http://nla.gov.au/catalogue).

 

Item 1 Moya Beaver as a baby, 1918
Item 2 Portrait of Moya Beaver on pointe in marching girl costume, ca 1934 [picture].
Item 3 Moya Beaver in Indian style costume and pose, ca. 1934, [1] [picture].
Item 4 Moya Beaver in Indian style costume and pose [2], c.1934
Item 5 Moya Beaver in Indian style costume and pose [3], c.1934
Item 6 Moya Beaver in Indian style costume and pose, ca. 1934, [4] [picture].
Item 7 Moya Beaver in Indian style costume and pose [5], c.1934
Item 8 Moya Beaver as Coppelia, Mischa Burlakov as Franz, and Lindsay Kingsmill Shaw? as Swanhilda in Coppelia, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, 1934 [picture].
Item 9 Portrait of Moya Beaver in Peter Pan?, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, ca. 1935 [picture].
Item 10 Moya Beaver in costume for Peter Pan?, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet , ca. 1935 [picture] /
Item 11 Moya Beaver in Peter Pan (?), The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, c.1935
Item 12 Moya Beaver dancing in costume worn in productions of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, c.1935
Item 13 Portrait of Moya Beaver in costume worn in productions of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet , ca. 1935, [1] [picture].
Item 14 Portrait of Moya Beaver in costume worn in productions of the Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet , ca. 1935, [2] [picture].
Item 15 Portrait of Moya Beaver in costume worn in productions of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet [3], c.1935
Item 16 Moya Beaver putting on her pointe shoe, in costume with choker worn in productions of the Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, ca. 1935 [picture].
Item 17 Moya Beaver dancing in costume with choker worn in productions of the Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet , ca. 1935, [1] [picture].
Item 18 Moya Beaver dancing in costume (with choker) worn in productions of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet [2], c.1935
Item 19 Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The Reed Pipes of Pan [1], 1935
Item 20 Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The Reed Pipes of Pan [2], 1935
Item 21 White, Dorothy.. Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The reed pipes of Pan, 1935, [3] [picture] /
Item 22 White, Dorothy.. Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The reed pipes of Pan, 1935, [4] [picture] /
Item 23 Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The Reed Pipes of Pan [5], 1935
Item 24 White, Dorothy.. Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The reed pipes of Pan, 1935, [6] [picture] /
Item 25 White, Dorothy.. Moya Beaver posing outdoors in costume for The reed pipes of Pan, 1935, [7] [picture] /
Item 26 Moya Beaver in pose from The Reed Pipes of Pan, 1935
Item 27 Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver in costume for The Reed Pipes of Pan [1], 1935
Item 28 Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver in costume for The reed pipes of pan, 1935, [2] [picture].
Item 29a Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and four other pupils of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in a free dance pose, ca. 1937, [1] [picture].
Item 29b Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and four other pupils of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in a free dance pose [1] (small version), c.1937
Item 30a Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and four other pupils of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in a free dance pose [2] (small version), c.1937
Item 30b Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and four other pupils of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in a free dance pose, ca. 1937, [2] [picture].
Item 31a Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and four other pupils of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in a free dance pose [3] (small version), c.1937
Item 31b Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and four other pupils of Louise Lightfoot and Mischa Burlakov in a free dance pose , ca. 1937, [3] [picture].
Item 32 Outdoor photograph of Moya Beaver and Josie Vanderfield in a free dance pose, ca. 1937 [picture].
Item 33 Joan Brandon, Moya Beaver, Jessica Chamberlain, Molva Alcott and artists of the Lightfoot- Burlakov First Australian Ballet, posed in costume during Music Week at Farmers Blaxland Galleries, ca. 1937 [picture].
Item 34 Moya Beaver, Joan Brandon, Molva Alcott, and two other artists of The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet posed in costume during 'Music Week' at Farmers Blaxland Galleries, c.1937
Item 35 Artists of the Lightfoot - Burlakov First Australian Ballet? posing in costume outdoors, ca. 1937 [picture].
Item 36 Moya Beaver in costume for unidentified dance, ca. 1937 [picture].
Item 37 Moya Beaver (?) posing in costume, c.1937
Item 38 Portrait of Moya Beaver as Columbine in Le Carnaval, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet [1], c.1937
Item 39 Portrait of Moya Beaver as Columbine in Le Carnaval, The Lightfoot- Burlakov First Australian Ballet ,ca. 1937, [2] [picture].
Item 40 Moya Beaver and Gordon Hamilton as Columbine and Harlequin in Le Carnaval, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, ca. 1937 [picture].
Item 41 Gordon Hamilton as Harlequin in Le Carnaval, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, ca. 1937 [picture] /
Item 42 Moya Beaver and Gordon Hamilton in Variations from Swan lake, The Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet, ca. 1937 [picture] /
Item 43 Posed portrait of Moya Beaver and Gordon Hamilton in costume, ca. 1937 [picture] /
Item 44 Portrait of Moya Beaver in costume for Variations from Swan lake, ca. 1937 [picture].
Item 46 Moya Beaver (?) with female colleague in gymnastic pose on a beach, c.1937
Item 47 Moya Beaver and Phyllis Wardrop in Indian costume, ca. 1937 [picture].
Item 48a Moya Beaver and Mischa Burlakov dancing on a beach, ca. 1937 [picture].
Item 48b Moya Beaver and Mischa Burlakov dancing on a beach (close-up), c.1937
Item 49a Moya Beaver and unidentified partner dancing on a beach, c.1937
Item 49b Moya Beaver and unidentified partner dancing on a beach (close-up), c.1937
Item 50 Moya Beaver with Gordon Hamilton (?) on a beach, c.1937
Item 51 Moya Beaver with unidentified partner on a beach, c.1937
Item 52 Phyllis Wardrop dancing with the Lightfoot-Burlakov First Australian Ballet ,1939 [picture].
Item 53 Frazer, C. J.. Helene Deizon with artists including Moya Beaver in A waltz dream, ca. 1939 [picture] /
Item 54 Moya Beaver (far left) and other artists in A Waltz Dream, c.1939
Item 55 Moya Beaver travelling with two colleagues, ca. 1939 [picture].
Item 56 Moya Beaver with three colleagues, ca. 1939 [picture].
Item 57 Natasha Sobinova, Alexandra Denisova and Moya Beaver on deck en route to Europe, 1939 [picture].
Item 58 Maria Sanina, Alexandra Denisova and Moya Beaver on deck en route to Europe, 1939 [picture].
Item 59 Gordon Hamilton with female colleague in the Norwegian mountains, ca.1939 [picture].
Item 60 Gordon Hamilton, Alla Shishkina and Oenone Talbot at Cheltenham, ca. 1939 [picture].
Item 61 Moya Beaver and Joy Camden at Old Barn Cottage, ca. 1939 [picture].
Item 62 Moya Beaver and Gordon Hamilton in fish-dive pose at Old Barn Cottage, ca.1939 [picture].
Item 63 Moya Beaver, Gordon Hamilton, Joy Camden and Aimee Saxlund? in Copenhagen, 1939 [picture].
Item 64 Moya Beaver, Gordon Hamilton and Chris? on deck en route for Denmark, 1939 [picture].
Item 65 Sawyer, Raymond G.. Portrait of Moya Beaver in costume for the Strauss waltz performed with Henry Legerton in Ballet Nationale production, 1941, [1] [picture] /
Item 66 Portrait of Moya Beaver in costume for the Strauss Waltz performed with Henry Legerton in Ballet Nationale production [2], 1941
Item 67a Sawyer, Raymond G.. Portrait of Moya Beaver in Spanish dance, Ballet Nationale , 1941, [1] [picture] /
Item 67b Portrait of Moya Beaver in Spanish Dance, Ballet Nationale [1] (annotated verso), 1941
Item 68 Portrait of Moya Beaver in Spanish dance, Ballet Nationale, 1941, [2] [picture].
Item 69 Portrait of Moya Beaver in Spanish dance, Ballet Nationale, 1941, [3] [picture].
Item 70 Moya Beaver posing in costume with unidentified partner [1], c.1941 (?)
Item 71 Moya Beaver posing in costume with unidentified partner [2], c.1941 (?)
Item 72 Moya Beaver posing in costume with unidentified partner, ca. 1941,[3] [picture] /
Item 73 Moya Beaver and Gerald McErlean in A Romance in Dresden China from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up [1], 1941
Item 74 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver and Gerald McErlean in a pose from A romance in Dresden China from the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 75 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver and Gerald McErlean in A romance in Dresden China from the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941, [2] [picture] /
Item 76 Gerald McErlean and Moya Beaver with other artists in A Romance in Dresden China from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941
Item 77 Tableau from A Romance in Dresden China from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941
Item 78 View from the wings of A Romance in Dresden China from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941
Item 79 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver in the dressing room in costume for Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 80 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver in costume for Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 81 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver and other artists in Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941, [1] [picture] /
Item 82 Moya Beaver and other artists in Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up [2], 1941
Item 83 Moya Beaver and other artists in Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up [3], 1941
Item 84 Moya Beaver and other artists in Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up [4], 1941
Item 85 Moya Beaver and other artists in Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up [5], 1941
Item 86 Moya Beaver and other artists in Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up [6], 1941
Item 87 Chopiniana from the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 88 Moya Beaver in costume for The Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square from the J C Williamson production Funny Side Up, 1941
Item 89 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver seated in the dressing room in costume for The nightingale sang in Berkeley Square from the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 90 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver seated in costume for The nightingale sang in Berkeley Square from the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 91 Kuehn, Nanette.. Artists including Betty Bryant, Kitty Bluett, Joan Robbins and Moya Beaver in the dressing room in costume for the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 92 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver in costume for the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 93 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver in the dressing room in costume for the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 94 Kuehn, Nanette.. Moya Beaver with unidentified artist in costume for the J C Williamson production Funny side up, 1941 [picture] /
Item 95 Kuehn, Nanette.. Portrait of Moya Beaver in full length gown, ca. 1941 [picture] /
Item 96 Mischa Burlakov teaching students [1], 1963
Item 97 Mischa Burlakov teaching students [2], 1963
Item 98 Mischa Burlakov teaching students [3], 1963
Item 99 Mothers and daughters at the Moya Beaver Ballet School, 1973
Item 100 Moya Beaver teaching at her ballet school [1], 1973
Item 101 Moya Beaver teaching at her ballet school [2], 1973
Item 102 Moya Beaver receiving flowers at a performance by her ballet school, 1973
Item 103 Ludmilla Shollar and Anatole Vilzak as Columbine and Harlequin in Le carnaval, ca. 1920 [picture].
Item 104 Portrait of Helene Kirsova as Columbine in Le Carnaval, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, c.1936-1937
Item 105 Portrait of Tatiana Riabouchinska and David Lichine in Le Spectre de la Rose, Ballets Russes, 1930s
Item 106 Portrait of Tatiana Riabouchinska in Le Spectre de la Rose, Ballets Russes, 1930s
Item 107 Tamara Tchinarova Finch as a gypsy in Petrouchka, Ballets Russes , ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 108 Georges, S.. Portrait of Lelia Roussova in costume, Ballets Russes , ca. 1930s [picture] /
Item 109 Portrait of Leon Woizikowsky as Petrouchka, Ballets Russes , ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 110 Portrait of David Lichine, Ballets Russes , ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 111 Portrait of Lubov Tchernicheva as the Miller's Wife in the production of Le Tricorne, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 112 Portrait of Lubov Tchernicheva in Spanish costume, Ballets Russes, 1930s
Item 113 Lubov Tchernicheva in Thamar, Ballets Russes , ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 114 Seymour, Maurice, 1904-. Portrait of Lubov Tchernicheva in costume for Cle opatre, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture] /
Item 115 Seymour, Maurice, 1904-. Portrait of Serge Grigorieff, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture] /
Item 116 Portrait of Valentina Blinova, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 117 Valentina Blinova and Valentin Froman in Serenade, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 118 Seymour, Maurice, 1904-. Two Ballets Russes artists in pose from unidentified ballet, ca. 1930s [picture] /
Item 119 Portrait of Tamara Toumanova and Serge Lifar, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 120 Portrait of Nina Raievska, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 121 Portrait of Roland Guerard in costume, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 122 Portrait of Igor Yousskevitch in The firebird, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 123 Portrait (head and shoulders) of Tamara Tchinarova Finch as a nursemaid in Petrouchka, Ballets Russes Australian tours, c.1937
Item 124 Portrait of Sonia Woizikowska, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, ca. 1936 [picture] /
Item 125 Sonia Woizikowska in costume for Le carnaval, Ballets Russes, ca. 1937 [picture].
Item 126 Portrait (head and shoulders) of unidentified dancer from Les Ballets de la Jeunesse, c.1939
Item 127 Raine, W. Hall.. Portrait of Thomas Armour, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1937 [picture] /
Item 128 Raine, W. Hall.. Portrait of Nina Raievska in Scheherazade, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1937 [picture] /
Item 129 Portrait of Helene Kirsova in Swan lake, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1937 [picture] /
Item 130 Helene Kirsova as the Ballerina in Petrouchka, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1937 [picture].
Item 131 Portrait of Igor Yousskevitch, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1937 [picture].
Item 132 Posed photograph of Valentina Blinova in costume as the Street Dancer in Le beau Danube, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1936 or 1937 [picture] /
Item 133 Posed photograph of Leon Woizikowski and Valentina Blinova in costume as the Street Dancer and the Hussar, Le beau Danube, Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, 1936 or 1937 [picture].
Item 134 Portrait of Lina Lerina, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 135 Reproduction of sketched portrait of Vera Nemtchinova, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 136 Portrait of Tamara Grigorieva, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture].
Item 137 Portrait (head and shoulders) of Paul Petroff, Ballets Russes Australian tours, c.1939
Item 138 Shmith, Athol, 1914-1990.. Portrait of Paul Petroff as the Prince in Cendrillon, Ballets Russes Australian tours, ca. 1939 [picture] /
Item 139 'Duo Ritasso' - male and female duo in Spanish dance pose, c.1939
Item 140 Georges, S.. Portrait of Vera Nelidova, Ballets Russes, ca. 1930s [picture] /
Item 141 Two unidentified male dancers in eighteenth century costume, c.1940 (?)
Item 142 Margaret Dale and Gordon Hamilton in Les Patineurs, Sadler's Wells Ballet, c.1940
Item 143 Portrait of Gordon Hamilton, ca. 1940 [picture].
Item 144 Margot Fonteyn in Giselle, Sadler's Wells Ballet, c.1940
Item 145 Portrait of La Meri in costume for Goyesca dance, c.1940 (?)
Item 146 Gordon Hamilton as Avarice in The Quest, Sadler's Wells Ballet, ca. 1944 [picture].
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