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Some of the dancers from the Ballets Russes companies, including Edouard Borovansky, Kira Abricossova Bousloff and Hélène Kirsova stayed on at the end of the tours, or quickly returned to help establish theatrical dance in Australia.

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Max Dupain (1911–1992)
Hélène Kirsova as the Ballerina in Petrouchka,
Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, Australian tour 1936–1937
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