Robert Helpmann
Robert Helpmann Trivia
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Robert was a performer at the Stratford Festival and the Old Vic theatre in London, playing the title role in Hamlet.
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When Robert was a toddler he liked to dress in his mother's clothes.
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Robert was the Director of the Australian Ballet, from 1974 to 1976.
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In 1942 Robert produced his first ballet named Comus based on the ancient myth of the Greek god of festivities Komus.
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Robert was the principal dancer in the Royal Ballet of London from 1933 to 1950.
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In 1933, Robert joined the Vic-Wells Ballet in London.
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Robert was the brother of Maxwell "Max" Helpmann, an Australian actor.
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He was awarded the Scroll of Honour in Norway in 1950.
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He was awarded with a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1964.
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He was awarded the Order of the Knight of the North Star in Sweden in 1975.
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The Australian Entertaiment Industry Association's annual awards are named The Helpmann Awards in Helpmann's Honor.
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He was the brother of Sheila Helpmann.
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In 1926 he joined the touring dance company of the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.
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He was knighted in 1968.
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His longtime life partner Michael Benthall died in 1974.
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The Helpmann Academy, Adelaide's major provider of tertiary performing art education in South Australia was in his honour.
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Robert was gay.
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Robert Helpmann (Talking about how he was introduced to ballet instructor Anna Pavlova: My father went on a business trip to Melbourne when I was 14 and when he came back he said "You've always wanted to be a dancer. There's a girl dancing in Melbourne and she's got a company and I've been to see her, and she is going to take you in the company". Next week I left to Melbourne with my mother, and the 'girl' was Anna Pavlova. By the time it dawned on me to try and ask why and how he got in to her dressing room, and why she took me as a student.
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Robert Helpmann (Talking about his arrival to Australia, when he was going to be named Australian of the year): I don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about.
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