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Published by Melbourne International Arts Festival Acknowledgments © 2005 Melbourne International Arts Festival/Paul Clarkson/individual photographers Thank you to Crusader Hillis, Olivia Anderson, bryan Andy, Danika Gael-Krieg and Sally Newman for their diligence and commitment to the project, Mary-Ellen King, Kara Miller, Noel Turnbull, Simon McCall and Leonard Vary for advice and comments on the manuscript, and Robert Ginn, Ian Roberts and Rosemary Hinde, who provided valuable memories. Thanks also to Robynne Berg and Gabrielle Connellan, Andrew Paoli, Simon Clancy and Narelle Sullivan at Paoli Smith, Peter Green at Total Graphic Solutions, Tamara Bell/Herald & Weekly Times, Patricia Convery/the Arts Centre Performing Arts Collection, Monique Harvey/The Famous Spiegeltent, Katie Ladbury/Sydney Dance Company, David Pledger, Ildikó Rippel/Architects of Air, Bain Stewart/Bungabura Media, Natalie Verheggen/The Australian Ballet, Emma Williams/ Opera Australia, William Yang, Bec Carey and Irene Guzowski/Chamber Made Opera ISBN 0-9580392-4-0 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10 per cent of this book, whichever is the greater, to be photocopied by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act. Melbourne International Arts Festival and the author gratefully acknowledge all who have contributed towards the creation of this book, including numerous photographers and subjects, many of whom could not be identified, despite our best intentions. Every reasonable effort has been made to verify facts, credit contributing photographers and to identify and ascribe copyright for photographs or quotes in cases where Melbourne International Arts Festival does not hold an existing agreement to reprint material. The publisher welcomes any further information regarding copyright ownership. Please refer queries to Melbourne International Arts Festival. Photographers: Thilo Beau, Rob Blackburn, Joris Jan Bos, Charles-Henri Bradier, Michael Brosilow, Jeff Busby, Philippe Delacroix, Liu Chen-Hsiang, Julian Crouch, Thomas Dorn, Peter Elfes, Patrick Fabre, Kazuo Fukunaga, C Gafner, Branco Gaia, Mary Gearhart, Hugo Glendinning, Susan Gordon-Brown/Red Five Studios, Carla Gottgens, Simon Guilbaut, Ponch Hawkes, New National Theatre Tokyo/Naoya Ikegami, William Kelly, Robyn Lea, Trudie Lee, Heidrun Löhr, N Mangafas/Schauspielhaus Vienna, Jim McFarlane, Nan Melville, David Parker, Gabriele Pellegrini, Zen Qian, Natasha Rasina, Rachelle Roberts, David B Simmonds, Herman Sorgeloos, Charlie Sublet, Michel Szabo, Brian Tarr, Lisa Tomasetti, Prudence Upton, Willem Van Capellan, Somkiet Vantanavijan, William West, Andrew Whittuck, Norman Wodetzki, Austin Young, Al Zanyk page 10, Victorian Arts Centre under construction. Courtesy the Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection, Melbourne page 11, The Consul, Victoria State Opera. Photo: David Parker. Courtesy Opera Australia page 43, Improvement: Don Leaves Linda, Chamber Made Opera. Photo: Ponch Hawkes. Courtesy Chamber Made Opera The production of this book has been supported by page 65, Rites, Australian Ballet/Bangarra Dance Theatre: Miranda Coney of The Australian Ballet and Albert David of Bangarra Dance Theatre in Rites. Photo: Jim McFarlane. Courtesy The Australian Ballet page 68, Box the Pony, Leah Purcell. Photo: Heidrun Löhr. Courtesy Bungabura Media page 78, Batavia, Opera Australia. Photo: Jeff Busby. Courtesy Opera Australia John Truscott Design Foundation page 79, Tivoli, The Australian Ballet and Sydney Dance Company. Photo: Branco Gaia. Courtesy Sydney Dance Company Project Team Author Paul Clarkson Editor/Project Manager Urszula Dawkins Editorial Consultant Crusader Hillis Project Team Olivia Anderson, bryan Andy, Danika Gael-Krieg, Crusader Hillis, Sally Newman Design Simon Clancy/Paoli Smith Production Coordinator Narelle Sullivan/Paoli Smith Printing Peter Green/Total Graphic Solutions Melbourne International Arts Festival PO Box 10, Flinders Lane Melbourne Vic 8009 Australia Telephone [phone] Facsimile [phone] Email [email protected] Web site www.melbournefestival.com.au