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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 '... (more Robert Helpmann quotes)
Robert was the Director of the Australian Ballet, from 1974 to 1976.
In 1942 Robert produced his first ballet named Comus based on the ancient myth of the Greek god of festivities Komus.
In 1933, Robert joined the Vic-Wells Ballet in London.
He was awarded the Scroll of Honour in Norway in 1950.
He was awarded the Order of the Knight of the North Star in Sweden in 1975.... (more Robert Helpmann trivia)