Theatre Costume

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Headdress for the Rose Fairy worn by Joyce Graeme in Aurora's Wedding, Australian National Theatre Ballet, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 1949. Headdress in two pieces of rose petals of stiffened pink beige and yellow crepe de chine set with pink sequins.

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Object type	Theatre costume
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Theatre Costume Dance Costume Headdress Theatre Costume Dance Costume Headdress
Materials and techniques	Crepe De Chine Sequin
Brief description	Headdress for the Rose Fairy worn by Joyce Graeme in Aurora's Wedding, Australian National Theatre Ballet, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 1949
Physical description	Headdress for the Rose Fairy worn by Joyce Graeme in Aurora's Wedding, Australian National Theatre Ballet, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 1949. Headdress in two pieces of rose petals of stiffened pink beige and yellow crepe de chine set with pink sequins.
Production type	Unique
Object history	Headdress for the Rose Fairy worn by Joyce Graeme in Marius Petipa's ballet 'Aurora's Wedding', Australian National Theatre Ballet, Princess Theatre, Melbourne, 9th June 1949. The music for the ballet was composed by Tchaikovsky, and was staged by Joyce Graeme. The scenery and costumes were designed by Kenneth Rowell. On the opening night, Joyce Graeme danced the leading role of Princess Aurora, but appeared at later performances as the Rose Fairy.
Production	Reason For Production: Commission
Subject depicted	Fairy
Associations	Petipa, Marius Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
Literary references	The Sleeping Beauty Aurora's Wedding
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.475&A-1979

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Record created	March 24, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O110623/theatre-costume-rowell-kenneth/

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