1983 | the company's 30th anniversary
Celebrating 30 years of the New Zealand Ballet company!
The directors at 30th anniversary celebrations
The Directors of the New Zealand Ballet, photographed together at the time of the 30th anniversary celebrations in 1983. From left: Philip Chatfield, Harry Haythorne, Una Kai, Russell Kerr, Poul Gnatt and Rowena Jackson Chatfield.
The Kiss | 1983
Kerry-Anne Gilberd and Martin James in The Kiss, 1983.
Philip Chatfield choreographed The Kiss in 1976 for Kerry-Anne Gilberd and John Shields, and it was revived as part of the 30th birthday celebrations in 1983.
RNZB Collection, PA-Coll-8050-23-09, ATL.
No Exit | 1983
Jon Trimmer, Joanne Kelly and Adrienne Matheson in No Exit, 1983. The ballet was based on Jean Paul Sartre’s play Huit Clos and the idea that ‘hell is other people’.
Ashley Killar’s No Exit was commissioned by Harry Haythorne for the New Zealand Ballet’s 30th anniversary in 1983.
Last Reunion | 1983
Philip Chatfield recalled that Last Reunion was a last-minute addition to the 1977 Autumn Tour as the company manager felt that the programme was not substantial enough; he choreographed it in just a few days, to music by Gustav Mahler.
Stephen Nicholls and Adrienne Matheson in Philip Chatfield’s Last Reunion, 1983.
RNZB Collection, PA-Coll-8050-23-14, ATL.
30th anniversary celebrations
Philip and Rowena Chatfield at the Company’s 30th birthday celebrations in 1983.
RNZB Collection, PA-Coll-8050-14-038, ATL