Dress rehearsal before the performance of a ballet exhibition number at evening carnival. The senior pairs skaters are Johnnie Baker with Pam Hodgson.

Fitzroy Park was renamed Memorial Park in the 1950s.

Creator:      Ingrid Dunckley
Place:          Memorial Park, Palmerston North
Date:          February 1958

These images were taken for the October 8th, 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, the first of which was published with the caption: “A colourful scene from ‘Sleeping Beauty’”

An excerpt from the article read: “On the road for a year. D...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 8, 1978

These images were taken for the October 8th, 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, but were not published. It is believed they depict behind the scenes of setting up the New Zealand Ballet Company’s performance of ‘Sleeping Beauty’.

An e...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 8, 1978

These images were taken for the October 8th, 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, but were not published. It is believed they depict behind the scenes of setting up the New Zealand Ballet Company’s performance of ‘Sleeping Beauty’.

An e...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 8, 1978

These images were taken for the October 8th, 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, but were not published. It is believed they depict behind the scenes of setting up the New Zealand Ballet Company’s performance of ‘Sleeping Beauty’.

An e...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 8, 1978

This image was taken for the October 8th, 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, but was not published. It is believed to depict setting up the lighting rig for the New Zealand Ballet Company’s performance of ‘Sleeping Beauty’.

An excerpt...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 8, 1978

These images were taken for the October 8th, 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper, but were not published. It is believed they depict behind the scenes of setting up the New Zealand Ballet Company’s performance of ‘Sleeping Beauty’.

An e...

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 8, 1978

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 1926, international ballet dancer Anna Pavlova toured New Zealand. She performed at the Palmerston North Opera House on 11 June 1926.

Creator:      Russell Poole
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          September 9, 2023

The programme for a dance performance which included a ballet recounting the story of Cinderella and performances of Irish and Highland dancing by the Thistle Caledonian Society. After two performances at the Municipal Opera House in Palmerston No...

Creator:      Palmerston North Dance Association
Date:          September 1979

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 05 August 1961 "Three of the Royal Academy graduands from the Broadway School of Dancing in graceful pose at the rehearsal of "Les Sylphides" to be performed in the Palm...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 5, 1961

This is the programme for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 12 May and 17 May 1947. The competition categories included elocution...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1947

This is the programme for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 8 and 13 May 1950. The competition categories included elocution (sp...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1950

This is the programme for the Thirty-Second Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Repertory and All Saints' Halls between 9 and 14 May 1955. The competition categories included elocution (speech a...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1955

This is the programme for the Twenty-Eighth Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Municipal Hall and St. Andrew's Hall between 7 and 12 May 1951. The competition categories included speech and dra...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1951

This is the programme for the Thirty-Third Annual Festival of the Manawatū Competitions Society, which was held in the Opera House, Concert Chamber and All Saints' Hall between 7 and 12 May 1956. The competition categories included speech and dram...

Creator:      Manawatū Competitions Society
Date:          May 1956

Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983), third from the left, was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas fo...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Date:          circa 1960

Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983) was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas for new ideas. She was a...

Date:          1955 to 1965

Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983) was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas for new ideas. She was a...

Date:          1955 to 1965

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken (but not used) by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine's August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ballet at pre...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ball...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963

This image was taken by Frank Goldingham for Photorama pictorial magazine, and was published in the August 1963 edition.

Caption: "A good crowd attended the four performances of 'Swan Lake' a ballet of four full acts staged by the Australian Ball...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 1963