Astonish Me, Graeme Murphy Choreographer
Clip 2: ‘A metre of tulle’
2 min 56 sec
Taken from the documentary Astonish Me, Graeme Murphy Choreographer (1989)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG
Collection: National Film and Sound Archive
Availability of the complete title
Curator’s clip description
The principal dancer of the Sydney Dance Company, Paul Mercurio, talks about his early years as a dancer. Extracts from Graeme Murphy’s modern ballet ‘Some Rooms’ are seen. Murphy talks about the sensuality of modern ballet.
Curator’s notes
Paul Mercurio later became the star of the hit film Strictly Ballroom.
Damien Parer, curator
have teachers’ notes.
