Eleanor Martin

Eleanor Martin (1951 – 29 February 2020)[1] was a dancer who performed with the West Australian Ballet, the Australian Ballet Company, and the Australian Dance Theatre.

Eleanor Martin
Born22 September 1951
London, England
Died29 February 2020 (aged 69)
Hobart, Tasmania
NationalityAustralia
Other namesEleanor Lynn
OccupationDancer
EmployerAustralian Ballet Company
Known forBallet
Children2
Parent(s)

Early life

Martin was born in London, England in the United Kingdom and emigrated to Western Australia together with her sister, mother, The West Australian journalist Catherine Martin, and her Czech–born father. Martin attended Churchlands Senior High School.

Career

At the age of 12 she danced for the Queen of Thailand in the 1963 Thai-Australian ballet "Sirikit and Wattle"[2]

She was part of the 1967 intake at the Australian Ballet School.[3] In 1968 she performed in 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' by Jay Presson Allen in Melbourne.[4] Martin was part of the first cohort of the Australian Ballet School's third year class in 1969.[5] Martin was one of the dancers in the inaugural professional ensemble of the West Australian Ballet.[6]

Martin was a dancer in the scenes choreographed by Margaret Scott in the controversial 1970 documentary The Naked Bunyip.[7] Martin choreographed the dance for '2 Short Circuits' by Carl Vine, his first work commissioned by the West Australian Ballet Company[8][9][10] Also in 1971 Martin joined the Australian Dance Theatre tour to Taipei, Taiwan.[11]

Personal life

Martin became an Australian citizen by naturalization in 1954. She married and divorced twice. First to mental health professional Patrick Marwick (m. 1978, div. 1989), with whom she had two children, and second to lawyer Andrew Lynn (m. 2005, div. 2010).

See also

References
  1. "LYNN Eleanor | Obituaries | The West Announcements". www.westannouncements.com.au.
  2. "A first year Colombo Plan student at the University of Western Australia, Mr Narongchai Arrashanee, trained Western Australian ballet dancers in the traditional Thai dance movements for a Thai-Australian ballet "Sirikit and Wattle" commemorating the visit to Australia of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Thailand - Narongochai Arrashanee demonstrates traditional hand movements in the Thai classical dance to (from left) Alida Anderson, 12, who played Wattle, the Australian girl in the ballet and Eleanor Martin, 12, who played Queen Sirikit in the ballet [photographic image] / photographer, Richard Woldendorp. 1 photographic negative: b&w, acetate". National Archives of Australia. 1963. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. "Past Students". The Australian Ballet School.
  4. "The Australian Live Performance Database". www.ausstage.edu.au. AusStage. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  5. Potter, Michelle (2014). Dame Maggie Scott: A Life in Dance. Text Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-925095-36-4.
  6. "West Australian Ballet News - Autumn 2010". yumpu.com. West Australian Ballet. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. "Dame Margaret Scott AC DBE (1922 - 2019)". Live Performance Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. "Carl Vine :: Composer :: biography". Carl Vine - Biography. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  9. Hocking, Rachel (2006). "Crafting Connections: original music for the dance in Australia, 1960-2000". PHD Thesis, University of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  10. So, Yuson (2013). Piano Sonata No. 1 by Carl Vine; a Theoretical and Pianistic Study (PDF).
  11. "The Australian Live Performance Database". www.ausstage.edu.au. AusStage.
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