Sunday, 9 November 2014
Dr Joan Pope, who regularlyunearths invaluable information for the UWA Historical Society, would love to hear from anyone with memorabilia related to Dorothy Fleming. "Dorothy was a wonderfuldance education teacher," writes Dr Pope.
"Graduating in 1935, she studied ballet with Linley Wilson but wanted to pursue a broader range of physical technique and folk dance for school children. UWA awarded her a travelling scholarship to study dance education in England and later she pioneered ABC schools broadcasts in Perth.
Her Let's Join In programs were an inventive mix of movement, story, poems and songs and were delivered nation-wide. Dorothy was a colleague of Jeana Bradley and they developed the Sunken Garden as a performance venue. Dorothy (who married Norman Hollingsworth and raised a family) was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to education and the arts."
If you have any memorabiliaplease contact Joan on [email protected]
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