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
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
A group of five young dancers, pupils of the well-known Palmerston North dance teacher Zona Broughton.
Back row left to right: Andrea Ross and Marilyn Jeffrey. Front row left to right: Linda Borlase, Judith Jeffrey and Angela Ayers.
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1964
Four dancers posed in a row. The group were pupils of the well-known Palmerston North dance teacher Zona Broughton. From left: Marilyn Jeffrey, Angela Ayers, Andrea Ross and Linda Borlase.
Creator: Peter Cain Studios, Palmerston North
Date: 1960s
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. Biography of dance teacher Gwen Gibbs, 1898-1983. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet people...
Creator: Tania Kopytko
Place: Palmerston North
Date: March 18, 2023