• Entry type: Resource
  • Entry ID: AWH003659

Hanny Exiner interviewed by Michelle Potter [sound recording]

  • Repository National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
  • Reference ORAL TRC 3164
  • Date Range 4-Nov-94 - 4-Nov-94
  • Description

    2 sound tape reels (ca. 136 min.) Hanny Exiner (nee Kolm), a dance educator, discusses her experiences as a student with and dancer for Gertrud Bodenwieser and her Bodenwieser Ballet especially in Vienna. She describes Bodenwieser’s classes, Bodenwieser as a teacher and choreographer, and the Bodenwieser tour to South America in 1938-1939. During the course of the interview Exiner also discusses her own dance career in Australia, especially her activities as an educator and the development of her philosophy of using dance to promote well-being.

  • Access Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
  • Finding Aid Timed summary (5 p.)