A Quote by Robert Helpmann

I was always nervous about coming back to Australia which was a complete hangover of the days when I left when ballet was not accepted, when I was not accepted, when I was considered a freak for wanting to be a ballet dancer. And, to be 100% honest, I rather dreaded coming back.

Robert Helpmann

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Robert Helpmann
Australian - Dancer
April 9, 1909 - September 28, 1986

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Wendy Whelan

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