L – HerStory Gallery
Additional Information
Special Achievements
- 1923 - She became the first woman to pass final subjects in the diploma of architecture.
- 1930s - Co-founded the Lightfoot-Burlakov Classic Dance School, which by 1931 had become the First Australian Ballet, Sydney.
- 1931 - Staged first Australian produced ballet (Coppelia).
- 1937 - Studied Kathakali dance in Kerala, India. 1938 - Staged a production of Diaghilev's The Blue God. For the rest of her professional career she promoted Indian dance.
Additional Information
- She was articled to the renowned architectural practice run by Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahoney Griffin.
Resources
Link - Lightfoot, Louise (1902 - 1979)
The Australian Women's Register
Link - Lightfoot, Louise (1902 - 1979)
The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia
Link - Lightfoot, Louisa Mary (1902–1979)
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Link - Louise Lightfoot and the First Australian Ballet – The Cecchetti Link
Cecchetti International Classical Ballet
Link - Louise Lightfoot Collection
Research Data Australia
Link - Louise Lightfoot
Louise Lightfoot
