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| − | Ella Bankhardt was the daughter an offical at the Sydney Technological Museum, and studied dancing with Willy Warde ()[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Warde]. She went on to become the London Gaiety Theatre’s premiere “danseuse” and married a Captain Maund, the political resident for Britain is referred to as “a Boer State” (probably the [[Transvaal Republic]]) in 1891. | + | Ella Bankhardt was the daughter an offical at the Sydney Technological Museum, and studied dancing with British actor, dancer, singer and choreographer Willy Warde (1857–1943)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Warde]. She went on to become the London Gaiety Theatre’s premiere “danseuse” and married a Captain Maund, the political resident for Britain is referred to as “a Boer State” (probably the [[Transvaal Republic]]) in 1891. |
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
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Ella Bankhardt ()[] was an Australian born dancer and performer.
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Biography
Ella Bankhardt was the daughter an offical at the Sydney Technological Museum, and studied dancing with British actor, dancer, singer and choreographer Willy Warde (1857–1943)[1]. She went on to become the London Gaiety Theatre’s premiere “danseuse” and married a Captain Maund, the political resident for Britain is referred to as “a Boer State” (probably the Transvaal Republic) in 1891.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She was a member of The Edgar Perkins Lyric Opera Company, when it first visited Cape Town in January, 1890, to performed various operas and musical pieces in the Exhibition Theatre. Described by D.C. Boonzaier (1923) as "surely the most beautiful dancer that has ever graced the Cape Town stage".
Sources
The Bulletin, Vol. 11 No. 588 (23 May 1891), Trove[2]
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 390
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