Behind The Sun – Documentary segment
This 54 min documentary (circa 1988) looks at a number of artists working in NSW in 1988, including Jonathan Throsby, painter; Susan Norrie, painter; Martin Wesley-Smith, composer; John Coburn, painter; Robyn Gordon, sculptor; Graeme Murphy, choreographer; David Williamson, playwright; Brian Howard, composer; Maureen Cahill, glass sculptor; Bruce Copping, stone sculptor; Robert Klippel, sculptor; Kai Tai Chan, choreographer and Patrick Mitchell, theatre director.
The featured segment reveals choreographer Graeme Murphy directing dancers in rehearsal for a cricket ballet. We then see the Sydney Dance Company performing the ballet, and end with Murphy talking about what he looks for in Australian dancers as we see a rehearsal of another piece.
This can be also viewed on the Australian Screen website
Production company
Juniper Films
Producers
James Wilson
John Davy Tristram
Directors
James Wilson
John Davy Tristram
Concept
Nadine Amadio
Sponsored by
The NSW Government in 1988