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Our Stars of Ballet, a short documentary from the National Film Unit, tracks the careers of New Zealand ballet icons Rowena Jackson and Alexander Grant, who both achieved great success as principal dancers for major ballet companies in England. The film follows their visit to Wellington with the Royal Ballet in 1959; Jackson picnics by the harbour with dancer husband Philip Chatfield, while Grant visits Mt Victoria. The film ends with Jackson performing her famed multiple fouttés en tournant, for which she held the world record in 1959.
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