Tatiana Riabouchinska as the Child (left), Alexandra Denisova as the Top (middle) and Yura Lazovsky as the Tumbler (right), in Jeux d'enfants, Covent Garden Russian Ballet, Australian tour, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, October 1938 [picture] /

From: Jeux d'enfants (Children's games) / by Boris Kochno ; music by Georges Bizet.; Inscription: "I11".; Part of the collection: Hugh P. Hall collection of photographs, 1938-1940.; Choreography by Leonide Massine ; curtain, scenery, costumes and designs by Joan Miró ; curtain painted by Joan Miró ; scenery painted by Prince A. Schervachidze ; costumes executed by Madame B. Karinska.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4174379. One of a collection of photographs taken by Hugh P. Hall of 28 ballet productions performed by the Covent Garden Russian Ballet (toured Australia 1938-1939) and the Original Ballet Russe (toured Australia 1939-1940). These are the second and third of the three Ballets Russes companies which toured Australasia between 1936 and 1940. The photographs were taken from the auditorium during a live performance in His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne and mounted on cardboard for display purposes. For conservation and storage, the photographs have been demounted. The original arrangement of the photographs has been recorded, and details are available from the Pictures Branch of the National Library