Eileen Kramer

Eileen Kramer (born 8 November 1914) is an Australian dancer and choreographer, still active as of December 2017.[1][2][3]

She grew up in Sydney and attended the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, before seeing Gertrud Bodenwieser's dance company in 1939 and deciding on a life in dance.[4] She travelled to India, Europe and America before returning to Australia at the age of 99 "because she missed the kookaburras".[2]

In 2008, she self-published Walkabout Dancer (Trafford Publishing: ISBN 978-1-4251-7359-3), an account of her life.[4]

A portrait The inner stillness of Eileen Kramer by plastic surgeon Andrew Lloyd Greensmith was a finalist for the Archibald Prize in 2017.[5][6]

In 2017, she created a dance-drama A Buddha's Wife, inspired by her travels in India. It forms part of a wider work celebrating her life, supported by the Arts Health Institute.[2]

In 2017 a portrait of Eileen by filmmaker Sue Healey, was a finalist in the Digital Portrait Prize (National Portrait Gallery, Canberra) and a finalist in the 65th Blake prize (Casula Powerhouse Sydney) in 2018.https://dpa.portrait.gov.au/dpa-finalist/eileen/

References

  1. ↑ Fuss, Eloise (1 December 2017). "Meet the 103-year-old dancer still performing, choreographing and making costumes". ABC News. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Hardy, Karen (16 October 2017). "Eileen Kramer plans to dance on her 103rd birthday". Canberra Times. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Cormack, Lucy (5 March 2015). "One hundred-year-old dancer Eileen Kramer still taking to the stage". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Walkabout Dancer". Booklore. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Andrew Lloyd Greensmith". Archibald Prize 2017. Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2017. Includes image of the portrait
  6. ↑ "Unlikely duo pair up for Archibald prize". ABC: Lateline. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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