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Paul Mercurio |
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Having grown up in a show business family, including his father, vetran actor Gus Mercurio, Paul went to a special theatre arts school in Western Australia and started training as a dancer at the age of nine. He eventually left school to take up a full time ballet scholarship with the Western Australian Ballet Company.From there he was accepted into the Australian Ballet School.
He has been known as one of Australia's best dancers and choreographers and has been performing with the Sydney Dance Company since 1982 (as a principal sicne 1983). During his time there, he performed in over thirty productions, with principal and feature roles in "The Selfish Giant", "Some Rooms", "After Venice", "Vast", "Kaarnberg", "Soft Bruising" and "King David". As a dancer, he has toured the world, performing in counties such as Japan, China, Greece, Italy, Spain, Holland, Turkey, Portugal, Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as London and New York.
As a choreographer for the Sydney Dance Company, his has produced works such as "Still Life", "Sirens" (Madonna section), "Duo for Two Boys", "Two Men and One Woman", Dancing With I" and "Waiting".
Playing Scott Hastings, "Strictly Ballroom" was Paul's film debut.
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| newspaper - 'Ballroom': Light and Fantastic Washington Post. 26-02-1993 |
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Rita Kempley
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| Review of the film, mainly synopsis.[full record]
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| newspaper - 'Ballroom's' Fancy Footwork Washington Post. 26-02-1993. p.n.p. |
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Desson Howe
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| Review of Strictly Ballroom that doesn't take itself or the film very seriously, "Grabbing every backstage musical cliche by the lapels, it sends each one pi...[full record]
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| chapter - Australian Film 1978-1994 : Strictly Ballroom . 00-00-1995. p.349 |
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Pat Gillespie
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| The book outlines Australian films produced during this period. The information contained here is taken from Pat Gillespies original review in Cinema Papers...[full record]
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| journal - Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom Cinema Papers. pp.6-10 |
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Ronnie Taylor
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| Interviews with Baz Luhrmann and Paul Mercurio, talking about Strictly Ballroom. [full record]
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| journal - Good news travels fast Melbourne Report. p.16 |
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Jan Epstein
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| Talks about how Strictly Ballroom developed, who the important people are, and gives a plot description[full record]
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| journal - Introducing Paul mercurio Introducing Paul Mercurio. 00-00-1992 |
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| This booklet contains quotes by Paul Mercurio about aspects of Strictly Ballroom, such as his views of Baz Luhrmann, of flamenco, ballroom dancing and the li...[full record]
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| newspaper - More Than Just Song and Dance Financial Review Natioanl Daily. 21-08-1992. p.54 |
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| newspaper - More Than Romance Colors 'Strictly Ballroom' New York Times. 07-02-1993 |
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Peter Brunette
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| An interview with Luhrmann, talking about the film in an American context.[full record]
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| journal - Mothers and lovers, oedipal transgressions in recent Australian cinema Metro 91. . pp.14-22 |
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Barbara Creed
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| As the title suggests article deals with Scott and his mother, and the effect Scott's triumph over his mother has on his father.[full record]
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| newspaper - Rivalries and Love In Australian Ballroom New York Times. 13-02-1993 |
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| This is a review of Strictly Ballroom.
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| newspaper - Strictly Ballroom (publicity booklet). 00-00-1992. p.n.p. |
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| Publicity booklet for the press containing cast and crew lists and information about the production, director, cast etc.[full record]
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| newspaper - Strictly Flamenco The Daily Telegraph. 11-11-1994. p.93 |
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| newspaper - Sweeping the film world off its feet The Newcastle Herald. 03-09-1992. p.n.p. |
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James Joyce
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| Gives a history of the film's development, including how funding came about. Talks about the film's reception at Cannes. Gives a brief synopsis and reviews t...[full record]
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