Pas de Deux Ends
(New Zealand Press Association)
AUCKLAND, June 26. A dancing and domestic partnership was broken in Auckland this morning when the French dancer. Robert Pomiie, left by air for Melbourne. The guest principal with the Australian Ballet Company, in which he partnered his wife. Kathleen Gorham. Mr Pomie said that they had agreed to a divorce
Earlier the artistic director of the company, Peggy van
Praagh, had announced Mr Pomie’s withdrawal from the company “owing to a disagreement on contractural matters with the management."
“I am very sorry to be going like this, particularly at the beginning of the New Zealand tour, because I like New Zealand very much,” said Mr Pomie today. “But the fact is that I cannot dance any longer with my wife. I did ask the management to allow me to partner Sonia Arova (another guest principal), but the management would not agree to this, and there is really nothing else for me to do but go ”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19630627.2.6.2
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CII, Issue 30168, 27 June 1963, Page 2
Word Count
164Pas de Deux Ends Press, Volume CII, Issue 30168, 27 June 1963, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in