Barry Kay (born Melbourne 1932 – died London 1985), trained at the Académie Julian in Paris, was a highly talented and internationally acclaimed stage and costume designer. In the course of his career, lasting almost four decades, he designed for the ballet, drama and opera alike. Kay's emphasis, however, lay in pioneering three-dimensional stage set designs for the ballet. By breaking away from the traditional use of "flat wings" scenery he expanded on the revolutionary ideas of the Russian Constructivists and the Italian Futurists for theatre design in the early part of the 20th century. Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Académie Julian was an art school in Paris, France. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Act 4 of Swan Lake: choreography by Petipa and Nureyev, music by Tchaikovsky. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ... Tatlin Tower. ... Futurism may refer to: Future studies, the philosophical or academic study of the medium to long-term future also known as futurology. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

Among others, Kay designed for the choreographers Walter Gore, Peter Darrell, Kenneth MacMillan and Rudolf Nureyev and for ballet companies such as 'Western Theatre Ballet', 'The Royal Ballet', 'The Australian Ballet','The Ballet of the Deutsche Oper Berlin' [¹], 'The Stuttgart Ballet', 'The Vienna State Opera Ballet' and 'American Ballet Theater'. Later in his career he also became a distinguished photographer of subjects with socio-anthropological contents. Peter Darrell CBE, a ballet choreographer who founder of the Scottish Ballet, was born at Richmond, Surrey, on September 16th, 1929 and died in Glasgow on December 2nd, 1987. ... Sir Kenneth MacMillan (December 11, 1929 Dunfermline, Scotland - October 29, 1992, London) was a noted Scottish ballet dancer and choreographer. ... Rudolf Nureyev in 1961 Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (Russian spelling Рудольф Хаметович Нуреев, Tatar form Rudolf Xämät ulı Nuriev) (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993), Soviet-born dancer, was one of the greatest male dancers of the 20th century, alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov. ... Poster for the Royal Ballet performance of Swan Lake at the Lyric Theatre in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Australia The Royal Ballet, is based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England, and is the leading ballet company in the United Kingdom. ... The Australian Ballet Company was founded in 1962. ... The American Ballet Theatre is one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century, and a leading company in America. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ...

[¹] Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German Reunification, the ballet companies of both the 'Deutsche Oper' (formerly West Berlin) and the 'Staatsoper' (formerly East Berlin) have merged on January 1, 2004, operating at both opera houses under the new name of 'Staatsballett Berlin'. The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, in English commonly called East Germany) were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, in...

Due to existing copyrights further informtion on Barry Kay's constructed sets and his entire opus cannot be displayed here and, therefore, is only accessible via the external links below.

Recognition by the National Library of Australia

In November 2006, the National Library of Australia - an Australian government body bound by stringent selection criteria - identified Barry Kay posthumously for his artistic achievements, as well as the Barry Kay Archive for conserving, preserving and archiving Kay's creations, and for providing public online access to them - as National Library of Australia as viewed from Lake Burley Griffin The National Library of Australia is located in Canberra, Australia. ...

Heritage of national significance with long-term research value.

As a result, the online Barry Kay Archive is now permanently integrated into the Library's database of PANDORA (Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia) - Australia's Web Archive - to secure independent public internet access to the Barry Kay Archive via the Library's server.

The Barry Kay Archive's continuously expanding online publication will be re-archived periodically at PANDORA to record significant additions and changes. Collaterally, PANDORA backup copies will be stored on stable data carriers, thereby digitally preserving Barry Kay's legacy to the performing arts and the evolvement and the history of the Archive that carries his name. The performing arts include theater, motion pictures, drama, comedy, music, dance, opera, magic and the marching arts, such as brass bands, etc. ...

External links

• http://www.barry-kay-archive.org/NOTES_TEXTS/NT_Constr_Sets.html
• http://www.barry-kay-archive.org
• http://www.nla.gov.au/
• http://pandora.nla.gov.au/index.html