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Contributor	Michael Olatunji
Other Names	Michael Babatunde Olatunji
Gender	Male
Nationality	Nigerian
Date of Birth	7 April 1927
Date of Death	6 April 2003
Functions	Composer, Musician
Notes	Virtuoso of West African drumming. Died in Big Sur, California.
Events	Date Function Contributor Organisation
	April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966
	Composer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966
	Eleo Pomare - Choreographer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Geoffrey Cichero - Choreographer, Dancer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Jennifer Barry - Dancer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Elizabeth Cameron Dalman - Choreographer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Walter Carlos - Composer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Elizabeth Dalman - Choreographer, Dancer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Don Ellis - Composer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Janis Joplin - Composer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Miroslav Kabelac - Composer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Gillian Millard - Choreographer, Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Yoko Ono - Composer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Harry Partch - Composer Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Peter Sculthorpe - Composer Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Susan Agostini - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Katherine Allan - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Ross Anderson - Costume Designer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Frederick Ashton - Choreographer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Alixandra Ayton - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Samuel Barber - Composer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Cathy Berberian - Composer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Luciano Berio - Composer Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Annette Bogner - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Carolyn Brown - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Jo Buchhorn - Production Manager April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Ron Carter - Composer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Makeely Clarke - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Debbie Clements - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Ray Cook - Choreographer Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Derek Cooper - Lighting Designer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Ian Cugley - Composer Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Bobbie Cundell - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Andrew Dainis - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Anakin Daniel - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Zane Danson - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Sharon Davies - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Gil Douglas - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Józef Drewniak - Composer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 George Dreyfus - Composer Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Mandy Dunstan - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Katrina Elsdon - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Angelina Emanuele - Choreographer, Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Annette Evans - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Maria Fischer - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Leigh Hall - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 George Frideric Handel - Composer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Gustav Holst - Composer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Paul Horn - Composer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Lynn Howard - Dancer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Reg Hurst - Costume Designer, Dancer, Set Designer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Sonia Hurst - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Mahalia Jackson - Singer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Matthew Jackson - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Alex Jankowsky - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Christopher Jeitner - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Clifford Jordan - Composer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 David Julian - Composer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Kathy Keech - Dancer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Laguestra - Composer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Bradford Leeon - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Raymond Lewis - Choreographer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Christos Linou - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Jen Manders - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Karen Mason - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Charles Mingus - Composer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Ludwig Minkus - Composer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Ennio Morricone - Composer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Josephine Narni - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Katherine Packwood - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Anthony Paterson - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Karen Pegler - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Sue Powell - Costume Designer, Set Designer Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Monique Prowse - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Mathew Roland Bergan - Choreographer, Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Delwyn Rouse - Dancer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Janet Saies - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Tobin Saunders - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Joseph Scoglio - Choreographer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Richard Seidel - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Ravi Shankar - Composer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Cheryl Simpson - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Rodney Smith - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Anna Sortini - Stage Manager April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Cheryl Stock - Dancer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Igor Stravinsky - Composer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Bert Terborgh - Dancer Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Sally Tugwell - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Kenneth Venus - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Joelle Vita - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 William Walton - Composer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Mark Watson - Dancer April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 Beverley White - Costume Designer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Leslie White - Choreographer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Vivienne Winter - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Isobel Winzor - Dancer Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966
	Australian Dance Theatre Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 Creation / Shango / Ceremony / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Hex / Tangle, Broken Hill High School, Broken Hill, NSW, 19 September 1973 Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 Centre for the Performing Arts April Dance Performance, Price Theatre, Adelaide, SA, 7 April 1987 The Adelaide Festival of Arts Primitive Rituals / Pas De Trois / Memory / Horizons / Danses Concertantes / Grizzly Bear / Bushfire / Blues for Two / Hallucinations / Tancred and Clorinda, Australia Hall (1932-1968), Adelaide, SA, 16 March 1966 The Australian Council for the Arts Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971 The Beatles Creation / Shango / Limousine for Janis / Gravitational Pull / Homage to Botticelli, Shedley Theatre, Elizabeth, SA, 26 October 1973 The Government of South Australia Shango / Hex / Serendipity 66 / Uptight / Night Spell / Generation Gap / Rondel / Children Go Where I Send Thee / Homage to Botticelli, The Playhouse, Civic Square, ACT, 15 May 1971
Data Set	AusStage
Contributor Identifier	257605

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