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Held under the patronage of the Governor and Lady Ellison-MacCartney, it was presented by Irene Wittenoom, the first Australian to complete the three-year London School of Dalcroze Eurhythmics course. The program engaged children, students, teachers-in-training, and adults previously taught by Wittenoom, with presentations and addresses by Cecil Andrews. 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It was the first public demonstration of the Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze in Australia. It was held in Government House Ballroom, under the patronage of His Excellency, the Governor of Western Australia, and Lady Ellison-MacCartney. It was presented by Geraldton-born, Irene Wittenoom, who was the first Australian to graduate from the three-year course at the London School of Dalcroze Eurhythmics.  \nThe program included rhythmic movement and musical examples, shown by young children, school children, kindergarten teacher training students and adults whom Wittenoom had been teaching during the past months. Modelled on the demonstrations given by M. Emile Jaques-Dalcroze in which Wittenoom had participated in England and Europe, this paper poses the question whether it created a pathway for others in Australia to follow. The West Australian noted that, from first to last it was impossible not to be influenced by the beautiful purpose running through all the harmony of movement and music. Each exercise of their limbs and minds and senses, for all were brought into vital play, gave them a positive joy. The Address was given to a large gathering of distinguished Western Australians, by Cecil Andrews, the Director of Education. The only recorded copy of the program is now held in the State Library of Western Australia.  \nPreamble  \nI was privileged to receive an invitation to present the Jacinth Oliver Memorial Address for this ASME XXII Conference. I wish to acknowledge the tireless advocacy of Jacinth, especially in the time she was in Perth some years ago. To present it today in the Callaway Auditorium has a nostalgic note as I was his student in 1954 when he was the Reader in Music here at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Having mentioned a time period which, for many of you present, will be regarded as already ‘historical’, I continue with a note that quite recently, in Adelaide I had the pleasure to once more speak with Dr Doreen Bridges, shortly after her 101st birthday. Some will know that‘Dee’is one of our ASME Honorary Life Members. She was my piano and harmony teacher in 1956 when  \nI was studying Dalcroze Eurhythmics in Sydney with Heather Gell. Having surrounded myself with friendly names from my past, let’s move on!  \nLooking at the bare foot prints of the logo selected for the ASME Conference, I playfully turned them around, and they appeared to come tracking from an historical journey of Time Past, as well as symbolising the pathways of the unexplored Future. I thought of another female music educator, a Miss Wittenoom, who lived in Perth a century ago and who was acknowledged in her time, for the perseverance of her advocacy of the advantages ofthe then new ‘music through movement’ educational approach developed by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. Although she is almost forgotten these days, I was fortunate to retrieve an ‘archival footprint’ of an example of her work from 1919 in the Archives of the State Library of  \nAustralian Journal of Music Education 3  \nHeather Gell in the1940s  \nWestern Australia. Just as the famous dinosaur footprints which were left in the receding and drying mud, thousands of years ago near Broome in our State’s Nor-West excite contemporary viewers, I was intrigued to capture a glimpse in this small document of some key dates, places and details of this woman’s achievement. It provided me with a guide to delve further into family and educational references to her commitment to initiate interest in her forward looking endeavours and to feature her in this Memorial Lecture.  \nBare Feet in the Ballroom  \nA little over one hundred years ago there were indeed ba","cbCaikftvPaYPLyQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikftvPaYPLyQ","pdf",1845392,"English","# Abstract\n# Preamble\n# Bare Feet in the Ballroom\n## Public demonstration and program highlights\n## Address and institutional support\n## Repeat demonstration and public logistics","[{\"question\":\"Who presented the first public Eurhythmics demonstration in Australia in 1919?\",\"answer\":\"The event was presented by Irene Wittenoom, the first Australian to graduate from the London School of Dalcroze Eurhythmics.\"},{\"question\":\"What elements did the 1919 demonstration program include?\",\"answer\":\"It included rhythmic movement activities, explanations, and musical examples shown to audiences ranging from young children to adults.\"},{\"question\":\"Where was the main 1919 demonstration held, and what was its patronage?\",\"answer\":\"It took place in the Government House Ballroom in Perth, under the patronage of the Governor of Western Australia and Lady Ellison-MacCartney.\"}]","Bare Feet in the Ballroom - The first demonstration in Australia of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, 1919 | PDF",1792078255,25]