Big Dance 2012
18 May 2012 - 15 Jul 2012
Big Dance 2012 takes place across the
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World Top Dancer Gallery
Description:
Freda Stark was a New Zealand dancer, and a prosecution witness after the prescription drug overdose of her lover, Thelma Mareo, in 1935. During the Second World War, she was a famed exotic dancer at Auckland's Wintergarden cabaret and nightclub, and a favourite of American troops stationed there, where she earned the title "Fever of the Fleet."