Thu 16 Jun 1960, 7.30pm, Essoldo Theatre, Brighton
Company:
Ballet Rambert
Les Sylphides
Choreographer:
Michel Fokine
Composer:
Frédéric Chopin
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
Nocturne | Lucette Aldous |
Nocturne | Gillian Martlew |
Nocturne | June Sandbrook |
Nocturne | Elsa Recagno |
Nocturne | Kenneth Bannerman |
Nocturne | Valerie Marsh |
Nocturne | Carolyn Fey |
Nocturne | Thelma Litster |
Nocturne | Shirley Dixon |
Nocturne | Jennifer Kelly |
Nocturne | Sandra Short |
Nocturne | Irene Siegfried |
Nocturne | Rachel Holland |
Nocturne | Anna Truscott |
Nocturne | Doreen Draisey |
Nocturne | Gayrie Macsween |
Nocturne | Jane Sanders |
Valse | June Sandbrook |
Valse | Elsa Recagno |
Mazurka | Lucette Aldous |
Mazurka | Kenneth Bannerman |
Prelude | Gillian Martlew |
Grande Valse | Lucette Aldous |
Grande Valse | Kenneth Bannerman |
Final | Ensemble |
Conductor | David Ellenberg |
Performance note:
The programme lists alternative dancers without specifying their performance dates: Sandbrook or Recagno in Nocturne and in Valse.
The Wise Monkeys
Choreographer:
Norman Morrice
Composer:
Dmitri Shostakovich
Premiere type:
World premiere
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
A Young Girl | Lucette Aldous |
Her Conscientious Monkey | June Sandbrook |
Her Conscientious Monkey | Thelma Litster |
Her Conscientious Monkey | Jennifer Kelly |
A Young Man | John O'Brien |
His Less Conscientious Monkey | John Chesworth |
His Less Conscientious Monkey | Kenneth Bannerman |
His Less Conscientious Monkey | Gordon Coster |
A Lady of Experience | Gillian Martlew |
Her Husband | Norman Morrice |
Conductor | David Ellenberg |
Solo Trumpet | John Lauderdale |
Solo Piano | Cyril Preedy |
The Lilac Garden
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Ernest Chausson
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
Caroline, the bride to be | Lucette Aldous |
Her Lover | John Chesworth |
The Man she must marry | Norman Morrice |
An Episode in his past | Gillian Martlew |
Guest | Valerie Marsh |
Guest | Thelma Litster |
Guest | Elsa Recagno |
Guest | Kenneth Bannerman |
Guest | Gordon Coster |
Conductor | David Ellenberg |
The Gala Performance
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
La Reine de la Danse (in red) from Moscow | Anna Truscott |
La Déese de la Danse (in black) from Milan | Elsa Recagno |
La Fille de Terpsichore (in pink) from Paris | Shirley Dixon |
Cavalier | John Chesworth |
Cavalier | Gordon Coster |
Cavalier | John O'Brien |
Coryphée | Thelma Litster |
Coryphée | June Sandbrook |
Coryphée | Rachel Holland |
Coryphée | Jennifer Kelly |
Coryphée | Irene Siegfried |
Coryphée | Doreen Draisey |
Conductor | Alan Cunliffe |
Dresser | Carolyn Fey |
Conductor | David Ellenberg |
Source:
Programme for 16-18 June 1960 in the Rambert Archive