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