Fri 19 Nov 1948, 8.15pm, His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne
Company:
Ballet Rambert
The Descent of Hebe
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Ernest Bloch
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Hebe | Belinda Wright |
Hercules | Miro Zloch |
Mercury | John Gilpin |
Night | Brenda Hamlyn |
Her Nymph | Margaret Hill |
Her Nymph | Barbara Grimes |
Her Nymph | Pamela Vincent |
Her Nymph | June Florenz |
Her Nymph | Leslie Sullivan |
Her Nymph | Moyra Peoples |
Hebe's Nymph | Joan Halliday |
Hebe's Nymph | Monica Halliday |
Hebe's Nymph | Denise Moss |
Hebe's Nymph | Sylvia Briar |
Hebe's Nymph | Deirdre Duncan |
Hebe's Nymph | Marita Lowdon |
Conductor | Hubert Foster Clark |
Violin (Leader) | B. Fisher |
Piano | Marjorie Reed |
Carnival of Animals
Choreographer:
Andrée Howard
Composer:
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
The Little Girl | Sally Gilmour |
The Lion | Charles Boyd |
His Attendant | Deirdre Duncan |
His Attendant | Robin Munro |
The Hen | Margaret Scott |
The Cock | Joan Halliday |
Tortoise | Sylvia Briar |
Tortoise | Cecil Bates |
Mrs Kangaroo | June Florenz |
Swan | Brenda Hamlyn |
Swan | Margaret Hill |
Swan | Pamela Vincent |
Fish | Marita Lowdon |
Fish | Ruth Boker |
The Gentleman with Long Ears | Rex Reid |
The Cuckoo | Ann Somers |
The Girl with Birds | Belinda Wright |
Conductor | Hubert Foster Clark |
Violin (Leader) | B. Fisher |
Piano | Marjorie Reed |
Winter Night
Choreographer:
Walter Gore
Composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Dancer | Sally Gilmour |
Dancer | Paula Hinton |
Dancer | Walter Gore |
Dancer | Margaret Hill |
Dancer | Barbara Grimes |
Dancer | Ann Somers |
Dancer | Pamela Vincent |
Dancer | Deirdre Duncan |
Dancer | Joan Halliday |
Dancer | Monica Halliday |
Dancer | June Florenz |
Dancer | John Gilpin |
Dancer | Charles Boyd |
Dancer | Cecil Bates |
Dancer | David Hunt |
Conductor | Hubert Foster Clark |
Violin (Leader) | B. Fisher |
Piano | Marjorie Reed |
The Nutcracker Suite
Choreographer:
Lev Ivanov
Composer:
Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Sugar Plum Fairy | Ann Somers |
The Prince | Miro Zloch |
Sugar Stick | Monica Halliday |
Sugar Stick | Sylvia Briar |
Sugar Stick | Joan Halliday |
Sugar Stick | Denise Moss |
Sugar Stick | Deirdre Duncan |
Spanish Dance | Barbara Grimes |
Spanish Dance | Rex Reid |
Chinese Dance | John Gilpin |
Chinese Dance | Rex Reid |
Arabian Dance | Joyce Graeme |
Arabian Dance | Harry Cordwell |
Arabian Dance | David Hunt |
Russian Dance | Charles Boyd |
Fairy | Margaret Hill |
Fairy | Brenda Hamlyn |
Fairy | Pamela Vincent |
Fairy | Ruth Boker |
Fairy | June Florenz |
Fairy | Marita Lowdon |
Fairy | Moyra Peoples |
Fairy | Leslie Sullivan |
Fairy | Jean Osborne |
Fairy | Robin Munro |
Conductor | Hubert Foster Clark |
Violin (Leader) | B. Fisher |
Piano | Marjorie Reed |
Source:
Programme for 19 November-2 December 1948 in the Rambert Archive