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