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Tue 8 Jul 1952, 7.30pm, Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

Festival name: Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

Nutcracker Suite

Choreographer: Lev Ivanov
Composer: Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Sugar Plum Fairy Noreen Sopwith
The Prince Cecil Bates
Chinese Dance Norman Dixon
Chinese Dance John Chesworth
Spanish Dance Ann Horn
Spanish Dance Terry Gilbert
Sugar Stick Mary Munro
Sugar Stick Shirley Rees
Sugar Stick Josephine Spaull
Sugar Stick Shelagh Miller
Sugar Stick Mary Wood
Arabian Dance Christine Hindmarch
Russian Dance Michael Wise
Fairy Margaret Pollen
Fairy Gillian Martlew
Fairy Audrey Brookes
Fairy Peggy Harcot
Fairy Joanna Bowers
Fairy Thelma Litster
Fairy Valerie Marsh
Fairy Selma Seigertsz
Fairy Julia Arnold
Fairy Sarah Webb
Conductor Geoffrey Corbett

Bar aux Folies-Bergère

Choreographer: Ninette de Valois
Composer: Emanuel Chabrier
Company: Ballet Rambert
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

La Fille au Bar Margaret Pollen
Valentin, garçon Norman Dixon
La Goulue, étoile du Can-Can Ann Horn
Danseuses du Can-Can
Grille d'égout Audrey Brookes
Hirondelle Christine Hindmarch
Nini Patte en l'air Shirley Rees
La Môme Fromage Gillian Martlew
Habitués du Bar
Adolphe Terry Gilbert
Gustave Michael Wise
Le Vieux Marcheur John Chesworth
Servante Mary Wood
Conductor Geoffrey Corbett

Winter Night

Choreographer: Walter Gore
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Dancer Mary Munro
Dancer Alexander Bennett
Dancer Josephine Spaull
Dancer Ann Horn
Dancer Margaret Pollen
Dancer Shirley Rees
Dancer Christine Hindmarch
Dancer Gillian Martlew
Dancer Audrey Brookes
Dancer Shelagh Miller
Dancer Mary Wood
Dancer Norman Dixon
Dancer Terry Gilbert
Dancer Michael Wise
Conductor Geoffrey Corbett

Façade (The Original Version)

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Composer: William Walton
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Scotch Rhapsody Shelagh Miller
Scotch Rhapsody Mary Wood
Scotch Rhapsody Michael Wise
Yodelling Song Margaret Pollen
Yodelling Song Cecil Bates
Yodelling Song Norman Dixon
Yodelling Song Terry Gilbert
Polka Josephine Spaull
Valse Christine Hindmarch
Valse Gillian Martlew
Valse Audrey Brookes
Valse Joanna Bowers
Popular Song Cecil Bates
Popular Song Norman Dixon
Tango Pasodoble Shirley Rees
Tango Pasodoble Alexander Bennett
Tarantella Sevillana Ensemble
Conductor Geoffrey Corbett
Source: Programme for 8-13 July 1952 in the Rambert Archive
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