Sun 16 Jan 1938, 9.00pm, Mercury Theatre, London
Company:
Ballet Club
Our Lady's Juggler
Choreographer:
Susan Salaman, Andrée Howard
Composer:
Ottorino Respighi
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Rustic | Peggy van Praagh |
Rustic | Deborah Dering |
Rustic | Olivia Sarel |
Rustic | Anne Pearson |
Rustic | John Andrewes |
Rustic | Charles Boyd |
A Cobbler | Frank Staff |
His Customer | Elisabeth Schooling |
A Lonely Lady | Andrée Howard |
Flower Seller | Sally Gilmour |
Flower Seller | Deborah Dering |
A Juggler | Walter Gore |
A Monk | Leslie Edwards |
Acolyte | Daphne Gow |
Acolyte | Angela Dukes |
Acolyte | Helen Burdekin |
Acolyte | Helen Ashley |
Acolyte | Felicity Watt |
The Madonna | Susette Morfield |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
The programme lists van Praagh or Dering as the main Rustic and Ashley or Watts as an Acolyte without specifying who danced at this performance. All are listed here.
Foyer de Danse
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
Lord Berners
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
L'Etoile | Prudence Hyman |
Le Maître de Ballet | Walter Gore |
Coryphée | Andrée Howard |
Coryphée | Susette Morfield |
Coryphée | Peggy van Praagh |
Coryphée | Deborah Dering |
Coryphée | Sally Gilmour |
Coryphée | Olivia Sarel |
Un Abonné | John Andrewes |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Trio (Lachrymae)
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
John Dowland
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Dancer | Elisabeth Schooling |
Dancer | Walter Gore |
Dancer | Frank Staff |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
Performed as part of 'Divertissement'
Étrange
Choreographer:
Andrée Howard
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Dancer | Peggy van Praagh |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
Performed as part of 'Divertissement'
American Sailor
Choreographer:
Léonide Massine
Composer:
Georges Auric
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Dancer | Walter Gore |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
Performed as part of 'Divertissement'
Pompette
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Dancer | Andrée Howard |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
Performed as part of 'Divertissement'
The Tartans
Choreographer:
Frank Staff
Composer:
William Boyce
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
The Lassie | Elisabeth Schooling |
A Laddie | Frank Staff |
A Laddie | Charles Boyd |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Performance note:
Performed as part of 'Divertissement'
Soirée de Vienne, no. 6 (Schubert-Liszt)
Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames)
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
Francis Poulenc
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
A Personage | Leslie Edwards |
His Lady Friend | Prudence Hyman |
His Wife | Elisabeth Schooling |
Her Lover | Walter Gore |
One of Two Young Girls | Peggy van Praagh |
One of Two Young Girls | Sally Gilmour |
One of Three Ladies with Fans | Daphne Gow |
One of Three Ladies with Fans | Angela Dukes |
One of Three Ladies with Fans | Felicity Watt |
Piano | Charles Lynch |
Source:
Programme for 16 January 1938 (evening) in the Rambert Archive