Fri 26 Mar 1943, Time unknown, Mercury Theatre, London
Company:
Ballet Rambert
Les Sylphides
Choreographer:
Michel Fokine
Composer:
Frédéric Chopin
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performance note:
Dress rehearsal in front of an invited audience to mark the revival of Ballet Rambert
Death and the Maiden
Choreographer:
Andrée Howard
Composer:
Franz Schubert
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performance note:
Dress rehearsal in front of an invited audience to mark the revival of Ballet Rambert
Spanish Dance
Choreographer:
Elsa Brunelleschi
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performance note:
Dress rehearsal in front of an invited audience to mark the revival of Ballet Rambert
Russian Dance (from 'Midnight Sun')
Choreographer:
Léonide Massine
Composer:
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performance note:
Dress rehearsal in front of an invited audience to mark the revival of Ballet Rambert
Foyer de Danse
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton
Composer:
Lord Berners
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performance note:
Dress rehearsal in front of an invited audience to mark the revival of Ballet Rambert
Confessional
Choreographer:
Walter Gore
Composer:
Jean Sibelius
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performance note:
Dress rehearsal in front of an invited audience to mark the revival of Ballet Rambert
Carnival of Animals
Choreographer:
Andrée Howard
Composer:
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
The Little Girl | Elisabeth Schooling |
The Lion | Iris Loraine |
His Attendant | Sylvia Hayden |
His Attendant | Anne Ashley |
The Hen | Margaret Scott |
The Bantam | Olivia Sarel |
Tortoise | Nina Shelley |
Tortoise | Michael Holmes |
The Kangaroo | Meg Stewart |
Personage with Long Ears | Robert Harrold |
The Cuckoo | Sara Luzita |
Aquarium | Sylvia Hayden |
Aquarium | Anne Ashley |
Girl with Birds | Sally Gilmour |
Performance note:
Dress rehearsal in front of an invited audience to mark the revival of Ballet Rambert
Source:
Notes and diary entry for 26 March 1943 in the Rambert Archive