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Mon 17 May 1954, Time unknown, Oxford Playhouse

Les Sylphides

Choreographer: Michel Fokine
Composer: Frédéric Chopin
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Piano Reginald Halcrow
Piano Joseph Vandernoot
Performance note: The photocopy of the programme is missing this page; therefore, the dancers are not known.

Love Knots

Choreographer: Jack Carter
Composer: Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Premiere type: World premiere
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Piano Reginald Halcrow
Piano Joseph Vandernoot
Performance note: The photocopy of the programme is missing this page; therefore, the dancers are not known.

Winter Night

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

Performers

Dancer Mary Munro
Dancer Alexander Bennett
Dancer Gillian Martlew
Dancer Selina Wylie
Dancer Selma Seigertsz
Dancer Patricia Dyer
Dancer Valerie Marsh
Dancer Patricia Ashworth
Dancer Thelma Litster
Dancer Alison Norwood
Dancer Norman Dixon
Dancer John Chesworth
Dancer Norman Morrice
Dancer Ronald Yerrell
Piano Reginald Halcrow
Piano Joseph Vandernoot

Façade (The Original Version)

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

Performers

Scotch Rhapsody Thelma Litster
Scotch Rhapsody Patricia Ashworth
Scotch Rhapsody Norman Morrice
Yodelling Song Noreen Sopwith
Yodelling Song John Chesworth
Yodelling Song Norman Dixon
Yodelling Song Terry Gilbert
Polka Anne Lascelles
Valse Gillian Martlew
Valse Selina Wylie
Valse Valerie Marsh
Valse Selma Seigertsz
Popular Song John Chesworth
Popular Song Norman Dixon
Tango Pasodoble Ann Horn
Tango Pasodoble Alexander Bennett
Tango Pasodoble Terry Gilbert
Tarantella Sevillana Ensemble
Piano Reginald Halcrow
Piano Joseph Vandernoot
Performance note: The programme lists Bennett and Gilbert as alternative dancers in the Tango Pasodoble, without specifying who performed on this date. Both dancers are listed on this record.
Source: Photocopy of the programme for 17-22 May 1954 in the Rambert Archive
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