Tue 28 Jun 1955, 7.00pm, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Les Sylphides
Choreographer:
Michel Fokine
Composer:
Frédéric Chopin
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
Nocturne | Beryl Goldwyn |
Nocturne | Selina Wylie |
Nocturne | Alexander Bennett |
Nocturne | Ann Horn |
Nocturne | Gillian Martlew |
Nocturne | Patricia Ashworth |
Nocturne | Patricia Dyer |
Nocturne | Selma Seigertsz |
Nocturne | Thelma Litster |
Nocturne | Valerie Marsh |
Nocturne | Marcia Walden |
Nocturne | Alison Norwood |
Nocturne | Valma Briggs |
Nocturne | Naomi Ben-Ari |
Nocturne | Sylvia Singleton |
Nocturne | Sheila Alletson |
Nocturne | Dorothy Buttery |
Nocturne | Leda Harris |
Nocturne | Cecily Plowright |
Nocturne | Olwen Hought |
Valse | Selina Wylie |
Mazurka | Beryl Goldwyn |
Mazurka | Alexander Bennett |
Prelude | Ann Horn |
Grande Valse | Beryl Goldwyn |
Grande Valse | Alexander Bennett |
Final | Ensemble |
Conductor | Joseph Vandernoot |
Violin (Leader) | Reginald Morley |
Persephone
Choreographer:
Robert Joffrey
Composer:
Antonio Vivaldi
Premiere type:
World premiere
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
Act I: On Earth | |
Persephone | Noreen Sopwith |
Demeter | Gillian Martlew |
Persephone's Companion | Selina Wylie |
Persephone's Companion | Thelma Litster |
Persephone's Companion | Valma Briggs |
Persephone's Companion | Selma Seigertsz |
Persephone's Companion | Naomi Ben-Ari |
Act II: The Underworld | |
Persephone | Noreen Sopwith |
Pluto | Alexander Bennett |
Demeter | Gillian Martlew |
Shade | Alison Norwood |
Shade | Valerie Marsh |
Shade | Marcia Walden |
Shade | Valma Briggs |
Shade | Terry Gilbert |
Shade | John Chesworth |
Shade | Norman Morrice |
Shade | Mario de Marigny |
Conductor | Joseph Vandernoot |
Violin (Leader) | Reginald Morley |
Past Recalled
Choreographer:
Jack Carter
Composer:
Ernest Bloch
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
The Man | Norman Dixon |
Himself as a Child | Patricia Ashworth |
His Mother | Gillian Martlew |
The Woman | Noreen Sopwith |
Her Friend | Selina Wylie |
Her Friend | Selma Seigertsz |
Her Friend | Patricia Dyer |
Her Friend | John Chesworth |
Her Friend | Norman Morrice |
A Casual Encounter | Alison Norwood |
Conductor | Joseph Vandernoot |
Solo Violin | Reginald Morley |
Piano | Michael Hobson |
The Gala Performance
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev
Orchestra:
Ballet Rambert Orchestra
Performers
La Reine de la Danse (from Moscow) | Beryl Goldwyn |
La Déese de la Danse (from Milan) | Gillian Martlew |
La Fille de Terpsichore (from Paris) | Ann Horn |
Cavalier | Norman Dixon |
Cavalier | Terry Gilbert |
Cavalier | John Chesworth |
Coryphée | Selina Wylie |
Coryphée | Selma Seigertsz |
Coryphée | Patricia Dyer |
Coryphée | Thelma Litster |
Coryphée | Valerie Marsh |
Coryphée | Valma Briggs |
Conductor | Ronald Yerrell |
Dresser | Alison Norwood |
Conductor | Joseph Vandernoot |
Violin (Leader) | Reginald Morley |
Source:
Programme for 28-29 June 1955 in the Rambert Archive