Mazurka des Hussars

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton

Composer: Alexander Borodin

Costume designer: 'Scarlet Scissors'

World premiere: 23 Jun 1930, Marie Rambert Dancers, Lyric Hammersmith, London

Number of dancers: 1 woman, 1 man

Music title: Petite Suite (1878-1885)

Music details: Live music: piano

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive; Vaughan, D. 'Frederick Ashton and His Ballets' (Alfred A. Knopf, 1977)

Archive catalogue: WORK/0033

Date	Programme	Venue
23 Jun 1930 Evening	Leda and the Swan \| La Belle Viennoise \| Saudade do Brésil^* \| Mannequin \| Mademoiselle de Maupin^* \| Our Lady's Juggler \| Les Sylphides^* \| Capriol Suite \| Russian Peasant \| ''I Can't Abear a Butcher''^* \| Le Rugby^* \| Mazurka des Hussars^* \| Galop^*	Lyric Hammersmith, London
20 Apr 1931 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Le Cricket \| Adagio from Lac des Cygnes \| L'Après-midi d'un faune^* \| Gavotte Sentimentale \| The Circus Girl^* \| Scherzo^* \| La Belle Ecuyère^* \| Mazurka des Hussars \| Mars and Venus	Mercury Theatre, London