Nymphs and Shepherds
Alternative title:
Suite de Danses
Choreographer:
Frederick Ashton, Marie Rambert
Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
World premiere:
23 Jul 1927, Pupils of Madame Marie Rambert, New Scala Theatre, London
Work note:
First performed as 'Suite de Danses' at the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing's Annual Dance Festival. In 1928, the title became 'Nymphs and Shepherds', likely to denote an extended version of the original. The Dancing Times referred to the ballet as 'Galanteries' or 'Les Petits Riens' (the music's title), although these were not the titles given on the programmes. Later programmes credit Frederick Ashton as the choreographer of the duet 'Gavotte Sentimentale'.
Music title:
Les Petits Riens (1767)
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/0016
Performances
Date ↿⇂ | Programme ↿⇂ | Venue ↿⇂ |
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23 Jul 1927 Evening |
Pas de Deux* | Suite de Danses* | Argentine Dance* | New Scala Theatre, London |
9 Mar 1928 Matinee |
Russian Dance* | Flight of Swans | The Warrior* | Chinese Dance | The Top* | Followers of Night | Cygnets* | Menuet* | Mannequin | Pas de Deux* | Mazurka* | Doll* | Nymphs and Shepherds | A la ''Biches''* | Mazurka Finale* | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
9 Mar 1928 Evening |
Russian Dance* | Flight of Swans | The Warrior* | Chinese Dance | The Top* | Followers of Night | Cygnets* | Menuet* | Mannequin | Pas de Deux* | Mazurka* | Doll* | Nymphs and Shepherds | A la ''Biches''* | Mazurka Finale* | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
10 Mar 1928 Time unknown |
Russian Dance | Flight of Swans | The Warrior | Followers of Night | Mannequin | Mannequin and Her Beau | Nymphs and Shepherds | Mercury Theatre, London |
8 Oct 1928 Evening |
Prelude: Movements from French Suite No. 5 (Bach) | Queen Swan | The Warrior | Chinese Porcelain | Lusinghe piu care (Handel) | I attempt from Love's sickness to fly (Purcell) | Fairest Isle (Purcell) | Nymph and Shepherd | Serenade (Brahms) | Russian Court Dance* | Rus | Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich |
21 Dec 1928 Evening |
Danse Chinoise | Columbine | Variation | Variation | Cygnets | Colibri | Fée Dragée | Blue Bird | Variation | Red Riding Hood | La Pomme d'Or (The Temptation) | Nymphs and Shepherds (Suite de Danses) | Mannequin and her Beau | Rigaudon* | Polka* | The Russian Peasant* | Warrior | Century Theatre, London |
25 Feb 1930 Matinee |
Leda and the Swan* | Entrée de Cupidon | Gavotte Joyeuse | Gavotte Sentimentale | L'Indifferent | Flight of Swans | Russian Peasant | Mannequin | The Ballet of Mars and Venus | Capriol Suite* | Our Lady's Juggler* | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
25 Feb 1930 Matinee |
Leda and the Swan* | Entrée de Cupidon | Gavotte Joyeuse | Gavotte Sentimentale | L'Indifferent | Flight of Swans | Russian Peasant | Mannequin | The Ballet of Mars and Venus | Capriol Suite* | Our Lady's Juggler* | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
25 Feb 1930 Matinee |
Leda and the Swan* | Entrée de Cupidon | Gavotte Joyeuse | Gavotte Sentimentale | L'Indifferent | Flight of Swans | Russian Peasant | Mannequin | The Ballet of Mars and Venus | Capriol Suite* | Our Lady's Juggler* | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
25 Feb 1930 Matinee |
Leda and the Swan* | Entrée de Cupidon | Gavotte Joyeuse | Gavotte Sentimentale | L'Indifferent | Flight of Swans | Russian Peasant | Mannequin | The Ballet of Mars and Venus | Capriol Suite* | Our Lady's Juggler* | 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 |
15 Jun 1931 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Mars and Venus | Waterloo and the Crimea* | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Gavotte Sentimentale | Russian Pedlar | La Belle Ecuyère | Variation from ''Swan Lake'' | Circus Dance | Mannequin | Farrucca | Mademoiselle Maupin | Mazurka Finale | Lyric Hammersmith, London |