The Tartans
Choreographer:
Frank Staff
Composer:
William Boyce
Music arranger:
Constant Lambert
Set designer:
William Chappell
Costume designer:
William Chappell
World premiere:
16 Jan 1938, Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London
Work note:
This trio, billed as 'suite of dances by Frank Staff', was first performed as part of the divertissements.
Number of dancers:
1 woman, 2 men
Music title:
Sections from Eight Symphonies (1780)
Music details:
Live music: piano
Source:
Bradley, L. 'Sixteen Years of Ballet Rambert' (Hinrichsen Edition Ltd, 1946). The programme in the Rambert Archive for 16 January 1938 does not list this ballet, but notes from a copy held at the V&A Theatre and Performance Archive suggest that Bradley's date is correct.
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0096
Performances
| Date | Programme | Venue |
|---|---|---|
|
16 Jan 1938 Evening |
Our Lady's Juggler | Foyer de Danse | Trio (Lachrymae) | Étrange* | American Sailor | Pompette | The Tartans* | Soirée de Vienne, no. 6 (Schubert-Liszt) | Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames) | Mercury Theatre, London |
|
13 Feb 1938 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Croquis de ''Mercure'' (Sketches for ''Mercury'')* | The Tartans | Ricordanza (Liszt) | Bar aux Folies-Bergère | Mercury Theatre, London |
|
16 Mar 1938 Evening |
Foyer de Danse | The Tartans | Le Péri* | Death and the Maiden | Standchen (Strauss, arr. Walter Gieseking) | Liebeslied (Kreisler, arr. Rachmaninoff) | Capriol Suite | Mercury Theatre, London |