Performance title:
Nijinsky Gala: Benefit Performance for the Nijinsky Trust Fund
Les Sylphides
Performance title:
Nijinsky Gala: Benefit Performance for the Nijinsky Trust Fund
Choreographer:
Michel Fokine
Composer:
Frédéric Chopin
Company:
Ballet Rambert
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| Nocturne | Yvette Chauviré |
| Nocturne | Wladimir Skouratoff |
| Nocturne | Paula Hinton |
| Nocturne | Pearl Gaden |
| Nocturne | Barbara Grimes |
| Nocturne | Sylvia Briar |
| Nocturne | Pamela Vincent |
| Nocturne | Beryl Goldwyn |
| Nocturne | Mary Munro |
| Nocturne | Angela Sparshott |
| Nocturne | Margaret Pollen |
| Nocturne | Mavis Traill |
| Nocturne | Audrey Brookes |
| Nocturne | Shirley Roberts |
| Nocturne | Josephine Spaull |
| Nocturne | Ann Horn |
| Nocturne | Shirley Rees |
| Nocturne | June King |
| Nocturne | Christine Hindmarch |
| Nocturne | Anne McWilliam |
| Valse | Paula Hinton |
| Mazurka | Yvette Chauviré |
| Mazurka | Paula Hinton |
| Mazurka | Wladimir Skouratoff |
| Prelude | Nathalie Krassovska |
| Grande Valse | Yvette Chauviré |
| Grande Valse | Wladimir Skouratoff |
| Final | Ensemble |
| Conductor | Eric Robinson |
Performance note:
Preceded by 'God Save The King' and an overture. The programme lists alternatives in the Mazurka: Chauviré or Hinton. Both are listed here as the dates of their performances are not specified.
Don Quixote (Pas de deux Classique)
Performance title:
Nijinsky Gala: Benefit Performance for the Nijinsky Trust Fund
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| Dancer | Tamara Toumanova |
| Dancer | George Skibine |
| Conductor | Eric Robinson |
Performance note:
These guest artists performed George Balanchine's pas de deux to music by Minkus.
L'Après-midi d'un Faune
Performance title:
Nijinsky Gala: Benefit Performance for the Nijinsky Trust Fund
Choreographer:
Vaslav Nijinsky
Composer:
Claude Debussy
Company:
Ballet Rambert
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| The Faun | Jean Babilée |
| Nymph | Margaret Hill |
| Nymph | Pamela Vincent |
| Nymph | Barbara Grimes |
| Nymph | Mary Munro |
| Nymph | Margaret Pollen |
| Nymph | Mavis Traill |
| Nymph | Ann Horn |
| Conductor | Eric Robinson |
La Mort du Cygne
Performance title:
Nijinsky Gala: Benefit Performance for the Nijinsky Trust Fund
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| Dancer | Yvette Chauviré |
| Dancer | Wladimir Skouratoff |
| Conductor | Eric Robinson |
Performance note:
These guest artists performed Serge Lifar's choreography to music by Chopin.
Capriccio Espagnol
Performance title:
Nijinsky Gala: Benefit Performance for the Nijinsky Trust Fund
Choreographer:
Léonide Massine, Fenny Argentinita
Composer:
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Premiere type:
Rambert premiere
Company:
Ballet Rambert
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| Dancer | Tamara Toumanova |
| Dancer | Léonide Massine |
| Dancer | Marjorie Tallchief |
| Dancer | George Skibine |
| Dancer | Paula Hinton |
| Dancer | Beryl Goldwyn |
| Dancer | Cecil Bates |
| Dancer | Kenneth Petersen |
| Conductor | Eric Robinson |
Blue Bird (Pas de deux Classique)
Performance title:
Nijinsky Gala: Benefit Performance for the Nijinsky Trust Fund
Choreographer:
Marius Petipa
Composer:
Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| Dancer | Nathalie Krassovska |
| Dancer | Jean Babilée |
| Conductor | Eric Robinson |
Giselle Act II
Performance title:
Nijinsky Gala: Benefit Performance for the Nijinsky Trust Fund
Choreographer:
Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa
Composer:
Adolph Adam
Company:
Ballet Rambert
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
| Giselle | Tamara Toumanova |
| Albrecht | Wladimir Skouratoff |
| Hilarion | Harry Cordwell |
| Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis | Marjorie Tallchief |
| Moyne (a Wili) | Margaret Hill |
| Zulme (a Wili) | Pamela Vincent |
| Wili | Barbara Grimes |
| Wili | Sylvia Briar |
| Wili | Beryl Goldwyn |
| Wili | Mary Munro |
| Wili | Margaret Pollen |
| Wili | Mavis Traill |
| Wili | Angela Sparshott |
| Wili | Audrey Brookes |
| Wili | Ann Horn |
| Wili | Shirley Rees |
| Wili | Shirley Roberts |
| Wili | June King |
| Wili | Josephine Spaull |
| Wili | Christine Hindmarch |
| Wili | Anne McWilliam |
| Wili | Eva Powell |
| Wili | Gillian Martlew |
| Wili | Betty Christie |
| Conductor | Eric Robinson |
Source:
Programme for 21-23 November 1949 in the Rambert Archive