Nutcracker Suite
Choreographer:
Lev Ivanov
Composer:
Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Sugar Plum Fairy | Noreen Sopwith |
The Prince | Cecil Bates |
Sugar Stick | Josephine Spaull |
Sugar Stick | Mary Munro |
Sugar Stick | Thelma Litster |
Sugar Stick | Patricia Ashworth |
Sugar Stick | Joyce Crookes |
Spanish Dance | Ann Horn |
Spanish Dance | Alexander Bennett |
Chinese Dance | Thelma Litster |
Chinese Dance | John Chesworth |
Arabian Dance | Christine Hindmarch |
Arabian Dance | Norman Dixon |
Arabian Dance | Ian Murray |
Russian Dance | Michael Wise |
Fairy | Audrey Brookes |
Fairy | Gillian Martlew |
Fairy | Christine Haughton |
Fairy | Joanna Bowers |
Fairy | Siv Einrem |
Fairy | Valerie Marsh |
Piano | Joseph Vandernoot |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
The Lilac Garden
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Ernest Chausson
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Caroline (the Bride-to-be) | Mary Munro |
Her Lover | Alexander Bennett |
The Man she must Marry | Norman Dixon |
An Episode in his past | Ann Horn |
Guest | Joanna Bowers |
Guest | Siv Einrem |
Guest | Gillian Martlew |
Guest | Cecil Bates |
Guest | Ian Murray |
Piano | Joseph Vandernoot |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
Carnival of the Animals
Choreographer:
Cecil Bates
Composer:
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
One of Two Little Girls | Patricia Ashworth |
One of Two Little Girls | Thelma Litster |
Introduction by the Lion | John Chesworth |
Introduction | Ensemble |
The Cock | Cecil Bates |
The Hen | Valerie Marsh |
Tortoise | Christine Haughton |
Tortoise | Joanna Bowers |
Mazurka | John Chesworth |
Mazurka | Cecil Bates |
Mazurka | Patricia Ashworth |
Mazurka | Thelma Litster |
Mazurka | Christine Haughton |
Mazurka | Joanna Bowers |
The Kangaroo | Norman Dixon |
Fish | Mary Munro |
Fish | Josephine Spaull |
The Gentleman with Long Ears | Alexander Bennett |
The Cuckoo | Christine Hindmarch |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
Dancer | Cecil Bates |
The Bird Girl | Noreen Sopwith |
Swan | Ann Horn |
Swan | Gillian Martlew |
Swan | Audrey Brookes |
Final | Ensemble |
Piano | Joseph Vandernoot |
Dancer | Alexander Bennett |
Bar aux Folies-Bergère
Choreographer:
Ninette de Valois
Composer:
Emanuel Chabrier
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
La Fille au Bar | Audrey Brookes |
Valentin, garçon | Alexander Bennett |
La Goulue, étoile du Can-Can | Ann Horn |
Danseuses du Can-Can | |
Grille d'égout | Christine Hindmarch |
Hirondelle | Christine Haughton |
Nini Patte en l'air | Gillian Martlew |
La Môme Fromage | Josephine Spaull |
Habitués du Bar | |
Adolphe | Michael Wise |
Gustave | Norman Dixon |
Le Vieux Marcheur | John Chesworth |
Servante | Patricia Ashworth |
Piano | Joseph Vandernoot |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
Source:
Programme for 17-22 November 1952 in the Rambert Archive