Company:
The Rambert Ballet
Les Sylphides
Choreographer:
Michel Fokine
Composer:
Frédéric Chopin
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Nocturne | Margaret Hill |
Nocturne | Beryl Goldwyn |
Nocturne | Mary Munro |
Nocturne | Josephine Spaull |
Nocturne | David Paltenghi |
Nocturne | Cecil Bates |
Nocturne | Audrey Brookes |
Nocturne | Angela Sparshott |
Nocturne | Mavis Traill |
Nocturne | Margaret Pollen |
Nocturne | Ann Horn |
Nocturne | Pearl Gaden |
Nocturne | Shirley Rees |
Nocturne | Gillian Martlew |
Nocturne | Christine Hindmarch |
Nocturne | Noreen Sopwith |
Nocturne | Anne McWilliam |
Nocturne | Eva Powell |
Nocturne | Eileen Thomas |
Nocturne | Pearl Gaden |
Valse | Mary Munro |
Valse | Ann Horn |
Mazurka | David Paltenghi |
Mazurka | Cecil Bates |
Prelude | Margaret Hill |
Prelude | Beryl Goldwyn |
Mazurka | Josephine Spaull |
Grande Valse | Margaret Hill |
Grande Valse | David Paltenghi |
Final | Ensemble |
Conductor | Geoffrey Corbett |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
Performance note:
The programme gives alternative dancers in some roles without specifying who danced at this performance: Hill or Goldwyn in the Nocturne, Paltenghi or Bates in the Nocturne, Munro or Horn in the Valse, Hill or Goldwyn in the Prelude. All are given here.
Prismatic Variations
Choreographer:
David Paltenghi
Composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Premiere type:
World premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Light | Margaret Hill |
Red | Cecil Bates |
Red | Pearl Gaden |
Yellow | Derek Westlake |
Yellow | Josephine Spaull |
Blue | Ronald Hynd |
Blue | Audrey Brookes |
Orange | Mary Munro |
Green | Ann Horn |
Indigo | Angela Sparshott |
Violet | Christine Hindmarch |
Conductor | Geoffrey Corbett |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
Antonia
Choreographer:
Walter Gore
Composer:
Jean Sibelius
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Antonia | Paula Hinton |
Sebastian | David Paltenghi |
Rafael | Walter Gore |
Reveller | Angela Sparshott |
Reveller | Mavis Traill |
Reveller | Margaret Pollen |
Reveller | Beryl Goldwyn |
Reveller | Audrey Brookes |
Reveller | Ann Horn |
Reveller | Pearl Gaden |
Reveller | Shirley Rees |
Reveller | Christine Hindmarch |
Reveller | Noreen Sopwith |
Reveller | Cecil Bates |
Reveller | Derek Westlake |
Reveller | Ronald Hynd |
Reveller | Norman Dixon |
Reveller | Derek Rosen |
Conductor | Geoffrey Corbett |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
The Eve of Saint Agnes
Choreographer:
David Paltenghi
Composer:
Cesar Franck
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Madeline | Margaret Hill |
Porphyro | David Paltenghi |
Beldame | Margaret Pollen |
Beadsman | Ronald Hynd |
Baron | Derek Rosen |
His Wife | Angela Sparshott |
Knight | Cecil Bates |
Knight | Ronald Hynd |
Knight | Derek Westlake |
Knight | Norman Dixon |
Lady | Mary Munro |
Lady | Mavis Traill |
Lady | Audrey Brookes |
Lady | Pearl Gaden |
Lady | Ann Horn |
Lady | Josephine Spaull |
Lady | Shirley Rees |
Lady | Noreen Sopwith |
Conductor | Geoffrey Corbett |
Piano | Reginald Halcrow |
Source:
Programme for 23-24 October 1950 in the Rambert Archive