Company:
Ballet Rambert and the London Ballet
Soirée Musicale
Choreographer:
Antony Tudor
Composer:
Gioacchino Rossini
Premiere type:
Rambert premiere
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
1. March | Ensemble |
2. Canzonetta | Pauline Clayden |
2. Canzonetta | David Paltenghi |
3. Tirolese | Sally Gilmour |
3. Tirolese | Anthony Kelly |
4. Bolero | Peggy van Praagh |
4. Bolero | Charlotte Bidmead |
4. Bolero | Celia Franca |
5. Tarantella | Monica Boam |
5. Tarantella | Frank Staff |
5. Tarantella | Ensemble |
Piano | Angus Morrison |
Piano | Guy Jonson |
Death and the Maiden
Choreographer:
Andrée Howard
Composer:
Franz Schubert
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Dancer | Elisabeth Schooling |
Dancer | Frank Staff |
Dancer | Charlotte Bidmead |
Dancer | Monica Boam |
Dancer | Sylvia Hayden |
Dancer | Helen Ashley |
Piano | Angus Morrison |
Piano | Guy Jonson |
Lady into Fox
Choreographer:
Andrée Howard
Composer:
Arthur Honegger
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
Mr. Tebrick | Walter Gore |
Sylvia, his wife | Sally Gilmour |
Mrs. Cork, her Nurse | Therese Langfield |
Huntsman | Frank Staff |
Guest | Charlotte Bidmead |
Guest | Olivia Sarel |
Guest | Joan McClelland |
Guest | Helen Ashley |
Guest | Leo Kersley |
Piano | Angus Morrison |
Piano | Guy Jonson |
Bar aux Folies-Bergère
Choreographer:
Ninette de Valois
Composer:
Emanuel Chabrier
Music note:
Danced to live music
Performers
La Goulue, Étoile du Can-Can | Maude Lloyd |
La Fille au Bar | Elisabeth Schooling |
Le Vieux Marcheur | Frank Staff |
Le Vieux Marcheur | John Andrewes |
Servante | Susan Reeves |
Danseuses du Can-Can | |
Nini Patte en l'Air | Helen Ashley |
La Môme Fromage | Olivia Sarel |
Grille d'Égout | Joan McClelland |
Hirondelle | Charlotte Bidmead |
Valentin, Garçon | Walter Gore |
Habitués du Bar | |
Adolphe | Leo Kersley |
Gustave | David Martin |
Piano | Angus Morrison |
Piano | Guy Jonson |
Performance note:
The programme gives Frank Staff and John Andrewes as alternates as Le Vieux Marcheur without specifying who danced at this performance. Both are listed here.
Source:
Programme for 28 June 1940 (evening) in the Rambert Archive