Performances

Performances

Swan Lake (Act 2)

Choreographer: Lev Ivanov
Composer: Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Swan Princess Belinda Wright
Prince Wladimir Kalichevsky
Benno, his friend Harry Cordwell
Huntsman Stanley Newby
Huntsman David Ellis
Cygnet Paula Hinton
Cygnet Sara Luzita
Cygnet Maria Wellesley
Cygnet Sylvia Briar
Valse Brenda Hamlyn
Valse Margaret Scott
Pas de Trois Annette Chappell
Pas de trois Paula Hinton
Pas de Trois John Gilpin
Swan Margaret Scott
Swan Brenda Hamlyn
Swan Paula Hinton
Swan Angela Ellis
Swan Annette Chappell
Swan Barbara Grimes
Swan Sara Luzita
Swan Sylvia Briar
Swan Pamela Vincent
Swan Eileen Ward
Swan Maria Wellesley
Swan Enid Owen
Swan Margaret Hill
Piano Marjorie Reed
Piano John Lindsey

Plaisance

Choreographer: Walter Gore
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Premiere type: World premiere
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Dancer Annette Chappell
Dancer Walter Gore
Dancer Belinda Wright
Dancer John Gilpin
Dancer Paula Hinton
Dancer David Ellis
Dancer Barbara Grimes
Dancer Vladimir Kalichevsky
Piano Marjorie Reed
Piano John Lindsey

Les Masques

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

A Personage Wladimir Kalichevsky
His Lady Friend Sally Gilmour
His Lady Friend Sara Luzita
His Wife Brenda Hamlyn
His Wife Angela Ellis
Her Lover Walter Gore
One of Two Young Girls Annette Chappell
One of Two Young Girls Paula Hinton
One of Three Ladies with Fans Margaret Scott
One of Three Ladies with Fans Barbara Grimes
One of Three Ladies with Fans Brenda Hamlyn
One of Three Ladies with Fans Angela Ellis
Piano Marjorie Reed
Piano John Lindsey
Performance note: 'Les Masques' was followed by a musical interlude. The programme lists alternatives in certain roles without specifying who danced at this performance: Gilmour and Luzita as His Lady Friend; Hamlyn and Ellis as His Wife and as one of the Three Ladies with Fans. All are listed here.

Façade (the original version)

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Composer: William Walton
Music note: Danced to live music

Performers

Scotch Rhapsody Barbara Grimes
Scotch Rhapsody Maria Wellesley
Scotch Rhapsody Wladimir Kalichevsky
Yodelling Song Paula Hinton
Yodelling Song Walter Gore
Yodelling Song Stanley Newby
Yodelling Song David Ellis
Polka Annette Chappell
Valse Brenda Hamlyn
Valse Margaret Scott
Valse Sara Luzita
Valse Pamela Vincent
Popular Song Stanley Newby
Popular Song David Ellis
Tango Pasodoble Sally Gilmour
Tango Pasodoble Walter Gore
Tarantella Sevillana Ensemble
Piano Marjorie Reed
Piano John Lindsey
Source: Programme for 5-6 May 1947 in the Rambert Archive