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Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Composer: Eugene Goossens
Music arranger: Ernest Irving
Set designer: Sophie Fedorovitch
Costume designer: Sophie Fedorovitch
World premiere: 15 Jun 1926, Pupils of Madame Marie Rambert, Lyric Hammersmith, London
Work note: The revue 'Riverside Nights', produced by Nigel Playfair, opened on 10 April 1926 at the Lyric Hammersmith, London. Ashton's ballet was added on 15 June and performed for about six weeks (according to author David Vaughan). The four dancers had the main roles, with the actors in the revue playing the parts of the dressmaker's two customers. The school was not named on the programme. The Marie Rambert Dancers subsequently performed the female solos as 'Mannequin Dance' and 'Le Modele Blanc'. The 'Mannequin Dance' was also incorporated into 'Mannequin and Her Beau' (Rambert/Ashton, 1928).
Production note: Story by Ashley Dukes
Revival credits: 1986 revival of 'Mannequin Dance': Lighting designer: Sid Ellen
Music title: Kaleidoscope for Piano, Opus 18 (1917), performed in this order: 1. Good Morning, 5. The Rocking Horse, 3. The Hurdy-Gurdy Man, 11. A Merry Party, 8. The Old Musical Box, 10. Lament to a Departed Doll, 12. Good-Night, 4. March of the Wooden Soldier, 2. Promenade, 9. The Clockwork Dancer (followed by a short piece of music not from Kaleidoscope), 6. The Punch and Judy Show, 7. Ghost Story
Music details: Live music: flute, piccolo, oboe, bassoon, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive; Vaughan, D. 'Frederick Ashton and His Ballets' (Alfred A. Knopf, 1977)
Archive catalogue: WORK/0011