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Bar aux Folies-Bergère (de Valois, 1934). Photographer unknown. RDC/PD/01/71/1

Bar aux Folies-Bergère (de Valois, 1934): His Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, 1948. Photo © Jean Stewart. RDC/PD/01/71/2

Choreographer: Ninette de Valois

Composer: Emanuel Chabrier

Set designer: William Chappell

Costume designer: William Chappell

World premiere: 15 May 1934, Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London

Work note: After Manet's painting.

Production note: In the programme, William Chappell is credited as 'Setting and Costumes'.

Music title: Suite Pastorale (1888)

Music details: Live music: piano

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive

Archive catalogue: WORK/0071

Performances

Date ↿↾	Programme ↿⇂	Venue ↿⇂
17 Nov 1952 Evening	Nutcracker Suite \| The Lilac Garden \| Carnival of the Animals^* \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Her Majesty's Theatre, Brighton
8 Jul 1952 Evening	Nutcracker Suite \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère \| Winter Night \| Façade (The Original Version)	Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod
8 Nov 1950 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Kaleidescope \| Jota Aragonesa^* \| Winter Night \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Arts Theatre Cambridge
28 Jun 1940 Evening	Soirée Musicale^* \| Death and the Maiden \| Lady into Fox \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	The Arts Theatre Club, London
20 Jun 1940 Evening	La Fête étrange^* \| The Planets \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	The Arts Theatre Club, London
1 May 1940 Time unknown	Mermaid \| Peter and the Wolf (A Fable Without a Moral)^* \| Death and the Maiden \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Arts Theatre Cambridge
5 Dec 1939 Evening	La Muse s'Amuse \| Death and the Maiden \| Czernyana^* \| Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames) \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Duchess Theatre, London
2 Oct 1938 Evening	Cinderella \| Trio (Lachrymae) \| Bohemian Dance (Smetana, 1877) \| Carillon, Tango and Scherzo (Martinu) \| Film en Miniature (Martinu, 1929) \| Valse Finale^* \| Bar aux Folies-Bergére	Mercury Theatre, London
13 Feb 1938 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Croquis de ''Mercure'' (Sketches for ''Mercury'')^* \| The Tartans \| Ricordanza (Liszt) \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Mercury Theatre, London
19 Jun 1937 Evening	Foyer de Danse \| Musical Interlude \| The Planets \| Mermaid \| Musical Interlude \| Le Cricket \| Le Rugby \| Le Boxing \| Death and the Maiden \| Musical Interlude \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
18 Jun 1937 Evening	Foyer de Danse \| Musical Interlude \| The Planets \| Mermaid \| Musical Interlude \| Le Cricket \| Le Rugby \| Le Boxing \| Death and the Maiden \| Musical Interlude \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
23 Feb 1937 Evening	Foyer de Danse \| Cinderella \| Lysistrata, The Strike of Wives \| Death and the Maiden^* \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Duchess Theatre, London
19 Feb 1937 Evening	The Descent of Hebe \| Mephisto Waltz \| Our Lady's Juggler \| Le Cricket \| Dark Elegies^* \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Duchess Theatre, London
10 Jun 1936 Evening	The Planets \| Valses Nobles et Sentimentales \| Mermaid \| Bluebird \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
9 Jun 1936 Evening	The Planets \| Valses Nobles et Sentimentales \| Mermaid \| Bluebird \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
7 Apr 1935 Evening	La Valse Chez Madame Récamier \| Le Cricket \| The Lady of Shalott \| The Descent of Hebe^* \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Mercury Theatre, London
6 Jan 1935 Evening	A Florentine Picture \| Constanza's Lament \| American Sailor (from 'Les Matelots') \| Pompette \| Le Rugby \| Cinderella^* \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Mercury Theatre, London
13 Jun 1934 Evening	Mermaid \| Mephisto Valse^* \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère	Mercury Theatre, London
15 May 1934 Evening	Mermaid \| Bar aux Folies-Bergère^* \| Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames)	Mercury Theatre, London

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