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Le Belle Ecuyère (Howard, 1931): Maude Lloyd. Taken from Haskell, Arnold L. (ed.), 'Our Dancers: 50 Photographic Studies' (London: British-Continental Press Ltd, [1932]).

Choreographer: Andrée Howard

Costume designer: Andrée Howard

World premiere: 20 Apr 1931, Ballet Club, Mercury Theatre, London

Work note: The programmes for 1931 credit Susan Salamann as the choreographer, but dancer Maude Lloyd stated that this solo was created for her by Andrée Howard, who also designed the costume (Lloyd's letter to the Rambert Archive; article in Ballet Review, Fall 1983).

Number of dancers: 1 woman

Music details: Live music: piano

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive

Archive catalogue: WORK/0043

Performances

Date	Programme	Venue
20 Apr 1931 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Le Cricket \| Adagio from Lac des Cygnes \| L'Après-midi d'un faune^* \| Gavotte Sentimentale \| The Circus Girl^* \| Scherzo^* \| La Belle Ecuyère^* \| Mazurka des Hussars \| Mars and Venus	Mercury Theatre, London
15 Jun 1931 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Mars and Venus \| Waterloo and the Crimea^* \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| Gavotte Sentimentale \| Russian Pedlar \| La Belle Ecuyère \| Variation from ''Swan Lake'' \| Circus Dance \| Mannequin \| Farrucca \| Mademoiselle Maupin \| Mazurka Finale	Lyric Hammersmith, London
22 Jun 1931 Evening	Carnaval \| Le Boxing \| Waterloo and the Crimea \| Mercury^* \| Pavane \| Russian Peasant \| La Belle Ecuyère \| Variation from ''Swan Lake'' \| Blue Bird \| Mannequin \| Mademoiselle de Maupin \| Mazurka Finale	Lyric Hammersmith, London
10 Oct 1931 Evening	Les Sylphides \| Songs (The Moussorgsky Vocal Quartet) \| Le Rugby \| Dances from ''The Three Cornered Hat'' \| Capriol Suite \| La Péri \| Chinese Magician \| Songs (The Moussorgsky Vocal Quartet) \| Mars and Venus \| Russian Boyard Dance \| American Sailor \| Mannequin \| Peasants' Frolic	New Theatre, London

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