Rambert premiere:
23 Jun 1930, Marie Rambert Dancers, Lyric Hammersmith, London
World premiere:
23 Feb 1907, Imperial Russian Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia
Revival credits:
1941 revival: Decor: Andrée Howard
1943 revival: Decor: Guy Sheppard
Sep 1944 revival: Decor: Ronald Wilson
Jul 1953 revival: Decor: Hugh Stevenson
Mar 1963 revival: Decor and costumes: Alix Stone
1943 revival: Decor: Guy Sheppard
Sep 1944 revival: Decor: Ronald Wilson
Jul 1953 revival: Decor: Hugh Stevenson
Mar 1963 revival: Decor and costumes: Alix Stone
Music title:
Polonaise in A major Opus 40, No. 1 (1838), Nocturne in A flat major Opus 32, No. 2 (1837), Waltz in G flat major Opus 70, No.1 (1832), Mazurka in D major Opus 33, No. 2 (1838), Mazurka in C major Opus 67, No.3 (1838), Waltz in C sharp minor Opus 64, No.2 (1847), Grande Valse brilliante in E-flat minor Opus 18 (1933)
Music details:
Live music: initially piano, later a chamber orchestra
Music note:
Programmes in the early 1960s credit Reginald Smith Brindle with the orchestration.
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive; Bradley, L. 'Sixteen Years of Ballet Rambert' (Hinrichsen Edition Ltd, 1946).
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0030
Performances
| Date ↿⇂ | Programme ↿⇂ | Venue ⇃⇂ |
|---|---|---|
|
3 Nov 1957 Evening |
Les Sylphides | [Unknown venue], Hangzhou, China |
|
27 Dec 1943 Matinee |
Soirée Musicale (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Valse Noble (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Coquette (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Carnival of Animals (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Dances from Les Sylphides (in the play 'The Toy Princess') | Arts Theatre Cambridge |
|
8 Nov 1950 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Kaleidescope | Jota Aragonesa* | Winter Night | Bar aux Folies-Bergère | Arts Theatre Cambridge |
|
15 Jan 1953 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Past Recalled* | Plaisance | The Gala Performance | Connaught Theatre, Worthing |
|
21 Nov 1949 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Don Quixote (Pas de deux Classique) | L'Après-midi d'un Faune | La Mort du Cygne | Capriccio Espagnol* | Blue Bird (Pas de deux Classique) | Giselle Act II | Empress Hall, London |
|
16 Jun 1960 Evening |
Les Sylphides | The Wise Monkeys* | The Lilac Garden | The Gala Performance | Essoldo Theatre, Brighton |
|
23 Oct 1950 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Prismatic Variations* | Antonia | The Eve of Saint Agnes | King's Theatre, London |
|
10 Jul 1956 Evening |
Winter Night | The Dying Swan | Façade | L'Après-midi d'un faune | Les Sylphides | Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod |
|
23 Jun 1930 Evening |
Leda and the Swan | La Belle Viennoise | Saudade do Brésil* | Mannequin | Mademoiselle de Maupin* | Our Lady's Juggler | Les Sylphides* | Capriol Suite | Russian Peasant | ''I Can't Abear a Butcher''* | Le Rugby* | Mazurka des Hussars* | Galop* | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
|
20 Dec 1930 Evening |
Carnaval* | Cricket* | Rugby | A Florentine Picture* | Le Spectre de la Rose | Les Sylphides | Capriol Suite | Shepherd's Hornpipe | Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' | Mannequin | Farrucca | Final Galop | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
|
22 Dec 1930 Evening |
Carnaval | Cricket | Rugby | A Florentine Picture | Le Spectre de la Rose | Les Sylphides | Capriol Suite | Shepherd's Hornpipe | Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' | Mannequin | Farrucca | Final Galop | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
|
3 Jan 1931 Evening |
Carnaval | Cricket | Rugby | A Florentine Picture | Le Spectre de la Rose | Les Sylphides | Capriol Suite | Shepherd's Hornpipe | Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' | Mannequin | Farrucca | Final Galop | Lyric Hammersmith, London |
|
5 Jan 1931 Evening |
Carnaval | Cricket | Rugby | A Florentine Picture | Le Spectre de la Rose | Les Sylphides | Capriol Suite | Primavera* | Fairy Tales from ''The Sleeping Beauty'' | Mannequin | Final Galop | Lyric Hammersmith, 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 |
|
8 Oct 1928 Evening |
Prelude: Movements from French Suite No. 5 (Bach) | Queen Swan | The Warrior | Chinese Porcelain | Lusinghe piu care (Handel) | I attempt from Love's sickness to fly (Purcell) | Fairest Isle (Purcell) | Nymph and Shepherd | Serenade (Brahms) | Russian Court Dance* | Rus | Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich |
|
14 Aug 1958 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Fireflies | Two Brothers* | The Gala Performance | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
|
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 |
|
4 Feb 1932 Evening |
La Péri | Mr Roll's Military Quadrilles* | A Florentine Picture | Constanza's Lament* | Saudade do Brésil | Pompette* | Le Rugby | The Tartans (Dances on a Scottish Theme) | Les Sylphides | Mercury Theatre, London |
|
27 Nov 1932 Evening |
''Valse'' from Les Sylphides | ''Fée Dragée'' from Aurora's Wedding | The Shepherd's Wooing (from 'The Gods go a-begging') | ''Pas de Deux'' from Mr Roll's Military Quadrilles | ''Desperate Blues''* | A Florentine Picture | Le Spectre de la Rose | ''Russian Peasant' | Mercury Theatre, London |
|
7 May 1933 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Pavane pour une Infante Défunte* | Atalanta of the East* | Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames) | Mercury Theatre, London |
|
29 Oct 1933 Evening |
Valse (from Les Sylphides) | The Marriage of Hebe | Pavane pour une Infante Défunte | Our Lady's Juggler* | Foyer de Danse | Mercury Theatre, London |
|
4 Mar 1934 Evening |
Mermaid* | Lysistrata | Les Sylphides | 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 |
|
26 Mar 1943 Time unknown |
Les Sylphides | Death and the Maiden | Spanish Dance | Russian Dance (from 'Midnight Sun') | Foyer de Danse | Confessional | Carnival of Animals* | Mercury Theatre, 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 |
|
17 Jun 1964 Matinee |
Les Sylphides | Sweet Dancer* | Gala Performance | New Theatre, Oxford |
|
17 May 1954 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Love Knots* | Winter Night | Façade (The Original Version) | Oxford Playhouse |
|
2 Jun 1947 Evening |
Les Sylphides | The Sailor's Return* | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
21 Jun 1954 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Variations on a Theme* | Gala Performance | Winter Night | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
28 Jun 1955 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Persephone* | Past Recalled | The Gala Performance | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
7 May 1941 Tea |
Overture | Passionate Pavane | Panaderos* | Shepherd's Wooing | Prelude | Valse | Mazurka | Pas de Deux | Interlude | Death and the Maiden | Interlude | Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames) | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
|
7 May 1941 Tea |
Overture | Passionate Pavane | Panaderos* | Shepherd's Wooing | Prelude | Valse | Mazurka | Pas de Deux | Interlude | Death and the Maiden | Interlude | Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames) | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
|
7 May 1941 Tea |
Overture | Passionate Pavane | Panaderos* | Shepherd's Wooing | Prelude | Valse | Mazurka | Pas de Deux | Interlude | Death and the Maiden | Interlude | Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames) | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
|
7 May 1941 Tea |
Overture | Passionate Pavane | Panaderos* | Shepherd's Wooing | Prelude | Valse | Mazurka | Pas de Deux | Interlude | Death and the Maiden | Interlude | Les Masques (ou, Changement de Dames) | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
|
21 Aug 1941 Lunch |
Chopiniana | Confessional* | The Arts Theatre Club, London |
|
31 Aug 1950 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Kaleidoscope | The Eve of St. Agnes* | Façade | Theatre Royal, Bath |
|
6 Jul 1940 Matinee |
Les Sylphides | Le Cricket | Le Rugby | Le Boxing | Lady into Fox | Gala Performance* | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
|
29 Nov 1944 Evening |
Les Sylphides | Soirée Musicale | Lady into Fox | Simple Symphony* | Theatre Royal, Bristol |