Performance Database

Choreographer: Bentley Stone
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Costume designer: Hugh Stevenson
Lighting designer: Hugh Stevenson
World premiere: 12 Aug 1937, Ballet Rambert, Théâtre du Casino Municipal de Biarritz
Work note: The company was billed as Ballets Anglais de Marie Rambert at the world premiere in France. The work had its London premiere on 24 October 1937 at the Mercury Theatre. (During the French tour, Bentley Stone also performed 'Le Lutteur'', a solo he had choreographed to music by Lora Aborne, but no other information can be found about this solo.)
Production note: In the Mercury programme, Hugh Stevenson is credited as 'costumes and setting'.
Music title: Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899)
Music details: Live music: piano
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0093

Performances

Date Programme Venue
24 Oct 1937
Evening
The Descent of Hebe | Death and the Maiden | Pavane pour une Infante Défunte* | La Muse s'Amuse | Jardin aux Lilas Mercury Theatre, London
14 Nov 1937
Evening
The Planets | Pavane pour une Infante Défunte | Cross Gartered* | Mephisto Valse | La Muse s'Amuse Mercury Theatre, London