The Collection
Check out my digital collection database, with theatre programmes dating all the way back to 1832!
Blog
On the blog I mainly talk about ballet history, including looking through forgotten ballets, and shining the spotlight on historic performers.
Latest Posts:
- Forgotten Ballets: The Jackdaw and the Pigeons, 1931The company now known as the Royal Ballet gave its first performance on 5th May 1931, presenting a mixed bill of short works. Among those works was a new ballet … Continue reading Forgotten Ballets: The Jackdaw and the Pigeons, 1931
- Spotlight On: 18th Century Dancers in BritainWhen discussing British ballet history there is often a focus on the early 20th century, the period when the Ballets Russes took London by storm and Ninette de Valois and … Continue reading Spotlight On: 18th Century Dancers in Britain
- La Dame aux Camélias: The BalletsFrench author Alexandre Dumas fils (1924-1895) enjoyed a career that spanned decades, publishing many successful books and plays. One of his most notable works is the 1848 novel La Dame … Continue reading La Dame aux Camélias: The Ballets
- 20th February 1946: The Premiere of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet’s Sleeping BeautyIn the last months of the Second World War, the Council for the Encouragement of Music and Arts were discussing what to do with a London theatre that was currently … Continue reading 20th February 1946: The Premiere of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty
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