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
- Spotlight On: Beatrice AppleyardIn the late 1920s Ninette de Valois founded a School of Dancing in London. Her ultimate aim was to form a British Ballet company. Around the same time, de Valois … Continue reading Spotlight On: Beatrice Appleyard
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