Chopiniana/Fiesta/The Dying Swan/Bolero/Hymn to the Sun/Tarantella/Don Quixote Pas de deux, Markova-Dolin Ballet- Saturday 25th March 1950

Title: Chopiniana/Fiesta/The Dying Swan/Bolero/Hymn to the Sun/Tarantella/Don Quixote Pas de deux
Date: Saturday 25th March 1950, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Markova-Dolin Ballet
Location: Davis Theatre, Croydon, England
Composer: Frederic Chopin (Chopiniana), Angelo Mariani (Fiesta), Camille Saint-Saëns (The Dying Swan), Maurice Ravel (Bolero), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Hymn to the Sun), Gioachino Rossini (Tarantella), Ludwig Minkus (Don Quixote Pas de deux)
Choreographer: Alicia Markova & Anton Dolin (Chopiniana), Ana Ricarda (Fiesta), Mikhail Fokine (The Dying Swan), Anton Dolin (Bolero, Hymn to the Sun), Grace Cone (Tarantella), credited as being after Obukhov (Don Quixote Pas de deux)
Additional Choreography: Grace Cone (Corps de ballet choreography, Chopiniana)
Conductor: Leighton Lucas
Collection Folder: Scrapbook #1

Cast

Act 1

Chopiniana (as Les Sylphides is also in repertoire, this is not the alternate name for Les Sylphides, but a separate piece)

Nocturne: Corps de ballet
Nocturne: Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin
Valse: Audrey Harmon, Janet Overton, Pamela Hart, Sally Bradley, Malcolm Goddard, Louis Godfrey
Marzuka: Anton Dolin
Valse: Alicia Markova
Marzuka: Anita Landa, Daphne Dale, Malcolm Goddard, Louis Godfrey
Nocturne: Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin
Finale Valse: Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, Corps de ballet

Fiesta

Antonio, the flower vendor: Louis Godfrey
Sevillana: Eugenie Sivyer
Girl Flower Seller: Anita Landa
Two Customers: Pamela Hart, Nöel Rossana
Three Strollers: Yvonne Olena, Sally Bradley, Malcolm Goddard
Young Boy: Geoffrey Webb

The Dying Swan

Dancer: Alicia Markova

Bolero

Dancer: Anton Dolin

Act 2

Hymn to the Sun

Dancer: Anton Dolin

Tarantella

Marche: Janet Overton, Sally Bradley, Nöel Rossana, Pamela Hart, Anita Landa, Eve Pettinger, Daphne Dale, Judith Williams, Audrey Harmon, June Hamilton, Paula Gareya, Malcolm Goddard, Keith Beckett, Louis Godfrey, Geoffrey Davidson, Geoffrey Webb
Pas de Quatre: Louis Godfrey, Keith Beckett, Geoffrey Webb, Geoffrey Davidson
Canzonetta: Corps de ballet
Pas de Trois: Malcolm Goddard, Anita Landa, Audnrey Harmon
Tarantella: Corps de ballet

Don Quixote Pas de deux

Dancers: Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Producer: Julia Braunsweg
Decor, Chopiniana, Tarantella: George Krista
Costumes, Fiesta: Celia Hubbard
Costume Executor, Fiesta: Charles Russell
Music Arranging, Tarantella: Benjamin Britten
Scenery Builders: Brunskill & Loveday Ltd.
Scenery Painter: Alick Johnstone

For Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin

Exclusive Management: Alfred Katz
Press Representative, 1950 UK Tour: Doris Barry

For Julian Braunsweg Ltd.

Stage Director: Benn Toff
Manager: Douglas W. Abott
Ballet Mistress: Eileen Baker
Stage Manager: Peter Gordon
Assistant Stage Manager: Don Spark
Chief Electrician: James Smith
Wardrobe Mistress: Grace Russell
Press Representative: Julie Oliphant
General Executive: C.M. Doran

For the Davis Theatre

General Manager: Herbert Miller
House Manager: Vernon H. Clarke
Assistant Manager: Kenneth Joyles
Stage Manager: Fred H. Trask
Box Office Manager: H. Fenton

Programme Published By: Claridge, Lewis & Jordan Ltd.