Title: Eleventh Annual Concert
Date: Tuesday 7th June 1949
Type: Ballet
Company: Students of Princess Nathalie Poutiantine’s Russian Academy of Dancing
Location: Radio City Opera House, Hamrun, Malta
Choreographer: Princess Nathalie Poutiatine
Collection Folder: Scrapbook #1

Programme

Act 1

Overture

Played by the Commander-in-Chief’s Band

Nocturne No. 5

Music: Frederic Chopin
Dancers: Joan Abraham, Magda Bonaci, Julia Galea, Prudence Beaumont-Hembrow, Roxana Williams

Polka

Music: Gaston de Lille
Dancer: Mary Rome Camilleri

Variation

Music: Frederic Chopin
Dancer: Joan Abraham

Tomorrow’s Promise

Music: Adolf Hermann Wollenhaupt
Dancers: Vivienne Kay, Doreen Gwilliams, Cecily Mortimer, Patricia Outram, Patricia Sanderson, Stephanie Wetz

Pizzicato

Music: Léo Delibes
Dancer: Enid Grima

A Winter Waltz

Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dancer: Magda Bonaci

Hungarian Theme

Music: Johannes Brahms
Dancer: Joan Abraham

Miniature Ballerina

Music: Fritz Kreisler
Dancer: Anne Truscott

Les Fantoches

Music: Vladimir Rebikov
Dancers: Magda Bonaci, Mary Rome Camilleri, Jeanet Hill

Waltz

Music: Anton Rubinstein
Dancers: Joan Abraham, Julia Galea, Enid Grima, Roxana Williams

Act 2

At the Studio

Music: Not Listed
Pupils: Joan Abraham, Magda Bonaci, Mary Rome Camilleri, Enid Grime, Jeanet Hill, Roxana Williams
Little Girl: Tania Degiorgio
Vision: Julia Galea
Teacher: Prudence Beaumont-Hembrow

Pas de Deux

Music: Johann Strauss
Dancers: Joan Abraham, Roxana Williams

Interlude

Music: Anton Rubinstein
Dancer: Enid Grima

The Top

Music: Santaccio
Dancer: Joan Abraham

Tarantelle Brilliante

Music: S. Smith
Dancer: Roxana Williams

Can-Can

Music: Jules Offenbach
Dancer: Julia Galea

Bagatelle Printaniere

Music: M. Winlow
Dancers: Joan Abraham, Magda Bonaci, Prudence Beaumont-Hembrow, Jeanet Hill, Mary Rome Camilleri, Julia Galea, Enid Grima, Roxana Williams

Crew

For the Russian Academy of Dancing

Producer and Stage Manager: Princess Nathalie Poutiatine
Assistants of the Producer: C. Wellman, Adrian Mercieca
Electrician: Anthony Tabone
Stage Mechanic: Carmelo Nappa

Notes

Additional Material: A newspaper review by ‘Fidelio’ cut from the Times of Malta, Thursday 9th June 1949