Title: Les Sylphides/Movimientos/Les Masques/Winter Night
Date: Monday 3rd-Wednesday 5th August 1953
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Rambert
Location: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, England
Composer: Frederic Chopin (Les Sylphides), Michael Hobson (Movimientos), Francis Poulenc (Les Masques), Sergei Rachmaninoff (Winter Night)
Choreographer: Mikhail Fokine (Les Sylphides), Michael Charnley (Movimientos), Frederick Ashton (Les Masques), Walter Gore (Winter Night)
Production: July 1953 revival of 1930 Ballet Rambert production (Les Sylphides), 1952 Ballet Rambert production (Movimientos), Original 1933 production (Les Masques), Original 1948 production (Winter Night)
Conductor: N/A
Collection Folder: Scrapbook #1

Cast

Les Sylphides

Nocturne: Beryl Goldwyn, Patricia Dyer, Ann Horn, Alexander Bennett, Mary Munro, Shirley Rees, Gillian Martlew, Selena Wylie, June Wood, Audrey Nicholls, Christine Hindmarch, Thelma Litster, Tania D’Avray, Sarah Webb, Alison Norwood, Patricia Cassie, Sylvia Singleton
Valse: Patricia Dyer
Mazurka: Alexander Bennett
Mazurka: Beryl Goldwyn
Prelude: Ann Horn
Grand Valse: Beryl Goldwyn, Alexander Bennett
Finale: Ensemble

Movimientos

Dancers: Ann Horn, Shirley Rees, Audrey Nicholls, Terry Gilbert, Maxwell Collis, Alexander Bennett

Les Masques

A Personage: John Chesworth
His Lady Friend: Audrey Nicholls
His Wife: Gillian Martlew
Her Lover: Terry Gilbert
Two Young Girls: Shirley Rees, Patricia Dyer
Three Ladies with Fans: Ann Horn, Selena Wylie, Christine Hindmarch

Winter Night

Dancers: Mary Munro, Noreen Sopwith, Alexander Bennett, Thelma Litster, Audrey Nicholls, June Wood, Patricia Ashworth, Valerie Marsh, Selene Wylie, Patricia Dyer, Selma Siegertsz, Terry Gilbert, Maxwell Collis, Norman Morrice, John Chesworth

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Decor, Les Sylphides: Hugh Stevenson
Decor, Movimientos: Douglas Smith
Costumes, Movimientos: Tom Lingwood
Scenery and Costumes, Les Masques: Sophie Fedorovitch
Costumes and Decor, Winter Night: Kenneth Rowell

For the Ballet Rambert

Director: Marie Rambert
Orchestra Director: Joseph Vandernoot
Ballet Mistress: Margaret Scott
Pianist: Reginald Halcrow
General Manager: Frederick Bromwich
Stage Director: William Ferguson
Stage Manager: Arthur Jago
Wardrobe Mistress: Stella Stevenson
Press Representative: Virginia Meddowes
Booking Representative: Renee Stepham

For the Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Licensee: George Chamberlain
Director: Norman Tucker
General Manager: Stephen Arlen
Manager: Ian Keith
Production Manager: John Glass
Assistant Production Manager: Mary Owen
Master Carpenter: William Cook
Chief Electrician: John Church
Press Representative: Alfred Curthoys

Programme Printed By: John Waddington Ltd.

Notes

Per an ‘Errata’ cast insert Alexander Bennett replaced Norman Dixon in Movimientos, and John Chesworth replaced Alexander Bennett in Les Masques