Title: The Big City/The Night Train/Pavane/Colombinade/The Green Table
Date: Friday 17th April 1953, Evening
Type: Ballet/Dance
Company: Ballets Jooss
Location: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, England
Composer: Alexander Tansman (The Big City, The Night Train), Maurice Ravel (Pavane), Johann Strauss, Aleida Montijn (Colombinade), Frederick A. Cohen (The Green Table)
Choreographer: Kurt Jooss (All)
Production: Ballet Jooss’ productions (All)
Conductor: N/A
Collection Folder: Scrapbook #1

Cast

The Big City

The Young Girl: Michelle Nadal
The Young Workman: Rolf Alexander
The Libertine: Alfonso Unanue
Passersby, Children and their Mothers, Dancers: Ensemble

The Night Train

Mr Boldy: Alfonso Unanue
A Nice Girl: Ulla Soderbaum
Her Boyfriend: Hans Zullig
A Veiled Lady: Franziska Tona
An Artist: Ronnie Curran
The Conductor: Patricio Bunster
Platform Personnel: Ines Brunner, Wiga Schade

Dream Appearances:
The Dream Cloud: Joan Turner, Edgar Wenzel
Nine Girl and Boy Friends: Ines Brunner, Miek Last, Gisela Westerfeld, Walter Kuhn, Rolf Rodiger, Peter Wright
Mr Boldy’s Nymphs: Nia Cau, Michelle Nadal, Wiga Schade, Lilo Seiler, Beatrijs Vitringa
Satyr: Rolf Alexander
More Satyrs: Peter Kohler, Klaus Meyer

Pavane

The Infanta: Ulla Soderbaum
Court Ladies: Nia Cau, Lilo Seiler, Franziska Tona, Joan Turner, Beatrijs Vitringa
Court Gentlemen: Walter Kuhn, Alfonso Unanue, Peter Wright

Colombinade

Columbine: Michelle Nadal
Harlequin: Hans Zullig
The Clown: Klaus Meyer
Pierrot: Beatrijs Vitringa
Madame N: Lilo Seiler
Footballer: Patricio Bunster
A well-to-do Gentleman: Alfonso Unanue
The Manageress: Franziska Tona
A Smoothy: Peter Wright
The Well-guarded Girl: Gisela Westerfeld
Another Madame N: Ines Brunner
Another well-to-do Gentleman: Peter Kohler
Another Manageress: Miek Last
Another Smoothy: Edgar Wenzel

The Green Table

Death: Rolf Alexander
The Standard-Bearer: Patricio Bunster
The Old Soldier: Ronnie Curran
The Woman: Joan Turner
The Old Mother: Franziska Tona
The Young Soldier: Walter Kuhn
The Young Girl: Lilo Seiler
The Profiteer: Hans Zullig

Piano: Wolf Rinker, William Blezard

Crew

For the Mixed Bill

Costumes, The Big City, The Green Table: Hein Heckroth
Costumes, The Night Train: Robert Pudlich
Costumes, Pavane: Sigurd Leeder
Costumes, Colombinade: Rochus Gliese

For Ballets Jooss

Director: Kurt Jooss
Manager: Maria Vogt-Moses
Press Representative: Philip Ridgeway
Stage Director: David E. Rose
Electrician: Helmut W. Vorschulze
Wardrobe Mistress: Katja Bucksch

For the Sadler’s Wells Theatre

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: Arthur Lane
Property Master: Godfrey Vince
Press Representative: Alfred Curthoys
Box Office Manager: J.W.G. Touchfield

Programme Printed By: John Waddington Ltd.

Notes

Between Pavane and Colombine, a Tarantella piano interlude was given by William Blezard.