Title: The Nutcracker Act II/Coppélia Act II/Swan Lake Act II/Black Swan Pas de Deux/Diana’s Mythtake/Les Sylphides/Day Trip/Reverie/Circe & Ulysses/Othello/Giselle/Etude/The Jewels/Nuances/Suite de Ballets
Date: c.1958-1960
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballets Minerva
Location: Unknown
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker Act II, Swan Lake Act II, Black Swan Pas de deux, Nuances), Léo Delibes (Coppélia Act II), Frederic Chopin (Les Sylphides, Reverie), Émile Waldteufel (Day Trip), Richard Strauss (Circe & Ulysses, Othello), Adolphe Adam (Giselle), Ludwig van Beethoven (Etude), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (The Jewels), Charles Gounod (Suite de ballets), Unknown (Diana’s Mythtake)
Choreographer: Marius Petipa (The Nutcracker Act II, Black Swan Pas de deux), Arthur Saint-Léon (Coppélia Act II), Lev Ivanov (Swan Lake Act II), Mikhail Fokine (Les Sylphides), Harold Foster (Reverie, Circe & Ulysees, Othello, Etude, Suite de ballets), Jean Coralli (Giselle), Unknown (Diana’s Mythtake, Day Trip, The Jewels, Nuances)
Production: Unknown
Conductor: N/A
Collection Folder: Folder 32

Cast

The Nutcracker Act II

Entrée: The Company
Arabian Dance: Margaret Cameron
Chinese Dance: Joy Fisher, Harold Foster
Mirlitons: Margaret Cameron, Susan Haxton, Francesca Tansley
Sugar Plum Fairy: Suzanne Sarova
Nutcracker Prince: Edward Gaillard
Waltz of the Flowers: The Company

Coppélia Act II

Swanhilda: Kathleen Gray
Her Friend: Margaret Cameron
Dr. Coppelius: Edward Gaillard
Franz: Harold Foster
Coppélia: Suzanne Sarova
Chinese Doll: Susan Haxton
Soldier Doll: Francesca Tansley

Swan Lake Act II

Odette: Kathleen Gray
Siegfried: Edward Gaillard
Benno: Harold Foster
Von Rothbart: George Reid
Swan Maidens: Suzanne Sarova, Joy Fisher, Susan Haxton, Francesca Tansley

Black Swan Pas de Deux

Odile: Margaret Cameron
Siegfried: Harold Foster

Diana’s Mythtake

Diana: Kathleen Gray
Apollo: Harold Foster
The Three Graces: Margaret Cameron, Susan Haxton, Francesca Tansley

Les Sylphides

Nocturne: The Company
First Waltz: Suzanne Sarova
Mazurka: Joy Fisher
Prelude: Margaret Cameron
Pas de deux: Kathleen Gray, Edward Gaillard
Waltz: The Company

Day Trip

Angelica Winterbottom: Kathleen Gray
Father Winterbottom: Harold Foster
Mother Winterbottom: Susan Haxton
1st Bathing Belle: Suzanne Sarova
2nd Bathing Belle: Margaret Cameron

Reverie

The Dreamer: Harold Foster
His Ideal: Margaret Cameron
His Visions: Suzanne Sarova, Joy Fisher, Susan Haxton, Francesca Tansley

Circe & Ulysses

Circe: Kathleen Gray
Ulysses: Edward Gaillard
Circe’s Maidens: Margaret Cameron, Suzanne Sarova, Joy Fisher, Susan Haxton, Francesca Tansley

Othello

Desdemona: Kathleen Gray
Othello: Edward Gaillard
Emilia: Margaret Cameron
Iago: Harold Foster
Bianca: Suzanne Sarova
Cassio: George Reid

Giselle

Giselle: Kathleen Gray
Albrecht: Edward Gaillard
Hilarion: Harold Foster

Bathilde: Francesca Tansley
Giselle’s Friends: Margaret Cameron, Suzanne Sarova, Joy Fisher
Giselle’s Mother: Susan Haxton

Myrtha: Margaret Cameron
Wilis: Suzanne Sarova, Joy Fisher, Susan Haxton, Francesca Tansley

Etude

Dancers: Margaret Cameron, Harold Foster, Joy Fisher, Susan Haxton, Suzanne Sarova

The Jewels

Dancers: Margaret Cameron, Suzanne Sarova, Susan Haxton, Francesca Tansley, Joy Fisher

Nuances

Dancers: Margaret Cameron, Kathleen Gray, Harold Foster, Suzanne Sarova, Susan Haxton, Isa Seaton

Suite de Ballets

Dancers: Kathleen Gray, Edward Gaillard, Margaret Cameron, Suzanne Sarova, Susan Haxton, Joy Fisher, Francesca Tansley

Crew

For Ballets Minerva

Director: Edward Gaillard
Ballet Master: Harold Foster
Practical Stage Lighting Devisor: Edward Gaillard

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