Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1957–1966

Ballet continued to be an important part of the Edinburgh International Festival during the second decade of the festival. As at the beginning, most performances took place at the Empire Theatre, later to be refurbished to become the Edinburgh Festival Theatre.

In addition to London's The Royal Ballet who came in 1960, there were a total of 16 visiting companies from abroad who came to the city, offering varied programmes for festival goers.

List

1957 Royal Swedish Ballet Giselle, The Prodigal Son, Gaîté Parisienne, Cupid Out of His Humour, Sisyphus, Miss Julie Empire Theatre
[1]
1957 Les Ballets Africains de Keita Fodéba Empire Theatre
[1]
1957 Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas (Le Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo) Les Sylphides, La femme muette, La cygne noir, Petrouchka, Concerto Barocco, Song of Undying Sorrow, Spectre de la rose, La Tertulia Empire Theatre [1]
1958 Ballets Premières (The Edinburgh Festival Society in association with Michael Frostick) Concerto for Dancers, Circle of Love, The Night and Silence, Les facheuses recontres, Secrets, Octet, Dreams, Midsummer's Vigil, The Great Peacock, La belle dame sans merci, The Seventh Sacrament, Changement de pieds Empire Theatre [2]
1959 Les Ballets Babilée Suite en blanc, Variation, Orphée, Balances a trois, Balletino, Le jeune homme et la mort, La création, Fugue, La boucle, Adagio, Divertimento, Sable, L'emprise Empire Theatre Jean Babilée, Claire Sombert, Gérard Ohn, Iovanka Biegovitch, Adolpho Andrade [3]
1959 National Ballet of Finland L'épreuve d'amour, Scaramouche, Don Quichotte, Circle of Roses, Valse Triste, Dance of the Spider, Three Harlequins, Black Swan: Pas de Deux, Giselle Empire Theatre [3]
1959 Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz, Afternoon of a Faun, Moves (A Ballet in Silence), The Concert Empire Theatre Jerome Robbins [3]
1960 The Royal Ballet Danses Concertantes, Baiser de la fée, Petrushka, Ballabile, La Péri, The Prince of the Pagodas (Act 3) Empire Theatre Frederick Ashton, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan Margot Fonteyn, Nadia Nerina, Svetlana Beriosova [4]
1960 Susana y José, Madrid The Ballad of Carmen and Don José, Spanish Folk Dances Empire Theatre [4]
1960 Little Ballet Troupe, Bombay Panchatantra, Ramayana Empire Theatre [4]
1960 Ballet Européen of Nervi Schéhérazade, Choreartium, Le Beau Danube, Commedia Umana Empire Theatre Léonide Massine [4]
1961 'Triple Bill' with the Western Theatre Ballet Salade, Renard, The Seven Deadly Sins Empire Theatre Kenneth Macmillan, Alfredo Rodrigues, Peter Darrell, [5]
1962 Belgrade Opera Ballet The Infanta's Birthday, The Miraculous Mandarin, Koštana Kings Theatre Dimitrije Parlić [6]
1962 Ballet du XXe Siècle, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie The Four Sons of Aymon Murrayfield Ice Rink Jeanine Charrat, Maurice Béjart [6]
1963 Budapest Opera and Ballet The Wooden Prince and The Miraculous Mandarin together with the opera Prince Bluebeard's Castle, Divertissement from The Beggar Student, The Bride's Kerchief, Gayaneh (Act 3) Empire Theatre Gyula Harangozó [7]
1963 Martha Graham and Dance Company Clytemnestra, Acrobats of God, Diversion of Angels, Embattled Garden, Legend of Judith, Night Journey, Phaedra, Secular Games, Seraphic Dialogue Empire Theatre Martha Graham [7]
1963 Stuttgart State Theatre Ballet The Catalyst, Suite, Daphnis and Chloé, L'estro armonico, Variations, Musical Chairs Empire Theatre John Cranko [7]
1964 Les Ballets Africains, The National Company of Guinea Bagatai, The Forest, Toutoudiarra, Midnight, Ferekoreka, Soundiata, Doudoumba, Tirankee Royal Lyceum Theatre Amadou Sissoko [8]
1965 No ballet performances
1966 Paul Taylor Dance Company Junction, Three Epitaphs, Duet, Orbs, Aureole, From Sea to Shing Sea, Scudorama Church Hill Theatre Paul Taylor Paul Taylor, Dan Wagoner, Bettie de Jong [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Edinburgh International Festival 1957 Souvenir Programme. 1957.
  2. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1958 Souvenir Programme. 1958.
  3. ^ a b c Edinburgh International Festival 1959 Souvenir Programme. 1959.
  4. ^ a b c d Edinburgh International Festival 1960 Souvenir Programme. 1960.
  5. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1961 Souvenir Programme. 1961.
  6. ^ a b Edinburgh International Festival 1962 Souvenir Programme. 1962.
  7. ^ a b c Edinburgh International Festival 1963 Souvenir Programme. 1963.
  8. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1964 Souvenir Programme. 1964.
  9. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1966 Souvenir Programme. 1966.