Podcast » David Wall
David Wall was one of the greatest male dancers of his era, with an extraordinary stage charisma, range, theatricality and honesty. In this interview he talks to Frank Freeman, a former colleague,...
ballets » Dances at a Gathering
David Wall is the central figure in this photograph like tableau in Jerome Robbins’s Dances at a Gathering (1969), amid left to right – Laura Connor, Ann Jenner (her arm in Wall’s), Rudolf Nureyev, and Anthony Dowell. Dances at a Gathering joined the Royal Ballet’s repertory in 1970, with these five dancers part of an illustrious cast that also included Antoinette Sibley, Lynn Seymour, Monica Mason and Michael Coleman.
© Anthony Crickmay/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Timeline Event » 1970 – The Royal Ballet dances Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering for the first time
Dances at a Gathering, which had been created for New York City Ballet in 1969, represented the first work by Jerome Robbins to enter The Royal Ballet’s repertoire. Danced to music by Frédéric...