Podcast » Pauline Clayden
Pauline Clayden was born in 1922. Here she talks to Patricia Linton about her student days, and moves on to her dancing life up until joining the Sadler’s Wells Ballet in 1942. There was great...
ballets » Nocturne
Pauline Clayden in Nocturne. This atmospheric one-act ballet was choreographed by Frederick Ashton in 1936 for Margot Fonteyn. It was based on a book by E. Sackville-West, with designs by Sophie Fedorovitch and music by Delius.
Credit: Gordon Anthony, London, 1946.
Podcast » Patricia Clover
Patricia Clover gives the merest hint of the thinking behind Les Ballets Nègres, the company that lasted from 1946 until 1952. Her excellent memory and matter of fact style almost make you forget...