ballets » The Rake's Progress

The ballet writer Gerald Dowler is joined in a special episode of Voices of British Ballet by Monica Mason (former Royal Ballet student, principal dancer and director), Jane Pritchard (curator of...

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Ninette de Valois (1898-2001) was an Irish dancer, choreographer and founding director of The Royal Ballet.In 1918 and 1919 she became principal dancer for the Beecham Opera at Covent Garden and...

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The Rake’s Progress was first performed by the Vic-Wells Ballet at the Sadler’s Wells on 20 May, 1935. It is a ballet in six scenes with music by Gavin Gordon and sets and costumes by Rex...

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