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Timeline Event » 1964 – The Royal Ballet dances Bronislava Nijinska’s Les Biches for the first time

Acquired in 1964 for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton as director and born out of his reverence for the choreographer, Bronislava Nijinska’s charming Les Biches, a seemingly light-as-a-soufflé ballet…

Timeline Event » 1966 – The Royal Ballet dances Bronislava Nijinska’s Les Noces for the first time

The acquisition of a second Bronislava Nijinska work by The Royal Ballet ensured the survival of perhaps her greatest masterpiece. Les Noces, an austere depiction of a Russian peasant wedding,…

Timeline Event » 1968 – Premiere of Frederick Ashton’s Enigma Variations by The Royal Ballet

Enigma Variations was choreographed by Frederick Ashton to Edward Elgar’s music in designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman. It was first performed by The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden in 1968….