dance

  • Choreography by Bournonville

    Choreography by Bournonville

    La Sylphide
    Flemming Flindt
    Lucette Aldous
    Shirley Dixon
    -
    Flower Festival in Genzano Pas de deux
    Rudolf Nureyev
    Merle Park

  • La Fille mal gardée

    La Fille mal gardée

    LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE
    Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton
    Nadia Nerina
    David Blair
    Stanley Holden
    Leslie Edwards
    Alexander Grant
    The Royal Ballet
    The Covent Garden Orchestra
    John Lanchbery
    Recorded: BBC Studio, London, 7–9 September 1962
    Broadcast: BBC, 27 December 1962

  • Treasures of the Russian Ballet

    Treasures of the Russian Ballet

    THE STONE FLOWER, ACT I
    Soloviev · Sizova · Osipenko
    The Leningrad State Kirov Ballet
    ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON,
    JULY 1960
    -
    PAS DE DEUX FROM SWAN LAKE ACT II
    Ulanova · Fadeyechev
    The Bolshoi Ballet
    ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON,
    21 OCTOBER 1956

  • Nadia Nerina / Robert Helpmann / Margot Fonteyn / Rudolf Nureyev

    Nadia Nerina / Robert Helpmann / Margot Fonteyn / Rudolf Nureyev

    Les Sylphides
    BBC STUDIO RECORDING, BROADCAST 6 APRIL 1956
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    Coppélia (ADAPTED FOR TELEVISION BY MARGARET DALE)
    BBC STUDIO RECORDING, BROADCAST 27 OCTOBER 1957
    -
    Giselle (PAS DE DEUX FROM ACT II)
    BBC STUDIO RECORDING, RECORDED 2 JUNE 1962
    -
    Philharmonia Orchestra/Robert Irving
    London Symphony Orchestra/John Lanchbery
    Pro Arte Orchestra/Marcus Dods

  • Margot Fonteyn / Michael Somes

    Margot Fonteyn / Michael Somes

    SLEEPING BEAUTY (extracts)
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 20 DECEMBER 1959
    -
    SWAN LAKE (extracts)
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 9 JUNE 1954
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    THE NUTCRACKER (Act II)
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 21 DECEMBER 1958
    Royal Opera House Orchestra, John Lanchbery
    London Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Irving
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hugo Rignold

  • John Cranko

    John Cranko

    THE LADY AND THE FOOL
    Svetlana Beriosova, Ray Powell, Ronald Hynde
    Royal Opera House Orchestra / Charles Mackerras
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 3 MAY 1959
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    PINEAPPLE POLL
    Merle Park, David Blair, Stanley Holden, Brenda
    Taylor, Gerd Larsen
    London Symphony Orchestra / Charles Mackerras
    STUDIO RECORDING, TRANSMITTED 1 NOVEMBER 1959

  • Les Sylphides & Giselle

    Les Sylphides & Giselle

    Les Sylphides
    Svetlana Beriosova / Violetta Elvin / Alicia Markova / John Field
    -
    Giselle
    Nadia Nerina / Nikolai Fadeyechev / Niels Bjorn Larsen / Lydia Sokolova / Margaret Hill