MUSIC
Alexander Glazunov, arranged by Robert Irving
1 Overture, L’Eté from The Seasons, ballet, opus 67
2 Valse de concert No 1, opus 47
3 Grand adagio from Scènes de ballet, opus 52, and Coda from Ruses d’amour, ballet, opus 61
4 1st variation, Marionettes from Scènes de ballet
5 2nd variation, La Givre from The Seasons
6 3rd variation, La Glace from The Seasons
7 4th variation, La Grêle from The Seasons
8 5th variation, La Neige from The Seasons
9 6th variation, L’Eté from The Seasons
10 7th variation, from Ruses d’amour
11 Mazurka, opus 25 No 2, orchestrated by Robert Irving
12 Pas de deux, Grand pas des fiancées from Ruses d’amour
13 Finale, Valse de concert No 1, reprise
COSTUMES
André Levasseur
DANCERS
Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey, Violetta Elvin, Nadia Nerina, Rowena Jackson, Svetlana Beriosova, Elaine Fifield, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Brian Shaw, Philip Chatfield, David Blair, Desmond Doyle, Bryan Ashbridge
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Sadler’s Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 5 May 1956
New Stagings / Productions
Royal Ballet, 1965
NEW PRODUCTION
Royal Ballet; with new solo for David Blair
MUSIC
Variation III from Grand pas d’action, Raymonda Act II, ballet, opus 57
DANCERS
Margot Fonteyn, Svetlana Beriosova, Georgina Parkinson, Antoinette Sibley, Merle Park, Lynn Seymour, Maryon Lane, David Blair
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 24 March 1965
Royal Ballet, 1968
NEW PRODUCTION
Royal Ballet; with new solo for Rudolf Nureyev
MUSIC
Entrée des jongleurs from Raymonda Act II
DANCERS
Margot Fonteyn, Antoinette Sibley, Georgina Parkinson, Monica Mason, Merle Park, Ria Peri, Jennifer Penney, Rudolf Nureyev
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 29 March 1968
Ballet for All, 1972
STAGING
Ballet for All; Entrée, Variations, and Finale only
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, 13 October 1972
Royal Ballet School, 1978
STAGING
Royal Ballet School
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Royal Opera House, London, 7 July 1978
Birmingham Royal Ballet, 1995
NEW PRODUCTION
Birmingham Royal Ballet
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Peter Farmer
DANCERS
Jennifer Gelfand, Sergiu Pobereznic
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Hippodrome, Birmingham, 27 September 1995
Royal Ballet School, 2006
NEW PRODUCTION
Royal Ballet School
REPRODUCED BY
Gailene Stock, Gary Norman, Jacqueline Barrett, Anthony Dowell, Anya Sainsbury
COSTUMES
Anthony Dowell after André Levasseur
DANCERS
Adeline Kaiser/Annie Carroll, Yasuo Atsuji/Pietro Zambello, Claire Calvert, Jacqueline Clark, Quenby Hersh, Angela Kenny, Moe Nieda, Callie Roberts, Charles Andersen, Paulo Arrais, Yannick Bittencourt, Jade Hale-Christofi, John Marsom, Valentino Zuchetti
FIRST PERFORMANCE
International Ballet Academy Festival, Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 26 January 2006
By Other Companies
Margot Fonteyn World Tour, 1963
STAGING
Margot Fonteyn World Tour; abridged version
DANCERS
Margot Fonteyn, Annette Page, Shirley Grahame, Pamela Moncur, Royes Fernandez, Ronald Hynd, Alexander Grant, Laurence Ruffell
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Herod Atticus Theatre, Athens, 10 August 1963
Festival of Ballet Stars, 1978
STAGING
Festival of Ballet Stars
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Sydney, Australia, 26 June 1978
Palm Beach Festival, 1983
NEW PRODUCTION
Palm Beach Festival; pas de deux version, under the title A Birthday Offering (Entrée, variations, adagio)
DANCERS
Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell
FIRST PERFORMANCE
West Palm Beach Auditorium, Palm Beach FL, 23 March 1983
Australian Ballet, 1989
NEW PRODUCTION
Australian Ballet
REPRODUCED BY
Alexander Grant and Faith Worth
SCENERY & COSTUMES
Kenneth Rowell
DANCERS
Christine Walsh, Fiona Tonkin, Miranda Coney, Elizabeth Toohey, Justine Miles, Ulrike Lytton, Lisa Pavane, David Ashmole, Steven Heathcote, Adam Marchant, David McAllister, Robert Marshall, Ray Wilson, Ricardo Ella
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Canberra Theatre, Canberra, 8 June 1989
American Ballet Theatre, 1989
STAGING
American Ballet Theatre
REPRODUCED BY
Faith Worth and Margot Fonteyn
DANCERS
Susan Jaffe, Cheryl Yeager, Amanda McKerrow, Julie Kent, Leslie Browne, Alessandra Ferri, Christine Dunham, Ross Stretton, John Gardner, Guillaume Graffin, Ethan Brown, Loren Schmalle, Wes Chapman, Jeremy Collins
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Jesse H Jones Hall, Houston TX, 25 October 1989
Copyright © 2004 by David Vaughan
This listing is part of a chronology that was originally published in Vaughan’s Frederick Ashton and His Ballets (Alfred E Knopf 1976; 2nd ed., London: Dance Books, 1999) and includes new productions added since then, and up until 2007