Le Baiser de la Fée (1935)

Allegorical Ballet in four tableaux by Igor Stravinsky, after Hans Andersen's The Ice Maiden

MUSIC

Igor Stravinsky, inspired by the muse of Tchaikovsky (1928)

SCENERY & COSTUMES

Sophie Fedorovitch

DANCERS

A Mother: Ursula Moreton; The Fairy: Pearl Argyle; The Young Man: Harold Turner; His Fiancée: Margot Fonteyn; Spirits, The Villagers, The Bridesmaids: corps de ballet

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London 26 November 1935

New Stagings / Productions

Royal Ballet, 1970

STAGING

Royal Ballet, Tribute to Sir Frederick Ashton; excerpt from scene 3 only

DANCERS

The Bride: Jennifer Penney

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, 24 July 1970