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Ballet for Beginners

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(Fourth series)
The work of Frederick Ashton and the growth of modern ballet.
with Domini Callaghan, Alexander Grant, Michel de Lutry, Hazel Wiscombe, Marjorie Woodhams, Ann Lydekker, Moira Tucker, Selena Wylie, Wendy Hyde, Mary Brookes, Karl Hartmann, Derek Westlake, Michael Holmes.
Explanations given by Felicity Gray who also prepared the script
At the piano, Bernard Bowen
(Alexander Grant appears by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

Contributors

Dancer:
Domini Callaghan
Dancer:
Alexander Grant
Dancer:
Michel de Lutry
Dancer:
Hazel Wiscombe
Dancer:
Marjorie Woodhams
Dancer:
Ann Lydekker
Dancer:
Moira Tucker
Dancer:
Selena Wylie
Dancer:
Wendy Hyde
Dancer:
Mary Brookes
Dancer:
Karl Hartmann
Dancer:
Derek Westlake
Dancer:
Michael Holmes
Presenter/script:
Felicity Gray
Ballet excerpts specially reproduced for television by:
Peggy van Praagh
Ballet excerpts specially reproduced for television by:
Elisabeth Schooling
Supervised by:
Frederick Ashton
Orchestra conducted by:
Eric Robinson
Pianist:
Bernard Bowen
Producer:
Philip Bate
Assistant producer:
Alan Sleath

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