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Ballet Behind the Borders

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On 4 May 1940 during wartime austerity, the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company embarked on a courageous goodwill tour of the Hague. Within days the German army had advanced and the company found themselves in the middle of an invasion.
Amid the chaos 21-year-old ballet member Annabel Farjeon kept a journal creating a unique perspective of the original Sadler's Wells troupe. With portraits of some of the Ballet's most celebrated characters including Margot Fonteyn , Frederick Ashton , Robert Helpmann and Ninette de Valois. The reader is Annabelle Dowler.
Producers Rosie Boulton and Nicola Humphries

Contributors

Unknown:
Annabel Farjeon
Unknown:
Margot Fonteyn
Unknown:
Frederick Ashton
Unknown:
Robert Helpmann
Unknown:
Annabelle Dowler.
Producers:
Rosie Boulton
Producers:
Nicola Humphries
Source: Radio Times

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