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Music at Ten: Les Sylphides

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A ballet by Fokine to the music of Chopin.
with Nina Vyroubova, (Premiere Danseuse Etoile), Youly Algaroff, (Premier Danseur Etoile)
with Patricia Dyer, Patricia Ashworth, Thelma Litster, Selena Wylie, Valda Briggs, Valerie Marsh, Selma Siegertsz, Marcia Walden, Alison Norwood, Sylvia Singleton, Naomi Ben-Ari, Sheila Alletson, Patricia Cassie, Olwen Haught.
A section of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
(Leader, Charles Taylor)
Conducted by John Hollingsworth

(Nina Vyroubova and Youly Algaroff appear by permission of the General Administrator of the Paris Opera; Julia Farron (of the Sadler's Wells Ballet) and the Covent Garden Orchestra appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

Contributors

Dancer:
Nina Vyroubova
Dancer:
Youly Algaroff
Dancer:
Patricia Dyer
Dancer:
Patricia Ashworth
Dancer:
Thelma Litster
Dancer:
Selena Wylie
Dancer:
Valda Briggs
Dancer:
Valerie Marsh
Dancer:
Selma Siegertsz
Dancer:
Marcia Walden
Dancer:
Alison Norwood
Dancer:
Sylvia Singleton
Dancer:
Naomi Ben-Ari
Dancer:
Sheila Alletson
Dancer:
Patricia Cassie
Dancer:
Olwen Haught
Musicians:
A section of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Orchestra leader:
Charles Taylor
Conductor:
John Hollingsworth
Designer:
Norman James
Production under the direction of:
Madame Rambert
Presented by:
Christian Simpson
Prelude:
Julia Farron
Valse:
Helen Constantine
Coryphees:
Ann Horn
Coryphees:
Gillian Martlew

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