Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1967–1976

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Ballet continued to be an significant part of the Edinburgh International Festival during the third decade of the festival. However, in a period which saw increased concerts, staged operas, dramas and exhibitions, there was actually a reduction in the number of ballet companies coming to the festival, from 19 in 1957–1966 to 12 in 1967–1976.

Also relatively fewer performances were at the Empire Theatre, with the smaller King's Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, and Church Hill Theatre all being used as alternative venues.

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Date Company Ballet Venue Choreographer(s) Principal dancers Notes and sources
1967 New York City Ballet Bugaku, Movements for Piano and orchestra, Tarantella, Ragtime, Apollo, Donizetti Variations, Concerto Barocco, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Meditation (Tchaikovsky), Agon, Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet, Ebony Concerto Empire Theatre

Jacques d'Amboise, Suzanne Farrell, Conrad Ludlow, Patricia McBride, Arthur Mitchell, Edward Villella,

[1]
1968 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Toccata, Reflections in D, Black District, Revelations, Congo Tango Palace, Credo, Metallics, Prodigal Prince, Jorney, Icarus, Knoxville: Summer 1915 Church Hill Theatre

Alvin Ailey

Judith Jamison, Dudley Williams, George Faison, Michael Peters
[2]
1969 No ballet performances
1970 Nederlands Dans Theater Squares, Five Sketches, Nouvelles Aventures, Imaginary Film, Situation, Brandenburg, Solo for Voice 1, Mythical Hunters Lyceum Theatre

Jaap Flier

[3]
1971 Royal Danish Ballet The Lesson, Carmen, The Lifeguards on Amager, Conservatoire, The Young Must Marry, Jeu de Cartes, Night Shadow King's Theatre

Balanchine, Bournonville, Cranko, Flemming Flindt, Petit

Kirsten Simone, Anna Laerkesen, Henning Kronstam, Flemming Flindt

[4]
1972 Ensemble National du Senegal Lyceum Theatre Maurice Sonar Senghor [5]
1973 Hungarian State Ballet The Miraculous Mandarin, Spartacus King's Theatre

László Seregi

Victor Fülöp, Ferenc Havas, Adél Orosz, Lila Pártay, Victor Róna, Vera Szumrák

[6]
1974 Kathakali Dance Troupe, The Udyogamandai Kathakali Theatre The Man-Lyon and the Rise of Ravana, The Ramayana, The Sons of Pandu, The Mahabharata Lyceum Theatre [7]
1974 Bat-Dor Dance Company Requiem for Sounds, Metallics, Palomas, The Wait, Couple, Movements in a Rocky Landscape Church Hill Theatre

Gene Hill Sagan, Paul Sanasardo, Manuel Alum, Michael Descombey, Rudi van Dantzig

[7]
1975 The Royal Ballet Raymonda (Act III), Grosse Fuge, Romeo and Juliet (Balcony Scene), Prodigal Son, Concerto, Giselle, The Dream, Apollo, El amor brujo King's Theatre Margaret Barbieri, Alain Dubreuil, Stephen Jefferies, Ann Jenner, Nicholas Johnson, Brenda Last, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Rudolf Nureyev, Lynn Seymour, Lois Strike, Marion Tait [8]
1975 Nikolais Dance Theatre USA Triple Duet from Grotto, Foreplay, Cross-Fade, Temple, Suite from Sanctum, Scenario Lyceum Theatre

Alwin Nikolais

[8]
1976 Ballet of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Passacaglia op 1 by Webern, Der Tod und das Madchen, Symphony no 3 (Scriabin) King's Theatre

John Cranko, Erich Walter

[9]
1976 Twyla Tharp Dance Company Give and Take, The Duet from the Rags Suitre, Sue's Leg, The Bach Duet, The Fugue, The Eight Jelly Rolls Lyceum Theatre

Twyla Tharp

[9]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1967. 1967.
  2. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1968. 1968.
  3. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1970. 1970.
  4. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1971. 1971.
  5. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1972. 1972.
  6. ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1973. 1973.
  7. ^ a b Edinburgh International Festival 1974. 1974.
  8. ^ a b Edinburgh International Festival 1975. 1975.
  9. ^ a b Edinburgh International Festival 1976. 1976.
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