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Event The Royal Ballet
Venue The State Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Umbrella Event 1988 Bicentennial Australia Tour
First Date 5 July 1988
Opening Date 5 July 1988
Last Date 16 July 1988
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Swan Lake performed 5-9 & 14-16. Programme Two (the Dream, Rhapsody & A Month in the Country) performed 11-13. Matinees 9, 13 & 16
Description Source Programme
Primary Genre Dance
Secondary Genre Ballet
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Anthony Dowell Artistic Director
Frederick Ashton Choreographer A Month in the Country
Frederick Ashton Choreographer and Design Rhapsody
Frederick Ashton Choreographer The Dream
David Bintley Choreographer Resident
David Bintley Choreographer Still Life at The Penguin Cafe
David Bintley Choreographer Swan Lake Act 1 Waltz
Lev Ivanov Choreographer Swan Lake
Kenneth MacMillan Choreographer Principal
Kenneth MacMillan Choreographer Rite of Spring
Kenneth MacMillan Choreographer Manon
Marius Petipa Choreographer Swan Lake
Frederic Chopin Composer A Month in the Country
Hilda Gaunt Composer Collaborator MANON with Mr Lucas
Simon Jeffes Composer Still Life at The Penguin Cafe
John Lanchbery Composer A Month in the Country, arrangements
John Lanchbery Composer Arrangements The Dream
Leighton Lucas Composer Manon Arrangements & orchestrations
Jules Massenet Composer Manon
Felix Mendelssohn Composer The Dream
Sergei Rachmaninoff Composer Rhapsody
Igor Stravinsky Composer Rite of Spring
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Composer Swan Lake
William Chappell Costume Designer Rhapsody
Nicholas Georgiadis Designer Manon
Hayden Griffin Designer Still Life at The Penguin Cafe
Sidney Nolan Designer Rite of Spring
Julia Trevelyan Oman Designer A Month in the Country
Yolanda Sonnabend Designer Swan Lake
David Walker Designer The Dream
Bill Besant Lighting Designer Rhapsody
William Bundy Lighting Designer A Month in the Country
John B Read Lighting Designer The Dream
John B Read Lighting Designer Manon
John B Read Lighting Designer Swan Lake
John B Read Lighting Designer Still Life at The Penguin Cafe
Works
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 175466