Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1957–1966
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Ballet continued to be an important part of the Edinburgh International Festival during the second decade of the festival. As at the beginning, most performances took place at the Empire Theatre, later to be refurbished to become the Edinburgh Festival Theatre.
In addition to London's The Royal Ballet who came in 1960, there were a total of 16 visiting companies from abroad who came to the city, offering varied programmes for festival goers.
List
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| 1957
| Giselle, The Prodigal Son, Gaîté Parisienne, Cupid Out of His Humour, Sisyphus, Miss Julie | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value="Akesson+Skeaping+Cramer+Cullberg+Cramer+Kozlovsky+Skeaping"|{{plainlist|
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| 1957
| Les Ballets Africains de Keita Fodéba | | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value="abc"| | data-sort-value="Fodéba"|{{plainlist| }} | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1957 Souvenir Programme |date= 1957 |page=}} |
| 1957
| Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas (Le Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo) | Les Sylphides, La femme muette, La cygne noir, Petrouchka, Concerto Barocco, Song of Undying Sorrow, Spectre de la rose, La Tertulia | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""| | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1957 Souvenir Programme |date= 1957 |page=}} |
| 1958
| Ballets Premières (The Edinburgh Festival Society in association with Michael Frostick) | Concerto for Dancers, Circle of Love, The Night and Silence, Les facheuses recontres, Secrets, Octet, Dreams, Midsummer's Vigil, The Great Peacock, La belle dame sans merci, The Seventh Sacrament, Changement de pieds | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""| | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1958 Souvenir Programme |date= 1958 |page=}} |
| 1959
| Les Ballets Babilée | Suite en blanc, Variation, Orphée, Balances a trois, Balletino, Le jeune homme et la mort, La création, Fugue, La boucle, Adagio, Divertimento, Sable, L'emprise | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""| | data-sort-value=""|Jean Babilée, Claire Sombert, Gérard Ohn, Iovanka Biegovitch, Adolpho Andrade | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1959 Souvenir Programme |date= 1959 |page=}} |
| 1959
| L'épreuve d'amour, Scaramouche, Don Quichotte, Circle of Roses, Valse Triste, Dance of the Spider, Three Harlequins, Black Swan: Pas de Deux, Giselle | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""| | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1959 Souvenir Programme |date= 1959 |page=}} |
| 1959
| Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA | N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz, Afternoon of a Faun, Moves (A Ballet in Silence), The Concert | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""|Jerome Robbins | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1959 Souvenir Programme |date= 1959 |page=}} |
| 1960
| Danses Concertantes, Baiser de la fée, Petrushka, Ballabile, La Péri, The Prince of the Pagodas (Act 3) | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""|Frederick Ashton, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan | data-sort-value=""|Margot Fonteyn, Nadia Nerina, Svetlana Beriosova | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1960 Souvenir Programme |date= 1960 |page=}} |
| 1960
| Susana y José, Madrid | The Ballad of Carmen and Don José, Spanish Folk Dances | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""| | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1960 Souvenir Programme |date= 1960 |page=}} |
| 1960
| Little Ballet Troupe, Bombay | Panchatantra, Ramayana | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""| | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1960 Souvenir Programme |date= 1960 |page=}} |
| 1960
| Ballet Européen of Nervi | Schéhérazade, Choreartium, Le Beau Danube, Commedia Umana | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""|Léonide Massine | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1960 Souvenir Programme |date= 1960 |page=}} |
| 1961
| 'Triple Bill' with the Western Theatre Ballet | Salade, Renard, The Seven Deadly Sins | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""|Kenneth Macmillan, Alfredo Rodrigues, Peter Darrell, | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1961 Souvenir Programme |date= 1961 |page=}} |
| 1962
| The Infanta's Birthday, The Miraculous Mandarin, Koštana | data-sort-value=""|Dimitrije Parlić | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1962 Souvenir Programme |date= 1962 |page=}} |
| 1962
| Ballet du XXe Siècle, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie | The Four Sons of Aymon | data-sort-value=""|Jeanine Charrat, Maurice Béjart | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1962 Souvenir Programme |date= 1962 |page=}} |
| 1963
| The Wooden Prince and The Miraculous Mandarin together with the opera Prince Bluebeard's Castle, Divertissement from The Beggar Student, The Bride's Kerchief, Gayaneh (Act 3) | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""|Gyula Harangozó | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1963 Souvenir Programme |date= 1963 |page=}} |
| 1963
| Martha Graham and Dance Company | Clytemnestra, Acrobats of God, Diversion of Angels, Embattled Garden, Legend of Judith, Night Journey, Phaedra, Secular Games, Seraphic Dialogue | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""|Martha Graham | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1963 Souvenir Programme |date= 1963 |page=}} |
| 1963
| Stuttgart State Theatre Ballet | The Catalyst, Suite, Daphnis and Chloé, L'estro armonico, Variations, Musical Chairs | Empire Theatre | data-sort-value=""|John Cranko | data-sort-value=""| | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1963 Souvenir Programme |date= 1963 |page=}} |
| 1964
| Les Ballets Africains, The National Company of Guinea | Bagatai, The Forest, Toutoudiarra, Midnight, Ferekoreka, Soundiata, Doudoumba, Tirankee | data-sort-value=""|Amadou Sissoko | | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1964 Souvenir Programme |date= 1964 |page=}} |
| 1965
| No ballet performances | | | data-sort-value=""| | | |
| 1966
| Junction, Three Epitaphs, Duet, Orbs, Aureole, From Sea to Shing Sea, Scudorama | data-sort-value=""| Paul Taylor | Paul Taylor, Dan Wagoner, Bettie de Jong | {{cite book |last= |first= |title=Edinburgh International Festival 1966 Souvenir Programme |date= 1966 |page=}} |
See also
- Edinburgh International Festival
- Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1956
- Ballet at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1967–1976
- Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1956
- Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1957–1966
- Opera at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1967–1976
- Drama at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1947–1956
- Drama at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1957–1966
- Drama at the Edinburgh International Festival: history and repertoire, 1967–1976
- Musicians at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1947–1956
- Musicians at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1957–1966
- Musicians at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1967–1976
- Visual Arts at the Edinburgh International Festival, 1947–1976
- World premieres at the Edinburgh International Festival
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