| Description | In aid of the Manchester Royal Infirmary and presented by Madge Atkinson and Mollie Suffield. The programmes include advertisements and lists of dancers. The performance included: The Travelling Circus (Suffield); Praeludium (Atkinson); Lotus-Land (Atkinson); Five Short Sketches from "Puppazetti" (Suffield) a) Compére b) The Christening c) Pierrot and Pierette d) Nocturne e) Polka; The Stolen Child (Atkinson); Dances from a Pastoral Suite (Suffield); Dance of the Little Swans (Petipa); Scenes from Peer Gynt (Atkinson); Concert Waltz (Suffield); "Soaring" (Atkinson); Variation (from the "Swan lake"); "Revelry" (from Suite, Op. 150) (Atkinson, first performance); "By the Pool" (from the "Petite Suite") (Suffield); "The Hoop" (Atkinson); "Contrast" in Rhythmic Tap (Suffield and Archbutt); "Toil" (Atkinson) with synopsis; "Traffic" (Suffield); Dance (from Waltz-suite) (Tweedy); Allemande and Sweet Venevil (Atkinson); Serenade for a wealthy widow (Suffield); "The Sigh of Autumn" (Atkinson); "The Young Idea" A Rhapsody of Modern Youth (Suffield), with synopsis. Some costumes made by Lilian Reburn and Stella Mary Pearce. Stage manager Harold Heyworth. |