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The Royal Ballet in Daphnis and Chloe

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Edmée Wood Video Archive

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The Royal Ballet in Daphnis and Chloe

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Title
The Royal Ballet in Daphnis and Chloe
Additional title: Daphnis and Chloe (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Additional title: Royal Ballet in rehearsal: Daphnis and Chloe
Names
Ashton, Frederick, Sir, 1904-1988 (Choreographer)
Craxton, John (Costume designer)
Craxton, John (Set designer)
Wood, Edmée (Cinematographer)
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991 (Dancer)
Somes, Michael, 1917-1994 (Dancer)
Farron, Julia (Dancer)
Hynd, Ronald (Dancer)
Grant, Alexander, 1925- (Dancer)
Rosson, Keith, dancer (Dancer)
Royal Ballet (Performer)
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation (Funder)
Collection

Edmée Wood Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1959 (Questionable)
Table of Contents
Daphnis and Chloe (ca. 54 min.) -- Appendix, close up (ca. 3 min.) / performed by Margot Fonteyn and ensemble.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1734
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: choreography by Frederick Ashton ; music by Maurice Ravel ; scenery and costumes by John Craxton ; performed by The Royal Ballet.
Date: British Film Institute catalog record lists the performance year as 1959. The New York Public Library information lists the performance year as 1960.
Content: British Film Institute's Film & TV database lists the title as: The Royal Ballet in rehearsal: Daphnis and Chloe.
Creation/production credits: Photography by Edmée Wood Films.
Performers: Margot Fonteyn (Chloe, a sheperdess) ; Michael Somes (Daphnis, a goat-herder) ; Julia Farron (Lykamion, a young married girl from the town) ; Ronald Hynd (Dorkon, a herdsman) ; Alexander Grant (Bryaxis, a pirate chief) ; Keith Rosson (Pan) ; Rosemary Lindsay, Brenda Taylor, Margaret Hill (nymphs of Pan) ; Jennifer Gay, Georgina Parkinson, Doreen Eastlake, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Christine Beckley, Jacqueline Daryl (shepherdesses) ; Desmond Doyle, Christopher Newton, Gary Burne, Derek Rencher, Ronald Plaisted, Richard Farley (shepherds) ; Ray Powell, Douglas Steuart, Maurice Metliss, Keith Milland, John Sale, William Wilson, Stanley Holden, Lambert Cox (pirates) ; Mavis Osborn, Brenda Bolton, Dorothea Zaymes, Ann Howard, Hylda Zinkin, Patricia Thorogood, Debra Wayne, Robin Haig (pirate women).
Venue: Filmed in rehearsal with costumes in 1959 or 1960.
Funding: Transferred to video and cataloged with funds provided by the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
Physical Description
Film reel
Extent: 1 film reel (58 min.) : sound, color ; 16 mm
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Edmee Wood Collection
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18031319
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 24391ac0-f87e-0130-4781-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1904: Creator Born
  • 1959: Issued
  • 1988: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Royal Ballet in Daphnis and Chloe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1959. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/250e12a0-f87e-0130-0a37-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Royal Ballet in Daphnis and Chloe" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/250e12a0-f87e-0130-0a37-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1959). The Royal Ballet in Daphnis and Chloe Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/250e12a0-f87e-0130-0a37-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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The Royal Ballet in Daphnis and Chloe