Queensland Ballet Society: Les Sylphides, Variations Symphoniques, Midinettes, The Wasps, Grand Adage — Soloist Meryl Hughes

Queensland Ballet Society: Les Sylphides, Variations Symphoniques, Midinettes, The Wasps, Grand Adage

August 30th, 1957 — August 30th, 1957

Credits

Venue: Brisbane City Hall
Artistic Director: Cyril Johns
Rehearsal Director: Phyllis Danaher
Choreographer: Michel Fokine
Phyllis Danaher
Cyril Johns
Costume Designer: Phyllis Danaher
Greg Hannas
Elizabeth Proud
Cyril Johns
Scenic Designer: Carl Roemermann
Musical Director: Antony Sorgato
Music: Chopin, Caesar Franck, Schubert, R.Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky
President: Daphne Sapsford

Cast

Joan Cherry
Meryl Hughes
Patricia Lee
Shirley McMahon
Beres Baker
Delvae Egerton
Shirley Maddock
William Gill
Taras Mazepa
Bruce Winter
Ronald Lindner
Paulette Benson
Archie Rogers
Alan Meredith
Lyn Craig
Carolyn Yule
Joyce Johnson
Joan Seeman
Faye Marlow
Victoria Petroff
Pam Cummings
Kay Egerton
Elaine Wilkinson
Margaret Leighton
June Dutton
Pam Cummings
Jan Murray
Jeanette Delmodes
Gayle Decker
Barbara Bower

Image Gallery

Costume design for 'The Wasps' by Greg Hannas. Courtesy Judith and Wendy Lowe.

Costume design for 'The Wasps' by Greg Hannas. Courtesy Judith and Wendy Lowe.

Costume design for 'The Wasps' by Greg Hannas. Courtesy Judith and Wendy Lowe.

Principals

Program courtesy QPAC Museum

Cast list

Cast list

Dame Margot Fonteyn with QBS Executive Committee members, L to R: Treasurer Flora Hetherington, Vice President Audrey Brotherton and President Daphne Sapsford. The Courier-Mail 1957, date unknown.

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