'Ballet for Beginners' and Felicity Gray's television ballets
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The British Broadcasting Corporation's 'Ballet for Beginners,' consisting of five series' spread out from Jul 4, 1949, to Nov 23, 1953, was an effort to introduce the layperson to the nuances of ballet. The program script writer, Felicity Gray, with her specialized knowledge of ballet for television, formed the Television Ballet Group that performed all the demonstration pieces in the program. Later, they also performed special ballet pieces such as 'Liebeslieder Waltzes' and 'The Fair Queen of Wu' for television. 'Ballet for Beginners' and the subsequent ballets were well appreciated.
Publication Name: Dance Chronicle
Subject: Arts, visual and performing
ISSN: 0147-2526
Year: 1993
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The Royal Danish ballet season of 1954-1955
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Mismanagement and severe public criticism made the season of 1954-1995 difficult for all three branches of the Royal Danish Theater, particularly the Royal Danish Ballet. The increasingly cosmopolitan nature of the Royal Danish Ballet was detrimental, as the early successes of the season were by foreign groups such as the Bolshoi Ballet. The biggest success of the season was Sergei Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet,' choreographed by Frederick Ashton.
Publication Name: Dance Chronicle
Subject: Arts, visual and performing
ISSN: 0147-2526
Year: 1995
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Dancing in the closet: the coming out of ballet
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The 1960s marked the coming out of homosexuality in dance and ballet. Dance critics such as Jerome Robbins explored the several perspectives of sexuality that were brought out in the performing arts. The focus was given to gay themes by supportive producers and directors. With the growing levels of AIDS awareness, homosexual subjects have again been presented with greater frequency in dance.
Publication Name: Dance Chronicle
Subject: Arts, visual and performing
ISSN: 0147-2526
Year: 1995
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