The National Ballet of Canada

Repertoire 1960-1969

Veronica Tennant and Earl Kraul in Romeo and Juliet
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Veronica Tennant and Earl Kraul in Romeo and Juliet
1960/61
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Antic Spring Jacques Ibert Grant Strate Mark Negin
Barbara Allen* (Dark of the Moon) Louis Applebaum David Adams Kay Ambrose
Pas de Six Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky David Adams Kay Ambrose
Princess Aurora Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
arranged by
George Crum
Marius Petipa, additional choreography by Celia Franca Kay Ambrose
The Remarkable Rocket Maurice Surdin Don Gillies Jack Nichols
1961/62
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Concerto Barocco Johann Sebastian Bach George Balanchine, staged by Una Kai Wallace Russell Wallace Russell
One in Five Johann and Josef Strauss, orchestrated by George Crum Ray Powell Derek Rencher Wallace Russell
1962/63
The Judgment of Paris Kurt Weill Antony Tudor Hugh Laing Wallace Russell
Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire Riccardo Drigo Robert Klavin, staged by Galina Samsova Wallace Russell
Pas de Six from Laurencia Alexander Krein, arranged by George Crum Vakhtang Chabukiane, staged by Galina Samsova Jerry Procur
Time Cycle Lukas Foss Grant Strate Mark Negin
Sequel Anton Webern Grant Strate Mark Negin
Serenade Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky George Balanchine, staged by Una Kai Brian Jackson Wallace Russell
1963/64
Allégresse Felix Mendelssohn- Bartholdy Zachary Solov Robert Doyle Wallace Russell
House of Atreus Harry Somers Grant Strate Harold Town Wallace Russell
Pas de Deux from Don Quixote Ludwig Minkus Marius Pepita, staged by Svetlana Beriosova Mark Negin Wallace Russell
Pas de Deux from Don Quixote Ludwig Minkus Eugen Valukin Mark Negin
Pas de Deux from Walpurgis Night Charles Gounod L. Lavrovsky, staged by Galina Samsova Mark Negin
Romeo and Juliet Serge Prokofiev John Cranko Jürgen Rose Wallace Russell
1964/65
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Clair de Lune Claude Debussy Eugen Valukin Wallace Russell
Électre Henri Pousseur Grant Strate Jürgen Rose Wallace Russell
The Nutcracker* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Celia Franca, after Marius Petipa Jürgen Rose Wallace Russell (1964)
Michael J. Whitfield (1986)
Pas de Deux Alexander Glazunov John Cranko  
Pas de Deux Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Grant Strate  
La Sylphide H. Løvenskjold, orchestration
and additional music by George Crum
Erik Bruhn, after August Bournonville Robert Prévost Wallace Russell
Triptych Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Grant Strate Wallace Russell
1965/66
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Adagio Cantabile Tomaso Albinoni, arranged by Walter Babiak Heinz Poll Kay Ambrose Wallace Russell
Swan Lake Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Marius Petipa/Lev Ivanov, produced by Celia Franca Kay Ambrose
Lilac Garden (Revival) Ernest Chausson Antony Tudor Jürgen Rose Wallace Russell
Pulcinella Igor Stravinsky, after Giambattista Pergolesi Grant Strate Mark Negin Wallace Russell
The Rake's Progress Gavin Gordon Dame Ninette de Valois, staged by Faith Worth Rex Whistler, after Hogarth,adapted by Lawrence Schafer Wallace Russell
Rivalité Gioacchino Rossini Daniel Seillier   Wallace Russell
Solitaire Malcolm Arnold Sir Kenneth MacMillan, staged by Faith Worth Lawrence Schafer Wallace Russell
1966/67
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
La Bayadèrka: Act IV Ludwig Minkus Marius Petipa, produced by Eugen Valukin Wallace Russell
Eh! Francis Poulenc Celia Franca Lawrence Schafer Wallace Russell
Mélodie Antonin Dvorák, orchestrated by George Crum Eugen Valukin
Rondo Giocoso Gioacchino Rossini Heinz Poll Lawrence Schafer Wallace Russell
Swan Lake* Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Erik Bruhn, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Desmond Heeley Wallace Russell
1967/68
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Cinderella Serge Prokofiev Celia Franca Jürgen Rose Wallace Russell
La Prima Ballerina Godfrey Ridout Heino Heiden Lawrence Schafer Wallace Russell
Studies in White George Philipp Telemann Grant Strate Lawrence Schafer
1968/69
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
The Arena Benjamin Britten Grant Strate John Bogaerts
Célébrations Gabriel Fauré Heinz Poll Lawrence Schafer Wallace Russell
Cyclus Peter Welffens Grant Strate John Bogaerts Wallace Russell
The Four Temperaments Paul Hindemith George Balanchine Wallace Russell
Kraanerg Iannis Xenakis Roland Petit Victor Vasarely & Yvaral Wallace Russell
Pas de Deux Clermont Pépin David Gordon
Phases Erik Satie Grant Strate
1969/70
Ballet Music Choreographer Designer Lighting Designer
Death and the Maiden Franz Schubert Andrée Howard Andrée Howard
The Littlest One John Beckwith David Adams Cynthia MacLennan
The Mermaid Maurice Ravel Andrée Howard, in collaboration with Susan Salaman Kay Ambrose, after Andrée Howard
Giselle* Adolphe Adam, revised and orchestrated by George Crum and revised by Joseph Horowitz (1992) produced by Peter Wright, after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa Desmond Heeley Gil Wechsler
The Lesson Georges Delerue Fleming Flindt, after Ionesco Bernard Dayde Wallace Russell
Le Loup Henri Dutilleux Roland Petit Jean Carzou Wallace Russell

* New Production