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Ballet

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Keynes: The Papers of Lydia Lopokova Keynes

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/LLK
Scope and Contents

This collection comprises materials related to the performances of Lydia Lopokova Keynes, pieces of her writing, correspondence, and other items that chronicle her life, including photographs, diaries, scrapbooks and reminiscences by others. Although the collection covers a variety of topics, Lydia's professional interests have led to a concentration of items concerning the subjects of ballet and drama.

Dates: 1903 - 1986
 Item

Programme for 'Let's Make a Ballet', 195507

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/279/1/C/iii
Scope and Contents

This was part of the Arts Theatre Summer Festival 1955. It ran from 25th to 30th July and included one new ballet, 'Les Rats', by Mari Bicknell, with music by Joseph Horovitz. The programme cover and back include illustrations by Charles Handley Read

Dates: 195507
 Fonds

Records of Cambridge University Ballet Club, 1992 - 2009

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.113
Scope and Contents From the Management Group:

The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.

Dates: 1992 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Souvenir programme for screening of 'The Tales of Hoffman', 195110

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/279/1/D/iv/a
Scope and Contents

This screening was shown for 2 weeks from 8th October 1951. The comic-opera film was written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and the cast included Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, and Leonide Massine. The programme includes photographs of the actors and a synopsis of the plot.

Dates: 195110