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[The haunted ballroom]

Title
  1. [The haunted ballroom] [graphic] / S.D.
Published by
  1. [1934?]
Author
  1. Devine, Sophie, 1901-

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Additional authors
  1. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
  2. Motley (Organization) asn
Description
  1. 1 drawing : graphite, gouache, col.; 43 x 28 cm.
Summary
  1. Costume design for the role of Alicia in the ballet The haunted ballroom.
Subject
  1. Vic-Wells Ballet
  2. Costume design drawings
  3. Haunted ballroom (Choreographic work : De Valois)
Genre/Form
  1. Costume design drawings.
Call number
  1. *MGZGB Dev S Hau 1
Note
  1. Initialed: S.D.
  2. Labeled: 1st girl. Copy.
  3. Title devised by cataloger.
Biography (note)
  1. The haunted ballroom (choreography, Ninette de Valois; music and scenario, Geoffrey Toye) was first performed by the Vic-Wells Ballet in London in 1934. Its scenery and costumes were credited to Motley, a trio of stage designers: Sophie Devine, Margaret Harris, and Elizabeth Montgomery. This costume was originally worn by ballerina Alicia Markova in the role of Alicia, the leader of the ghostly dancers who descend upon the ballet's ill-fated protagonist, the Master of Treginnis. This drawing, labeled Copy, may have been made for London Festival Ballet's revival of the ballet in 1965, with designs also credited to Motley.
  2. Motley, a team of three British stage designers, comprised the sisters Margaret Harris and Sophie Devine, and their friend Elizabeth Montgomery. Active from 1932 to 1976, they were a major presence in stage design both in Britain and the United States, where Harris and Montgomery worked for a time. They designed plays, ballets, operas, and films, and founded a school for stage design in Britain.
Author
  1. Devine, Sophie, 1901-
Title
  1. [The haunted ballroom] [graphic] / S.D.
Imprint
  1. [1934?]
Biography
  1. The haunted ballroom (choreography, Ninette de Valois; music and scenario, Geoffrey Toye) was first performed by the Vic-Wells Ballet in London in 1934. Its scenery and costumes were credited to Motley, a trio of stage designers: Sophie Devine, Margaret Harris, and Elizabeth Montgomery. This costume was originally worn by ballerina Alicia Markova in the role of Alicia, the leader of the ghostly dancers who descend upon the ballet's ill-fated protagonist, the Master of Treginnis. This drawing, labeled Copy, may have been made for London Festival Ballet's revival of the ballet in 1965, with designs also credited to Motley.
  2. Motley, a team of three British stage designers, comprised the sisters Margaret Harris and Sophie Devine, and their friend Elizabeth Montgomery. Active from 1932 to 1976, they were a major presence in stage design both in Britain and the United States, where Harris and Montgomery worked for a time. They designed plays, ballets, operas, and films, and founded a school for stage design in Britain.
Local note
  1. For a costume design by Elizabeth Montgomery for The haunted ballroom, see: *MGZGA Mon E Hau 1.
  2. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Added author
  1. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004. Associated name
  2. Motley (Organization) Associated name
Research call number
  1. *MGZGB Dev S Hau 1
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