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GALANT ASSEMBLY
Dance Theatre at Oxford, 1937
Charlotte Bidmead, Hugh Stevenson, Agnes de Mille,
Peggy van Praagh Antony Tudor and Victoria Fenn.; Angus McBean
Photograph Copyright ©: Harvard Theatre Collection; Courtesy of Judith Chasin-Bennahum.
Synopsis:
Gallant Assembly was a beautifully produced eighteenth-century Gallic romp. Alive with a colorful
setting and bouffant costumes borrowed from the eighteenth-century costume designer Boquet at the Paris Opera,
the action focuses on the illicit skirmishes of bored aristocrats seeking scandalous diversions. Four ladies, two
gentlemen, and two hired performers mince their steps in this comedy of manners.
The setting for Gallant Assembly is a rather solemn formal garden.
According to Lionel Bradley, "there is no conclusive story, it all seems to resolve into the pursuit of woman
by man and vice-versa. There did seem to be a fascinating central figure, however, that of an older woman"
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| Choreography |
| Antony Tudor |
| Music / Composer |
Giuseppe Tartini
Cello Concerto in D |
| First Performance |
Oxford - The Playhouse
June 14, 1937
Oxford Dance Theatre |
| First Cast Performance |
| Aristocrats in Love: Agnes de Mille, Peggy van Praagh, Victoria Fenn, Charlotte Bidmead, Antony
Tudor, Hugh Stevenson, Margaret Braithwaite, Hugh Laing |
| Costumes / Scenery |
| Hugh Stevenson |
| Notated |
1976 by Murial Topaz
(Labanotation) |
| Number of Dancers |
| NA |
| Average Length |
| NA |
| Costumes / Scenery |
| NA |
| Licensing Information |
| NA |
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