Tights
- Date:
1969
- Artist/Maker:
Walker, David (costume designers)
- Credit Line:
Given by The Royal Academy of Dancing
- Museum number:
S.1659D-1982
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Costume for Le Duc de Joyeuse as Valour worn by Anthony Molyneux and Douglas Vardon. Tights.
Date
1969
Artist/maker
Walker, David (costume designers)
Object history note
Tights used in the recreation of the costume worn by Le Duc de Joyeuse as Valour in the ballet 'Ballet Royal de la Nuit', 1653. The costume was worn by Anthony Molyneux and Douglas Vardon, and used in the production 'The Twelfth Rose', performed by Ballet For All (part of The Royal Ballet) at the Swan Theatre, Worcester, September 1969. The choreography for the reconstruction was staged by Mary Skeaping, the music was by Camberfort, and the words were by Benserade (translated by Fergus Early). The costumes were designed by David Walker.
Descriptive line
Tights used in the recreation of the costume worn by Le Duc de Joyeuse as Valour in the ballet 'Ballet Royal de la Nuit' (1653) worn by Anthony Molyneux and Douglas Vardon and used in the production 'The Twelfth Rose', Ballet For All, Swan Theatre, Worcester, 1969
Associated names
Skeaping, Mary
Collection code
T&P

