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Tights

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

  • Image unavailable

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

Qr_O105495
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