Costume Design
1948 (made)
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Costume design by Jan le Witt for The Monkey of Ukubaba in Children's Corner, 1948
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Materials and techniques | Crayon and pencil on tracing paper |
Brief description | Costume design by Jan le Witt for The Monkey of Ukubaba in Children's Corner, 1948 |
Marks and inscriptions | 'Black velvet / palms in pink / The Monkey / Jan le Witt / Sadlers Wells Ballet - "Morceaux Enfantins"(Debussy) / chor: John Cranko' (Signature & textual information. Beneath and around figures.) |
Object history | This design is one of five designs for the ballet, Children's Corner, bought at Sotheby's sale of Illustrated Books, Children's Books and Related Drawings, London, 30 November 1994 (Lot 388). Associated production: Children's Corner. Choreographer: John Cranko. Designer: Jan le Witt. Dancer: Annette Page. Performing company: Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet. Sadler's Wells, London, 6.4.1948. Performance category: Ballet. Annette Page danced the role of The Monkey of Ukubaba in this production. This design is particularly important as it is the only example so far found which relates to MacMillan's early dancing career.John Cranko came to England to study at the Sadler's Wells School in 1946 and went on to join the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company as choreographer rather than dancer. As there were few opportunities for producing ballets with the company, Cranko had been working for the Royal Academy of Dancing Production Club. Here, Ninette de Valois saw Morceaux Enfantins, set to Debussy's suite of the same name, and brought it into the Theatre Ballet repertory. Renamed Children's Corner, and given new designs by the well-known children's book illustrator, Jan le Witt, the ballet joined the repertory in 1948. |
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Accession number | S.2106-1995 |
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Record created | October 7, 2010 |
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