ROYAL BALLET 1969

Titles read: 'EXTRA!' Royal Ballet.

This item is in colour.

London.

Exterior shots of Royal Opera House at Covent Garden (daylight). C/U of sign outside reading 'Royal Opera House'.

Commentator talks of the Royal Ballet company touring the United States of America. Several shots of people putting costumes on rails outside the theatre to be packed up. Tour seems to be of 'Sleeping Beauty'.

Inside the Royal Ballet School we see star dancers Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell rehearsing. She wears a tutu and he wears tights and a striped tunic. Royal Ballet assistant director Michael Soames looks on. Back at Covent Garden we see scenery and costumes being loaded onto trucks. Back in the rehearsal room we see Dowell and Sibley going through the choreography for 'The Dance of the Dollies' with piano accompaniment.

M/S of Sir Frederick Ashton, Director of the Royal Ballet and two girls coming out of the Royal Ballet School. General view of the company on a coach on their way to the airport. At the airport we see soloist ballerinas Virgie Durnan and Anne Jenner boarding the charter jet plane, followed by principal Merle Park and Ashton. A female dancer Svetlana Beriosova, then Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell. L/S of the plane taking off.

There is no paperwork for this issue so spellings of names have been transcribed phonetically and may be incorrect. Any corrections gratefully received.