Façade
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Ballet: Work details
| Choreographer: |
Frederick Ashton |
| Composer: |
William Walton |
| Music title: |
Façade (1922) |
| Work definition: |
Ballet in one act |
| Notes: |
The original ballet consisted of seven sections: Scotch Rhapsody (later called Ecossaise), Jodelling Song (later Swiss Yodelling Song, or Tyrolienne), Polka, Valse (later Waltz), Popular Song, Tango Pasodoble, Finale - Tarantella Sevillana (later Tarantella Finale). In 1935, Ashton added Country Dance, and in 1940, he added Noche Espagnola (Nocturne pérvuivenne) and Foxtrot. A subtitle was added to the ballet in 1935: 'A ballet in one act freely adapted to music originally written as a setting to poems by Edith Sitwell'.
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| World premiere: |
26 April 1931, Camargo Society, Cambridge Theatre, London |
| ROH premiere: |
1 August 1949, Sadler's Wells Ballet |
| ROH company premiere: |
8 October 1935, The Vic-Wells Ballet, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
| Productions |
| Façade (1940) |
The Vic-Wells Ballet (53 performances online) |