Ballet Russe Dancer practising on an Australian beach

during the 1930s: '(Colonel W. de Basil's) Monte Carlo Russian Ballet' (1936-7), 'Covent Garden Russian Ballet, presented by Educational Ballets Ltd' (1938-9) and 'The Original Ballet Russe' (1939-40). All were under the aegis of Colonel W. de Basil. A number of the performances, informal practice sessions and general horsing round during these tours were recorded as home movies by Ewan Murray-Will. Notably (in the 1938-39 tour) an unidentified male dancer having (mostly) fun at the ...

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YouTube | June 27, 2009

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