lesley collier

[jose manuel]

I have re-watched recently my tape of la fille mal gardee by the royal balletand I am very impresses by Lesley Collier.

she is a dancer of such charm (apart from her brilliant technique). can anyone tell me sth about her,speciallly what is she doing now??

thanks in advance

jose manuel

[Jane Simpson]

She's currently a repetiteur at the Royal Ballet, often listed as having coached the principal dancers, especially in the Ashton repertoire.

[jose manuel]

hi

thank you very much for the info!

jose manuel

[rg]

LC can also be seen the following telecasts, films, & video releases.

Enigma variations 1969.

33 min. sd. color.

Notes :Subtitle: My friends pictured within.

Produced by James Archibald for the Rank Organization.

Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Edward Elgar. Performed by artists of the Royal Ballet including: Derek Rencher, Svetlana Beriosova, Stanley Holden, Brian Shaw, Alexander Grant, with Robert Mead, Vyvyan Lorrayne, Anthony Dowell, Georgina Parkinson, Desmond Doyle, Ann Jenner, Wayne Sleep, Leslie Edwards, Deanne Bergsma, Patricia Linton, Lesley Collier, Donald Kirkpatrick, Christine Aitken, Frank Treeman, Julie Wood, Ronald Plaisted, Gary Sinclaire, Lois Strike and John Haynes.

The Royal Ballet salutes the U.S.A. 1978.

(140 min.) : sd., color

Notes :Performance by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, telecast live by satellite on WNEW-TV/Channel 5, New York on July 22, 1978. A BBC presentation in association with Metromedia Television, New York. Producer: Brian Large. Television directors: Colin Nears, Bob Lockyer, and Brian Large. Host: Gene Kelly.

CONTENTS. -Elite syncopations. Choreography: Kenneth Macmillan. Music: Scott Joplin. Costumes: Ian Spurling. Performed by Vergie Derman, Monica Mason, Alfreda Thorogood, Michael Colemen, Wayne Eagling, Stephen Jefferies, Wayne Sleep, Jennifer Penney, and Derek Deane. Four Schumann pieces Choreography: Hans van Manen. Music: Robert Schumann (String quartet in A major, op. 41, no. 3) Designer: Jean Paul Vroom. Performed by Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier, Julian Hosking, Wendy Ellis, Michael Corder, Marguerite Porter, Mark Silver, Wendy Groombridge, and Derek Deane. - La fille mal gardée: Fanny Elssler pas de deux. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Ferdinand Hérold. Performed by Wendy Ellis and Michael Coleman. The sleeping beauty: Bluebird and Princess Florine pas de deux. Choreography: Marius Petipa. Music: Petr Chaikovskii. Performed by Jennifer Penney and Wayne Eagling. Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Percy Grainger. Performed by Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, and Graham Fletcher. Monotones II. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Erik Satie. Performed by Vergie Derman, Derek Deane, and Mark Silver. Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Johannes Brahms. Performed by Lynn Seymour. Solo piano: Philip Gammon.

Romeo and Juliet: Balcony pas de deux (beginning) Choreography: Kenneth Macmillan. Music: Sergei Prokof'ev. Performed by Lesley Collier and Anthony Dowell.

Cinderella 1979.

105 min. : sd. color

Notes :Telecast by the BBC of the December 22, 1979 performance at Covent Garden, London. Director: Brian Large.

Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Serge Prokofiev. Scenery: Henry Bardon. Costumes: David Walker. Lighting: John Wilson.

Performed by the Royal Ballet. Cast: Lesley Collier (Cinderella), Anthony Dowell (Prince), Derek Rencher and Brian Shaw (Stepsisters), Leslie Edwards (Father), Monica Mason (Fairy Godmother), Christopher Carr (Dancing master), Adrian Reed and Louis Rutland (Fiddlers), Anthony Conway (Tailor), Julie Lincoln and Christine Woodward (Dressmakers), Nicholas Whittle (Shoemaker), Garry Grant (Hairdresser), Anthony Molyneux (Jeweller), Andrew Ward (Coachman), Jennifer Penney (Fairy Spring), Vergie Derman (Fairy Summer), Merle Park (Fairy Autumn), Pippa Wylde (Fairy Winter), Wayne Sleep (Jester), Michael Batchelor, Mark Silver, Derek Deane, Julian Hosking (Prince's friends), David Drew and Graham Fletcher (Stepsisters' suitors).

Tales of Beatrix Potter / EMI Film Productions Ltd. in association with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden ; directed by Reginald Mills ; produced by Richard Goodwin ; adapted for the screen by Richard Goodwin and Christine Edzard ; choreography by Frederick Ashton ; music, period melodies arranged by John Lanchbery.

Republic Pictures, 1971.(86 min.) : sd., col.

Notes :Danced by members of the Royal Ballet: Frederick Ashton (Mrs. Tiggywinkle), Alexander Grant (Peter Rabbit/Pigling Bland), Julie Wood (Mrs. Tittlemouse), Keith Martin (Johnny Townmouse), Robert Mead (Fox), Garry Grant (Alexander), Sally Ashby (Mrs. Pettitoes/Tabitha Twitchit), Brenda Last (Black Berkshire Pig), Michael Coleman (Jeremy Fisher), Wayne Sleep (Tom Thumb/Squirrel Nutkin), Lesley Collier (Hunca Munca), Leslie Edwards (Owl).

Actors: Erin Geraghty (Beatrix Potter), Joan Benham (the nurse), Wilfred Babbage (the butler).

Music performed by the orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, conducted by John Lanchbery.

Sets and costumes, Christine Edzard ; masks, Rostislav Doboujinsky ; executive producer, John Brabourne ; art director, John Howell ; director of photography, Austin Dempster.

The nutcracker / produced by the BBC in association with Arts International ; directed for television by John Vernon ; choreography by Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.

Thorn EMI HBO Video, 1985.

(120 min.) : sd., col.

Notes :Performed by artists of the Royal Ballet and pupils of the Royal Ballet School: Michael Coleman (Herr Drosselmeyer), Julie Rose (Clara), Guy Niblett (Nutcracker), Lesley Collier (Sugar plum fairy), Anthony Dowell (the prince), and others.

Scenario, Marius Petipa, revised by Peter Wright, based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann ; scenery and costumes, Julia Trevelyan Oman ; lighting, John B. Read.

Videotaped in performance at the Royal Opera House, London, on January 30, 1985.

Mayerling / co-produced by BBC, Covent Garden Pioneer FSP Ltd., and The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; directed for television by Derek Bailey ; produced by Stephany Marks and Jane Pleydell-Bouverie ; choreography by Kenneth MacMillan, staged by Monica Mason ; music by Franz Liszt, arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery.

Covent Garden Pioneer, c1994.

(130 min.) : sd., col.

Notes :This recording was also commercially released by Kultur.

Videotaped in performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, England.

Scenario, Gillian Freeman ; design, Nicholas Georgiadis ; stage lighting, John B. Read ; television lighting direction, Peter Mumford ; production adviser, Deborah MacMillan ; executive producers, Revel Guest (for Covent Garden Pioneer), Bob Lockyer (for BBC).

Danced by the Royal Ballet.

Irek Mukhamedov (Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary) ; Viviana Durante (Baroness Mary Vetsera) ; Lesley Collier (Countess Marie Larisch) ; Darcey Bussell (Mitzi Caspar) ; Jane Burn (Princess Stephanie) ; Nicola Tranah (Empress Elisabeth) ; Matthew Hart (Bratfisch) ; Stuart Cassidy, Adam Cooper, Errol Pickford, William Trevitt (four Hungarian officers) ; Derek Rencher (Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary) ; Gerd Larsen (Baroness Helene Vetsera) ; Jacqui Tallis (Archduchess Sophie) ; Stephen Wicks (Colonel "Bay" Middleton) ; Linda Finnie [mezzo-soprano] (Katherina Schratt) ; Anthony Twiner (Alfred Grünfeld) ; Christopher Newton (Count Edward Taafe) ; David Pickering (Count Hoyos) ; Sarah Wildor (Princess Louise) ; Luke Heydon (Prince Philipp of Coburg) ; Gail Taphouse (Princess Gisela) ; Muriel Valtat (Princess Valerie) ; Leana Palma (Princess Valerie as a child) ; Iain Webb (Loschek) ; Matthew Trent (Count Larisch) ; and others.

Music performed by the Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, conducted by Barry Wordsworth.

The nutcracker / British Broadcasting Corporation ; directed for television by John Vernon ; choreography and production by Rudolf Nureyev ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.

British Broadcasting Corporation, c1968.

(121 min.) : sd., col.

Recorded in performance at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London, England, in 1968. Telecast by BBC TV on March 10, 1968.

Choreography for the Prince's Act II variation, Vassily Vainonen ; stage performance under the supervision of John Hart ; scenario based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann ; design, Nicholas Georgiadis ; original stage lighting, William Bundy ; television lighting, James Thomas.

Danced by the Royal Ballet, with pupils of the Royal Ballet Junior School.

Merle Park (Clara) ; Rudolf Nureyev (Herr Drosselmeyer/the Prince) ; Leslie Edwards (Dr. Stahlbaum) ; Betty Kavanagh (Frau Stahlbaum) ; Keith Martin (Fritz) ; Ann Jenner (Louisa) ; [Keith Martin, Merle Park, Ann Jenner (doll dances)] ; Gerd Larsen (grandmother) ; Stanley Holden (grandfather) ; Wayne Sleep (the nutcracker) ; Ronald Plaisted (the rat king) ; Monica Mason, Vyvyan Lorrayne [leaders of the snowflakes] ; Georgina Parkinson, Michael Coleman, and others (Spanish dance) ; Gerd Larsen, Ann Howard, Alexander Grant, Gary Sherwood, and others (Arab dance) ; Kenneth Mason, Keith Martin, Geoffrey Cauley (Chinese dance) ; Monica Mason, Jane Robinson, Derek Rencher, Ronald Hynd, and others (Russian dance) ; Carole Hill, Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep (pastorale).

Music performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conducted by John Lanchbery.

[jose manuel]

thank you very much RG for the detailed information.

another question. when did she retire?

jose manuel

[Alexandra]

I don't have the exact date, but I believe it was the mid-90s.

Here's a link to a brief biography of Ms. Collier on Ballet.co

[BalletNut]

According to that link, Collier retired in 1995, and I may have read somewhere that she danced Giselle for her final performance.

[Joseph]

I had Leslie when I went to the Royal Ballet School's summer program in '99. In addition to being a good ballet mistress, she was a good teacher and a very sweet / kind person! (which is always nice)

[Marc Haegeman]

Exactly, Lesley Collier retired in July 1995 with a performance of "Giselle" (partnered by Irek Mukhamedov).