i'm not familiar with the name or career of Sheilah O'Reilly.
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British ballet and schoolchildren from another timeCOPPELIA, 1953
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, Jul 31 2010 03:09 PM
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 03:09 PM
the attached scan of a news photo, with its caption, offers a look at ballet in yesteryear Britain.
i'm not familiar with the name or career of Sheilah O'Reilly.
i'm not familiar with the name or career of Sheilah O'Reilly.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 04:04 PM
Sheilah O'Reilly was one of the original members of the Sadler' Wells Theatre Ballet, appearing with the company from 1945 to 1955. She created the role of Mrs Dimple in John Cranko's Pineapple Poll and also had a part in the original version of Lady and the Fool. She created the title role in Celia Franca's Khadra and also danced the Betrayed Girl in Rake's Progress, the Bride in La Fete Etrange and Swanhilda in Coppelia.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 04:53 PM
very many thanks for the historical perspective on S. O'R. i guess the photo's more historical than i realized, w/ S.O'R. in a role she 'created' in her day in this staging.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 05:30 PM
It is further interesting to see David Blair. It was about this time that he transitioned from the Touring Company to the Main Stage, and he looks ever so much more mature (at 21) than many other photos I've seen of him from that era of RB.
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