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6701 results for: Keyword - Dance
We found 4004 matches on Performance Title, 3242 matches on Roles/Actors, 1418 matches on Performance Comments, 470 matches on Event Comments, and 19 matches on Author.

1026
04 January 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: I: a Dance of Spirits (composed by Gallet)-Mlle Dupre; III: [a Fantastic Dance-Grimaldi; [Both these dances, as here assigned, except on 14, 25 Apr. and 0 May, were included in all subsequent performances.] End IV: The Double Festival, as17761107, but Giorgi, +Blurton

1027
20 September 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; [These were danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.] V: a Ballet, Demie Caractere, composed by Gallet, The Double Festival-Gallet, Slingsby, Miss Armstrong, Sga Dupre

Related Works
Related Work: Pamela Author(s): James Dance

1028
02 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End I: a new Comic Dance-Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings (pupils of Aldridge); End II: [The Cricket@Match [sic]The Cricketters, as17780128; [in which part of the celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge[, originally composed and danced by him; III: Hornpipe, as17771017

Ballet: End: a new, Grand Marine Pantomimical Dance, suited to the times, The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth; or, British Glory. in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile

1029
23 December 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: a Dance of Cupids-; IV: [a Dance of Daemons-; V: Grand Dance [Grand Ballet [sic], as17781102; End I afterpiece: Minuet de la Cour, as17780919; [and Allemande, as17780919

Cast
Role: Grand Dance Actor: Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Sga Crespi.

1030
03 November 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: a Dance-Henry, Sga Crespi

1031
13 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17791103; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17791103; IV: Grand New Dance, as17800228, but Sga _Crespi

1032
24 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17791103; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17791103; IV: Dance, as17791103, but Delpini, Miss +Armstrong

1033
23 September 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: a Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong

1034
12 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17800923; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17800923; IV: a Dance-the Miss Stageldoirs

1035
10 January 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: End of Act I Pastoral Dance, as17811128; End of Act II Divertisement Dance, as17811117; End of Act in a new Serious Dance, composed by Noverre, Le Triompbe de l'Amour Conjugal, by Gardel, Mme Simonet, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Mlle Baccelli. [Cast from libretto of Giunio Bruto (E. Cox, 1781), where it is entitled Alceste: Admetus-Gardel; Alceste-Mme Simonet; Apollo-Nivelon; Hebe-Mlle Theodore; Iris-Mlle Baccelli.]

1036
07 March 1782 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Quinto Fabio

Dance: End of Act I Pastoral Dance, as17820129; End of Act II New Divertisement Dance, as17820216; End of Act III Divertisement Dance, as17811117, but Raymond in place of Bournonville

1037
11 June 1782 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Polly

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail: A Dramatic Proverb

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece a Dance of Pirates; In Act III a Dance of Indians {performers not listed for either dance)

1038
14 October 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: In Act I of mainpiece Country Dance incident to the Piece [This was danced in all subsequent performances]; End of Act II of mainpiece, as17840916; In afterpiece a Mock Minuet by Palmer and Miss Pope [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances]

1039
05 December 1786 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: II: a Dance of Spirits-Miss Stageldoir; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: Dance-Hamoir, Miss Stageldoir

Song: The Music by Purcel and Dr Arne-; with the additional Airs and Chorusses by the late Linley Jun-; Vocal Parts-Williames, Danby, Fawcett, Alfred, Newbold, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Miss Cranford, Miss J. Stageldoir

1040
11 January 1772 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Disertore

Dance: I: New DancesOf Mr Lepy-in which Mlle Heinel will dance two new Entres; End Last Act: A new Grand Ballet in which-Mlle Heinel will dance 3 Entres

1041
25 August 1701 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Dance: [By] 6 Companies of Rope Dancers; who] [are joyned in one, they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women, and Children, that could be found beyond the Seas, where will be performed such wonderful variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack Rope, the Sloaping Rope-; [you will see a wonderful Girl of 10 years of Age, who walk backward up the sloaping Rope-Girl of 10 years[, driving a Wheel-barrow behind her; [also you will see the Great Italian Master, who not only passes all that has yet been seen upon the low Rope, [but he Dances[ without a Pole upon the Head of a Mast [as high as the Booth will permit, and afterwards stands upon his Head on the same-Great Italian Master; [You will also be entertained with the many Conceits of an Italian Scaramouch, who Dances on the Rope [with 2 Children and a Dog in a Wheel-barrow, and a Duck on his Head-Italian Scaramouch

Dance: Such variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack/Rope, Tumbling, as has never been seen in this Fair before-

1042
23 October 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Song: A new song-Mrs Campion; Dialogue between two Beaus and two Coquet Ladies-

Dance: A new dance-Mrs Campion, Laferry; An Entry-Mrs Campion; the Dance- originally performed in The World in the Moon

Music: An Entertainment of New Instrumental Musick-Mr Bannister

1043
03 February 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Song: A New Song written by Mr Durfey, Set and-Mr Leveridge

Dance: Irish Dance-Claxton; five dances (two new)-Devonshire Girl

1044
15 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Tragedy

Music: As17040203 A Sonata-Gasperini

Dance: A new Entry compos'd-Monsieur Cherrier and perform'd by him, six others; a new Dance-Mrs Mayers; And also several Dances-the Devonshire Girl, a young Gentlewoman who never appear'd on the Stage before

1045
28 April 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid In The Mill

Song: Scotch Song Song in Praise of a Highland Laird-; other Scotch Songs-

Dance: Grand Dance of the Laird and his Highland Attendance-; Other Scotch dances-

1046
09 June 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche; Or, Love's Mistress

Music: All the Vocal and Instrumental Music compos'd by the Famous Mr Matthew Lock-

Dance: New dances- proper to the occasion; particularly Arbour Dance in Imitation of the Original-duRuel, Cherrier, Laforest

1047
26 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Dance: A New Dance by Four Scaramouches to Faranoll's Ground never perform'd but once-; A Scotch and Irish Dance-Miss Evans; Firbank, Firbank's Scholar

1048
27 November 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Note, That the Theatre in Dorset-Garden being now repair'd from the Damage done by the late great Winds, the same will be ready by the latter end of this Week to Act in, or for Entertainments of Musick and Danceing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Music: Several Italian sonatas on the violin-Gasperini

Dance: Spanish Dance, Punchanello-Cherrier; Other Dances-Mrs Lucas, Mrs Bicknell

1049
20 December 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Song: All the Songs in the Play being set to new Musick-Mr Leveridge

Dance: All the original Dances which were perform'd-; particularly the Card Dance-

1050
26 December 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Song: As17051011

Dance: Grand Dance-l'Abbe, deBarques, Mrs Elford; A new Scotch Dance-Mrs Bicknell

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