Record

Performance TitleA Dazzling Evening of World Dance - Explosive Dance, in aid of The British Red Cross Anti-Personnel Landmines Campaign Dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales
Performance Date15 September 1998
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersWayne Sleep,
Dmitri Gruzdyev,
Tamara Rojo,
Antonio Marquez,
Antonia Franceschi,
Matthew Hart,
Deborah Bull,
Ashley Page,
Viviana Durante,
Irek Mukhamedov,
Adam Cooper,
Scott Ambler,
Darcey Bussell,
Igor Zelensky - dancers

Riverdance,
Club Salsa [principal dancer - Richard Marcel],
Bootscoop [Scott Blair and Dancers],
The Jiving Lindy Hoppers

Philip Gammon - piano,
Robert Gibbs - violin
Orchestra or BandRoyal Ballet Sinfonia, the Orchestra of Birmingham Royal Ballet
ConductorsPaul Murphy,
Daryl Griffith
Set ListOverture - 'Czardas (Coppelia)', Delibes,
'Bootscootin' - The Show', Barry Upton, Steve Crosby (Scott Blair, Dancers),
'Don Quixote', Minkus (Tamara Rojo, Dmitri Gruzdyev),
'El Sombrero de Tres Picos', de Falla (Antonio Marquez, Dancers),
'El Zapateado de Sarasate', Sarasate (Antonio Marquez , Dancers),
'Cry Baby Kreisler', Kreisler (Antonia Franceschi, Matthew Hart),
'Walk and Talk', Orlando Gough (Deborah Bull, Ashley Page)
One Man Dance (The Jiving Lindy Hoppers),
Stews and Stops (The Jiving Lindy Hoppers),
'Manon Pas de Deux Act 1 Scene 2', Massenet (Viviana Durante, Irek Mukhamedov)
INTERVAL
VIDA! (Club Salsa),
'Swan Lake', Tchaikovsky (Adam Cooper, Scott Ambler, Adventures in Motion Pictures),
'Chaplin', Offenbach (Wayne Sleep, Dancers),
'Le Corsaire pas de deux', Riccardo Drigo (Darcey Bussell, Igor Zelensky),
'Trading Taps', Bill Whelan (Riverdance),
'Heartland', Bill Whelan (Riverdance)
Performance NotesThis was a major dance event covering dance genres ranging from ballet to line dancing, jazz to Irish dancing.

Dircted by Wayne Sleep.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1998/123),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1998/22),
Poster (RAHE/2/1998/20),
Transparencies (RAHE/3/19/24)
Ticket Prices£20-£100
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1998/123Explosive Dance, in aid of The British Red Cross Anti-Personnel Landmines Campaign Dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales15 September 1998
RAHE/6/1998/22A Dazzling Evening of World Dance - Explosive Dance, in aid of The British Red Cross Anti-Personnel Landmines Campaign Dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales15 September 1998
RAHE/3/19/24Explosive Dance15 September 1998
RAHE/2/1998/20A Dazzling Evening of World Dance - Explosive Dance, in aid of The British Red Cross Anti-Personnel Landmines Campaign Dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales15 September 1998
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Orakeasiez_NosA Dazzling Evening of World Dance - Explosive Dance, in aid of The British Red Cross Anti-Personnel Landmines Campaign Dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/16602Rojo; Tamara (17 May 1974); CBE; Canadian-born Spanish ballet dancer and artistic director of the English National Ballet
DS/UK/17144Riverdance Company; 1994-; Irish dance company
DS/UK/21711Birmingham Royal Ballet; 1946-; English ballet company
DS/UK/8763Sleep; Wayne (17 July 1948); OBE; British dancer, choreographer and actor
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