Melbourne Cup (1962 - )

Stringer, Walter: Photograph of the set design by Ann Church for the Australian Ballet production of Rex Reid's 'Melbourne Cup', 1962

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Melbourne Cup was commissioned for the inaugural season of the Australian Ballet. It premiered in Sydney on 16 November 1962. Its choreography was by Rex Reid who, with Geoffrey Ingram, also created a libretto centring on the running of the first Melbourne Cup, which was won by Archer in 1860. With designs by Ann Church Melbourne Cup was danced to a collage of nineteenth-century music arranged by Harold Badger. The opening night cast featured Kathleen Gorham as Archer, Karl Welander as Archer's Jockey, Leonie Leahy as the Debutante and Garth Welch as the Jackeroo.

See also: Australian Ballet, The ; Gorham, Kathleen ; Ingram, Geoffrey ; Reid, Rex ; Welch, Garth

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