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...according to McNair Ilgenfritz' will, the offer will go, successively, to London's Covent Garden, Sadler's Wells, the Paris Opéra, the Paris Opéra-Comique, and the opera houses of Monte Carlo, Nice and Brussels. If, after 21 years, none accepts the bequest, the money will go to a memorial foundation to build a concert hall in Newport, R.I., where Ilgenfritz used to spend his summers...
Citation: "Distinguished woman of today's Britain and tomorrow's; schooled with wise foresight, as a career unfolded, in France, in Germany, and at Oxford . . . As a governor of Sadler's Wells and the Old Vic, earning the thanks of her countrymen in another distinctive field; wife of a diplomat, herself an envoy extraordinary...
...company as a whole is excellent in classical numbers, though Sadler's Wells does most of them better. In their modern productions, the Russians show that they live in another world. In these pieces, their choreography is heavy, full of gymnastics and without imagination...
Britons, proud of their Sadler's Wells Ballet Company, were never more sure of their pride than last week. Back home to London's Covent Garden came the company after a triumphant 19-week, 24-city tour of the U.S. and Canada, during which Sadler's Wells netted more than $600.000 beyond expenses. Dollar triumph aside. London was simply glad to have Sadler's Wells back. Usually reserved Covent Gardeners gave them tier upon tier of applause at each solo entrance (in a full-length Sleeping Beauty, all but brought down the venerable house when Prima...
...Sadler's Choreographer Frederick Ashton was glowing too. American audiences had "clapped everything." he said. Perhaps the word had got around in London that "dancers like to be applauded...