Buckles Blog: 1965 RBBB TV Special #24

Saturday, July 06, 2013

The broadcast includes the famous Swan Lake aerial ballet that was set to Tschaikovsky’s music.

Eric said...: SWAN LAKE has been one of my all-time favorite ballets since I first heard the music back when I was 13. This is the ballet that was featured in the recent hit film THE BLACK SWAN.; 06 July, 2013 09:15
Chic Silber said...: 24 web girls surrounded Vicky &

they were all together in unison

thanks to Antoinette's patience

(& Dickie's screaming); 06 July, 2013 09:21
Chic Silber said...: 24 webs & NO chain motors hung from

the outriggers on the main frames; 06 July, 2013 09:23
Eric said...: In his book BIG TOP BOSS – JOHN RINGLING NORTH AND THE CIRCUS, David Lewis Hammarstrom devotes several pages to discussing the SWAN LAKE aerial ballet. Apparently JRN agreed to engage Trolle Rhodin’s brother Teddy (ballet master at the Royal Opera in Stockholm) to assist Richard Barstow with this number. This did not sit well with Barstow, who threatened to go back to New York. In the end, Teddy’s contribution consisted of a few basic ballet steps for the girls to do on their way to the webs.; 06 July, 2013 12:42

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