Item 30 - Photograph of Phyllis Bedells in the 'Blue Bird' pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty, London, 1927.

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RAD/2/BED/6/30

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Photograph of Phyllis Bedells in the 'Blue Bird' pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty, London, 1927.

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  • 1927 (Creation)

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2 vintage prints
7 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. (192 mm x 248 mm)

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Full-length studio portrait in costume. Bedells is standing with her legs in a crossed fifth position on pointe. Both arms are raised above the head with palms facing upwards and resting on top of the head. The name of the photographer is printed on the bottom right corner of the image. The name of the dancer, production, location, date and dance partner: Anton Dolin, is handwritten on the reverse.

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      Box no. 7

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      Bedells danced this pas de deux with Anton Dolin at the London Coliseum in 1927, and with Harold Turner in Liverpool in 1931.

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      BED.29

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