Identity area
Reference code
RAD/2/BED/6/30
Title
Photograph of Phyllis Bedells in the 'Blue Bird' pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty, London, 1927.
Date(s)
- 1927 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 vintage prints
7 1/2 in. x 9 3/4 in. (192 mm x 248 mm)
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Box no. 7
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Bedells danced this pas de deux with Anton Dolin at the London Coliseum in 1927, and with Harold Turner in Liverpool in 1931.
Alternative identifier(s)
RAD Archive no.
BED.29
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Name access points
- Bedells, Phyllis (Subject)