The Archive · 1940

Conversations Anglo-Soviet Trade

Sir Stafford Cripps May Go to Moscow called at the Foreign Office Jast M. Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador, London, May 25.

The statement in the House of us gulared and the dances of three swans the (Yanover, Nedler, Kojevnikova) and conducted by the guest-conductor Maestro Sloutsky. The dancers, spired by the strains of a full symphony orchestra, danced to the best of their ability.

Outstanding, of course, was the dancing of Miss Audrey King, playing the part of Odette, the Swan Princess. Her superb technique performed with of two swans (Bobinina and Baranova) were well performed. The third act displayed the brilliancy of many numbers, out of which Joy Blackwood and Sonia Roth scored a thunderous applause in their Neapolitan Dance. The Spanish dance by Nedler and Yanover was well received. And again the grace and technique of Audrey King was displayed to the best advantage. The return to the Swan Lake of the fourth act, in which well played by Sokolsky) is con quered by the love of young Prince for Odette was the dramatic climax of this enchanting ballet.

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