A Life Remembered    continued........../

In 1969 the company accepted an invitation to move its base to Glasgow, where it became Scottish Theatre Ballet, and, later, in recognition of a widening repertoire and purpose, Scottish Ballet. Darrell's choreography remained its foundation stone. The Tales of Hoffmann and Cinderella are probably the best examples of his long narrative works, which also included Mary Queen of Scots, a radical new treatment of Swan Lake and an intelligent and stylish production of Giselle.

He made numerous shorter works for Scottish Ballet and other companies and staged several of his ballets abroad for companies in Australia, Czechoslovakia, Japan, Hong Kong and the USA. He was awarded the CBE in 1984.

Press Cuttings
  "Peter Darrell was a man of theatre above all else, and his ballets and his artistic judgements never ignored the fact that dancing is not a remote and introspective activity, but an art of the theatre. He was a man of wonderful humour, strong enthusiasms: his memorial is not only his company and his choreography, but the marked influence he had upon the way we think of ballet today" 

  "Of all the leading British choreographers, Darrell is most like Ashton in being sensitive to the spirit of the time; not just following fashion, but feeling the way people move, think and behave, and reflecting it in his work"

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