Created for Fanfare for Europe A forceful duet based on the astrological proposition that those born under the sign of Scorpio make dangerous partners for each other.

COMPOSER: Thea Musgrave - Commissioned score (Chamber Concerto No 1 for Nine Instruments)
CASTING: Patricia Rianne, Brian Burn

Created for Fanfare for Europe; 1986, Asami Maki Company, Tokyo

Based on a Persian folk tale. La Péri tells the story of Iskander who resting during a journey sees a magic lotus, the flower of immortality, which unknown to him is guarded by a magic creature, La Péri. He steals it - La Péri reappears as a woman and, bewitched by her, Iskander returns the flower.

COMPOSER: Paul Dukas
DESIGNER: John Fraser
CASTING: Galina Samsova, André Prokovsky with Anthony Forsey, Kenneth McCombie, Kenneth Whitmore, Geoffrey Wynne

1973, Jacob's Pillow Festival, Lee, Massachusetts, USA

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach

Solo for Margot Fonteyn

After a sumptuous Christmas party, little Clara falls asleep and dreams that she helps the Nutcracker Prince to defeat an army of giant mice. She is rewarded by a visit to the Land of Snow and the Realm of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

COMPOSER: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
SCENARIO: after Marius Petipa
CHOREOGRAPHY: Lev Ivanov/Peter Darrell
DESIGNER: Philip Prowse (Scottish Theatre Ballet); John Fraser (Hong Kong Ballet 1990 and 1995)
LIGHTING: John B. Read
CASTING: Anna-Marie Holmes, David Holmes, Patricia Rianne with Linda Aiming, Sarah Beck, Alexander Bennett, Kenneth Burke, Brian Burn, James Cowie, Philip Crowther, Gwendoline Edmonds, Sally Collard-Gentle, Gavin Dorrian, Julie Haydn, Harry Haythorne, Beryl Hicks, Michael Ho, Richard Holland, Chua Kah Joo, Simon Laing, Kit Lethby, Anna McCartney, Eleanor Moore, Barry McGrath, Ruth Prior, Keri Stewart, Lesley Stewart, Dianne Storer, Anthony West.
CHILDREN: Students from the Academy of Ballet; The Madame Ada School of Dancing; The Manor School of Ballet; The Theatre School of Dance and Drama, Edinburgh