page_title: Symphonic Variations (ballet)
section_title: Casts
hierarchical_section_title: Symphonic Variations (ballet) / Casts
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Zespół baletowy The Sadler's Wells Balet (Anglia) na występach gościnnych w Poznaniu jesienią 1947r. (Teatr Wielki).
context_page_description: Symphonic Variations is a one-act ballet by Frederick Ashton set to the eponymous music of César Franck. The premiere, performed by the Sadler's Wells Ballet, took place at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 24 April 1946 in a triple bill; the other works were Ashton's Les Patineurs and Robert Helpmann's Adam Zero. The ballet was conducted by Constant Lambert and the set designed by Sophie Fedorovitch.
context_section_description: In the opening season the cast was
  Margot Fonteyn
  Moira Shearer
  Pamela May
  Michael Somes
  Brian Shaw
  Henry Danton
  In the following season Shaw and Danton were replaced by John Hart and Alexander Grant. In the first production and early revivals the work was regarded as making such demands on the dancers that they took no part in any other ballet on the same evening's bill. Margaret Dale in conversation with David Vaughan commented, "Even though Symphonic Variations more than any other ballet creates a feeling of serenity, for the dancers, in the beginning it was an 'absolute marathon', and made demands on them that had never been made before. ... It was a test of sheer stamina that very few British dancers could stand at that time."
caption: Symphonic Variations. Sadler's Wells Ballet in Poznan, 1947
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