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A little over a year after its opening the company was invited to participate in a joint production with the New Opera Company at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre where the opend on 22nd July 1958 performing the first performance of Menotti's opera <i>The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore</i>, and Stravinsky's <i>The Soldiers Tale</i>. Despite being artistically successful the company was only saved by a donation of £2,000 from the Board of Directors and shareholders. Sadly the money was lost during this two week season presented by Sander Gorlinsky in association with the Arts Council of Great Britain at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith where they performed a repertoire of new ballets - <i>Impromptu</i> (Kabalevsky), <i>The Enchanted Rose Garden</i> (Glazunov), <i>Celeste and Celestina</i> (Seixas), <i>Girl in a Mask</i> (Rajna), <i>Peter and the Wolf </i>(Prokofiev), <i>The Prisoners</i> (Bartok), <i>Pulcinella</i> (Stravinsky), <i>Non-Stop</i> (Jazz), <i>Tableaux Vivants </i>(Virgil Thomson), and <i>Impasse</i>(Musique Concrete). Audiences were poor and the season also resulted in a dispute with the Musicians' Union over their use of recorded music.","physicalDescription":"Orange, black and white printed typographic and pictorial poster advertising Western Theatre Ballet at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, 1958. 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The artistic directors are noted as Elizabeth West and Peter Darrell, and the company is listed as Ronald Emblem, Brenda Last, Laverne Meyer, Sylvia Wellman, Suzanne Musitz, Jeffery Talor, Anne Hyde, David Hepburn, Erling Sunde, Hazel Merry, Oliver Symons and Jennifer Layland. The lessee of the theatre is noted as Associated Theatre Seasons Ltd., and the licensee J. 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