Checkmate is a one-act ballet created by choreographer Ninette de Valois and composer Arthur Bliss, with the idea for the ballet proposed by Bliss and produced by de Valois for the Vic-Wells Ballet. It was first performed on 15 June 1937 at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris, and is widely regarded as de Valois signature ballet and a cornerstone of the British ballet repertoire, performed regularly by the Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet.
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It was first performed on 15 June 1937 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris.
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Checkmate is a one-act ballet created by choreographer Ninette de Valois and composer Arthur Bliss, with the idea for the ballet proposed by Bliss and produced by de Valois for the Vic-Wells Ballet.
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