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-Élysées 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 the choreographer Ninette de Valois and composer Arthur Bliss. The idea for the ballet was proposed by Bliss, and subsequently produced by de Valois for the Vic-Wells Ballet.
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Checkmate is a one act ballet created by the choreographer Ninette de Valois and composer Arthur Bliss. The idea for the ballet was proposed by Bliss, and subsequently produced by de Valois for the Vic-Wells Ballet. It was first p
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