14 August 1962
Ted Shawn invited E. Virginia Williams and her New England Civic Ballet to perform as part of the 30th year of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. New England Civic Ballet was identified as a semi-professional company, "The Boston Ballet", for these performances. Williams' dancers were joined by guest artists Edward Villella and Patricia McBride of New York City Ballet. The Boston Ballet performed Spectre de la Rose, Balanchine's Scotch Symphony, E. Virginia Williams' The Young Loves and the world premiere of Williams' The Green Season. In reviewing the performance for Dance Magazine (October, 1962) Doris Hering stated "The Boston Ballet dancers perform with a cohesiveness of style that one rarely encounters even in a seasoned professional company...there is no artifice. Instead there is an ease of communication between them and the audience".
Boston Ballet in Scotch Symphony © The George Balanchine Trust
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Photo courtesy of Carol Ravich