Nadine Baylis

Nadine Paula Ann Baylis (15 June 1940 – 3 November 2017) was a British stage and costume designer, who "set the standard for modern dance costume".^[1]

Early life

Nadine Baylis was born in London, the daughter of Alice (nee Down) and Sydney Baylis, who ran a car hire business, and then a pub in Shepherd's Bush, west London.^[1] She went to Lady Margaret School, in Parsons Green.^[1] Baylis was educated at London's Central School of Art and Design.^[2]

Career

Early in her career, Baylis worked with Ralph Koltai.^[1] Baylis was closely associated with Ballet Rambert, and first worked with them in 1965, and the ballets of Glen Tetley.^[2]

Later life

Baylis died on 3 November 2017, and lived at Scotsgrove, Thame, Buckinghamshire.^[3]

Selected productions (as designer)

• Ziggurat (Ballet Rambert, 1967)^[2]
• Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain (Ballet Rambert, 1968)^[2]
• Field Figures (Royal Ballet, 1970)^[2]
• Sacre du printemps (Munich State Opera, 1974)^[2]
• The Tempest (Ballet Rambert, 1979)^[2]
• Alice (National Ballet of Canada, 1986)^[2]
• Orpheus (Australian Ballet, 1987)^[2]
• Oracle (National Ballet of Canada, 1994)^[2]
• Michael Corder's Romeo and Juliet (1992) for the Norwegian National Ballet^[2]
• London Contemporary Dance Theatre's The Phantasmagoria in 1987^[2]
• Ben Stevenson's Alice in Wonderland (1992) for Houston Ballet^[2]

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