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".
Also recorded as Nadine Paula Ann Baylis
Nadine Baylis
- Name
- Nadine Baylis
- Birth Name
- Nadine Paula Ann Baylis
- Born
- 15 June 1940
- Died
- 3 November 2017 (aged 77)
- Education
- Lady Margaret School
- Occupation
- stage and costume designer
- Known for
- "set the standard for modern dance costume"
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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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".
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Key facts
• Name — Nadine Baylis • Birth Name — Nadine Paula Ann Baylis • Born — 15 June 1940 • Died — 3 November 2017 (aged 77) • Education — Lady Margaret School • Alma Mater — Central School of Art and Design • Occupation — stage and costume designer • Known for — "set the standard for modern dance costume" • Parents — Alice (nee Down) and Sydney 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".
Early life
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. She went to Lady Margaret School, in Parsons Green. Baylis was educated at London's Central School of Art and Design.
Career
Career
Early in her career, Baylis worked with Ralph Koltai. Baylis was closely associated with Ballet Rambert, and first worked with them in 1965, and the ballets of Glen Tetley.
Later life
Later life
Baylis died on 3 November 2017, and lived at Scotsgrove, Thame, Buckinghamshire.
Selected productions (as designer)
Selected productions (as designer)
• Ziggurat (Ballet Rambert, 1967) • Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain (Ballet Rambert, 1968) • Field Figures (Royal Ballet, 1970) • Sacre du printemps (Munich State Opera, 1974) • The Tempest (Ballet Rambert, 1979) • Alice (National Ballet of Canada, 1986) • Orpheus (Australian Ballet, 1987) • Oracle (National Ballet of Canada, 1994) • Michael Corder's Romeo and Juliet (1992) for the Norwegian National Ballet • London Contemporary Dance Theatre's The Phantasmagoria in 1987 • Ben Stevenson's Alice in Wonderland (1992) for Houston Ballet
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