MARGARET MORRIS MOVEMENT : HISTORICAL NOTES

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1910 First big ballets staged for Marie Brema's production of Gluck's 'Orpheus' at the Savoy Theatre, London.
1910 Margaret trained the dancers in her new technique for a month before rehearsals. She also designed the costumes and decor. The Daily express said "...The triumph of the production is Miss Morris's "Dance of the Furies", nothing like it has ever been seen on the London stage".
1910 Played Water in "The Blue Bird" by Maeterlinck at the Haymarket Theatre.
1910 Produced the dances for Sir Herbert Tree's production of "Henry VIII"
1910 Started her own School of Dancing in St. Martin's Lane with the help of John and Ada Galsworthy. THE BEGINNING OF MMM
1910 Toured with her own company, first called "Margaret Morris and her Dancing Children"
1911 Choreographer and principal dancer for 'The Little Dream' - at Miss Horniman's Theatre, Manchester - A fantasy by John Galsworthy
1911 Created dancing scenery for the Rutland Boughton's Opera ' The Birth of Arthur' at The Wintergardens, Bournemouth..
1912 Created the part of Guinevere Megan in 'The Pigeon' by John Galsworthy at The Royal Theatre, acting with Gladys Cooper and Dennis Eadie
1912 Margaret Morris season at The Royal Court Theatre, London. Ballets included 'Callisto' by Maurice Hewlett and 'The Little dreams' by John Galsworthy.
 
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