| Description | Group photograph including members of the Uday Shankar Dance Company, the Jooss Ballett Company, Michael and Xenia Chekhov, Louise Soelberg, Richard Elmhirst, Linda Jackson, Leonard Elmhirst, Christopher Martin, Kurt Jooss with his wife, Zara, Eddie Harrington, Simkie, Shirali, Uzra and Beatrice Straight at a Party held at Dartington after the performance of Uday Shankar's Dance Company to celebrate the opening of the Chekhov Theatre on 5th October 1936.
Back row: Member of Shankar Dance Company, Michael Straight, three members of Shankar Dance Company, Richard Elmhirst, Louise Soelberg, unknown, unknown, Aino Simola (wife of Kurt Jooss) (kneeling), Kurt Jooss, unknown. Front Row: Unknown, member of Shankar Dance Company, Michael Chekhov, Hein Heckroth, Uday Shankar, Cicely Martin, Unknown, Vishnudass Shirali, Ada Heckroth, Beatrice Striaght, L K Elmhirst, Christopher Martin, Unknown. |