Travels with Festival Ballet

David’s passports are a study in themselves. Many stamps are incomplete and superimposed, thus difficult to read. The earliest of David’s passports record his travels during 1960-68, during which time he danced with Festival Ballet. Leila Kovacevič (who joined the National Ballet in 1957) has added the performances in 1963. You can see the PDF here.
 Year Two
Nederland Jan 14, 1962
London March 20, 1962
Belgium March 26, 1962
Hungary April 5, 1962
Austria April 5, 1962
Brazil April 15, 1962
Portugal April 25, 1962
Portugal May 11, 1962
Hungary June 30, 1962
Israel July 2, 1962
London July 2, 1962
Canada September 15, 1962
France November 23, 1962
 Year Three
London May 7, 1963
Rome: Bourree, Etudes June 7, 1963
Genoa: Peer Gynt June 11-12, 1963
Genoa: Spectre de la Rose, Don Quixote, Coppelia June 13-14, 1963
Interlaken (Switzerland): Swan Lake 3rd act pas de deux, Nutcracker pas de deux, Black Swan, Balanchine’s Bourée Fantasque pas de deux June 20, 1963
Geneva: Swan Lake 3rd act pass de deux, Scheherazade, Etudes June 21, 1963
Geneva: Nutcracker pas de deux, Don Quixote pas de deux, Balanchine’s Bourée Fantasque pas de deux June 22, 1963
Lausanne: Nutcracker pas de deux, Sylphides, Don Quixote pas de deux, Etudes June 24, 1963
Lausanne: Napoli, Spectre de la Rose, Nutcracker pas de deux June 25, 1963
Lausanne: Coppelia June 26, 1963
Zurich: Nutcracker pas de deux, Don Quixote pas de deux, Scheherazade, Etudes, Don Quixote pas de deux, Balanchine’s Bouée Fantasque pas de deux June 26, 1968
Zurich: Snow Maiden June 29, 1963
Zurich: Nutcracker pas de deux, Don Quixote pas de deux, Scheherazade, Etudes, Don Quixote pas de deux, Balanchine’s Bourée Fantasque pas de deux June 30, 1963
Canada September 8, 1963
London September 23, 1963
London September 30, 1963
Romania September 30, 1963
Germany October 14, 1963
London October 23, 1963
Poland November 10, 1963
London December 7, 1963
France December 8, 1963
Dover December 9, 1963
France December 11, 1963
France December 14, 1963
 Year Four
London March 9, 1964
Portugal April 2, 1964
Spain May 11, 1964
Spain April 7, 1964
Portugal April 27, 1964
France August 21, 1964
France November 15, 1964
France November 23, 1964
London December 14, 1964
 Year Five
Argentina April 1, 1965 (Visa)
London April 5, 1965
Brazil April 13, 1965 (Visa)
Argentina April 16, 1965
Chile May 8, 1965
Uruguay May 11, 1965
Chile May 12, 1965
Brazil May 21, 1965
London June 8, 1965
Switzerland June 8, 1965
London June 22, 1965
Switzerland June 30, 1965
 Year Six
London April 12, 1966
Italy February 28, 1966
London Feb 6, 1966
England Feb 28, 1966
Portugal May 1, 1966
Spain May 12, 1966
Portugal May 12, 1966
London May 23, 1966
Canada September 18, 1966
London October 9, 1966
 Year Seven
London February 18, 1968
London Mar 10, 1967
London April 20, 1967
Turkey April 20, 1967
London September 18, 1967
Belgium September 23, 1967
London September 23, 1967
England September 24, 1967
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