It's World Ballet Day today and seeing as our colleagues at (I'll just watch from the sidelines if that's OK), we thought we'd take a look through the archive at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Television Service's earliest transmissions.
Some striking shots can be found there, including my favourite - and sat on the studio floor taking a break from rehearsals.
Madame Lydia Sokolova, Prima Ballerina of the late Diaghileff Russian Ballet, interviewed by Eiizabeth Cowell, November 1936.
Madame Lydia Sokolova, Prima Ballerina of the late Diaghileff Russian Ballet, dancing prelude from "Trois Morceaux", November 1936.
Behind the scenes on a production from Swan Lake by the Vic Wells Ballet Company, 13 December 1937.
'Ballet Russes' dancers Tamara Grigoroeva, George Zoritch, and Lubov Rostova
ic Wells Ballet company production of 'Les patineurs' featuring in this shot, June Brae and Pamela May
Alice Niktina, Prima ballerina of the Diaghileff Russian Ballet in her dance 'La Chatte'
Vic Wells Ballet Company's 'Carnival Finale' from 1 October 1937. Alice Nikitina congratulates Elizabeth Miller.
Vic Wells Ballet company in a production of 'Job' transmitted on 1 November 1936.