Editing The Red Shoes (1948 film) (section)

===Choreography and score===
Australian ballet star [[Robert Helpmann]] choreographed the ballet, played the role of the lead dancer of the Ballet Lermontov and danced the part of the boyfriend. [[Léonide Massine]] created his own choreography for his role as the Shoemaker. [[Brian Easdale]] composed the original music for the film, including the full ballet of ''The Red Shoes''.{{sfn|McLean|1988|pages=48–50}} Easdale conducted most of the music in the film, except for the ''Ballet of the Red Shoes'', where Sir [[Thomas Beecham]] conducted the score and received prominent screen credit. Beecham's [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] was the featured orchestra for the film. [[Hilda Gaunt]], the long-term Sadler's Wells and Royal Ballet pianist, performed as herself.

The score for ''The Red Shoes'' was written to "fit the cinematic design,"{{sfn|McLean|1988|p=48}} and completed in an unorthodox manner: Easdale composed the score for the film's central ballet sequence based on cartoon drawings and storyboards approved by Helpmann, which were assembled in the correct sequence.{{sfn|McLean|1988|p=49}} A total of 120 drawings were provided to help guide Easdale in writing an appropriate musical accompaniment.{{sfn|McLean|1988|p=49}} As filming of the ballet sequence progressed, the hand drawings were replaced by the corresponding completed shots.{{sfn|McLean|1988|p=49}} Easdale received the 1948 [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]], the first British film composer so honoured.<ref name=pritchard>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/comment/story/0,,1884859,00.html | title=For the record | work=[[The London Observer|The Observer]] | date=1 October 2006 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118232428/https://www.theguardian.com/observer/comment/story/0,,1884859,00.html|archive-date=18 January 2017|last=Pritchard|first=Stephen}}</ref>