High Yellow is a one-act ballet by Buddy Bradley with the assistance of Frederick Ashton, to the music of Spike Hughes.
It was from High Yellow that Alicia Markova gained the nickname "snake hips" for what she was taught by Bradley.
[6] The music was written by Spike Hughes, based on a recording he and Jimmy Dorsey had undertaken at the Chenil Gallery in 1930.
[10] The numbers as danced in the original production are: The ballet has not been revived,[12] but Hughes's music was released as part of a compilation CD in 1994.
[13] Carlo Denari in The Era declared that the ballet "would be a hit in any music-hall programme"'[15] It was described by the Daily Express as "the sensation of the evening".