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What makes choreographer Frederick Ashton a genius (The Royal Ballet)
Dancers of The Royal Ballet share why they love performing works by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton.
Frederick Ashton was Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. His works define the English style of ballet, and to celebrate this heritage The Royal Ballet has put together a mixed programme of three of Ashton’s most loved – and most characteristic – works.
The Dream (1964) is an enchanting adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to music by Mendelssohn. Symphonic Variations (1946) is Ashton’s first masterpiece, and a breathtaking, abstract work on the beauty of pure movement. Marguerite and Armand (1963), inspired by the celebrated dance partnership between Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, is a tragic love story of great lyric beauty.
Find out more at http://ww...
published: 20 Jun 2017
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Frederick Ashton's The Fred Step in slow motion (The Royal Ballet)
Francesca Hayward, Soloist of The Royal Ballet performs Frederick Ashtons signature move; 'the Fred step'.
‘Arabesque, fondu, coupé, petit developpé, pas de bourée, pas de chat’. This sequence is the Fred Step – one of the most famous motifs in ballet. It takes its nickname from The Royal Ballet’s Founder Choreographer, Frederick Ashton, who included this enchaînement in almost all his ballets.
Though it is known as his choreographic signature, Ashton himself often referred to the sequence as the ‘Pavlova’, acknowledging the prima ballerina from whom he borrowed it. Ashton had first seen Anna Pavlova perform in Peru - the land of his birth - when he was just 13, and later described how her performance inspired him: ‘She injected me with her poison and from the end of that evening I wante...
published: 24 Mar 2015
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Jemima Puddle Duck| Frederick Ashton's The Tales of Beatrix Potter | Marquee TV
A clip featuring Jemima Puddle-Duck from The Royal Ballet's production of Frederick Ashton's The Tales of Beatrix Potter.
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published: 19 May 2022
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Christopher Carr on working with Frederick Ashton (The Royal Ballet)
Guest Principal Ballet Master Christopher Carr talks about his working relationship with the Founding Choreographer of The Royal Ballet Sir Frederick Ashton. http://www.roh.org.uk/people/frederick-ashton
Interview footage captured in association with BBC Arts http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/gh4T9R7Qx9M8rksjkPlrJM/frederick-ashton-a-genius-of-the-dance
Founding Choreographer of The Royal Ballet Frederick Ashton (1904–88) was one of the most influential dance figures of the 20th century. In his work with the Company he developed the distinctive 'English style', and left a vast corpus of works that are regularly performed by The Royal Ballet and companies around the world, among them La Fille mal gardée, Marguerite and Armand and Symphonic Variations.
Ashton was born in Ecuador to...
published: 05 Feb 2015
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The Royal Ballet: Rhapsody pas de deux (Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé)
Principals of The Royal Ballet Francesca Hayward and Marcleino Sambé perform the virtuosic pas de deux from Frederick Ashton's Rhapsody.
Rhapsody was created in 1980 and is one of Frederick Ashton’s final works. It was created on acclaimed Russian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who requested the Ashton commission and whose personality is at the heart of the work. The male Principal role is characterized by exceptionally fluent leaps, turns and lightness of movement. It is twinned with the strength and grace of the ballerina, a role created on the pure, fleet-footed style of former Royal Ballet Principal Lesley Collier.
The ballet is set to Sergey Rachmaninoff’s well-known Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which moves from stormy passages to calmer interludes. The premiere of Rhapsody was g...
published: 02 Oct 2023
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The Fred Step
Frederick Ashton's signature is a sequence of steps he learnt from legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova. In this video, The Australian Ballet's Sharni Spencer learns “The Fred Step” from Ashton repetiteur Christopher Carr.
published: 01 Jun 2015
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Frederick Ashton's 'Dance of the Blessed Spirits' (Vadim Muntagirov, The Royal Ballet)
Royal Ballet Principal Vadim Muntagirov performs 'Dance of the Blessed Spirits', choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music from Christophe Willibald von Gluck's opera 'Orphée et Eurydice'.
This performance was part of the Royal Opera House's Live from Covent Garden concert held on 20 June 2020. Watch Live from Covent Garden here: https://stream.roh.org.uk/packages/20-june/videos/live-from-covent-garden-20-june.
The three Live From Covent Garden concerts were the Royal Opera House's first live performances since the lockdown brought about by the ongoing Coronavirus crisis.
Musicians: Vasko Vassilev, Concert Master, directing Members of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House featuring Katherine Baker (flute)
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published: 29 Jun 2020
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Unpacking Frederick Ashton's The Dream | The Australian Ballet
Guest stager Christopher Carr unpacks Frederick Ashton's whimsical ballet. Discover more: https://bit.ly/2023doublebill Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/3hBJ2WH
Frederick Ashton's The Dream comes to Sydney Opera House 10 - 25 November 2023. Book tickets: https://bit.ly/2023doublebill
Journey into the magical realm of Fairyland with The Dream.
The whimsical, romantic ballet inspired by William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream beloved tale of unrequited love, mistaken identity and magical mayhem to new heights with mischievous fairies and dancing donkeys.
Set in an enchanted wood, Sir Frederick Ashton’s ballet captures the play’s themes of love and magic, exploring a poetic space of imagination away from the ‘everyday world.’ Set to Felix Mendelssohn’s tender score, The ...
published: 02 Nov 2023
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ROH: The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton
The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton brings together five of the great choreographer's creations, showcasing the breadth of his inspiration, his musicality and his infallible sense of drama. In La Valse, 21 couples spin to Ravel's pulsating score. Two delightful short works follow: an ardent love duet set to the intermezzo from Massenet's Thaïs, and a Viennese waltz by Johann Strauss II. Next are Monotones I and II, an otherworldly of distillation of Erik Satie's Trois Gymnopédies which ranks among Ashton's most modernist and greatest works. Lastly, Marguerite and Armand -- indelibly associated with Fonteyn and Nureyev -- is swept along by Liszt's torrential Sonata in B Minor.
published: 24 Jun 2013
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La fille mal gardée - The Clog Dance from Act I (The Royal Ballet)
Will Tuckett as Widow Simone and Marianela Nuñez as Lise with Cindy Jourdain, Sarah Lamb, Laura Morera and Deirdre Chapman and artists of The Royal Ballet in the Clog Dance from Act I of Frederick Ashton's La fille mal gardée.
Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-fille-mal-gardee-by-frederick-ashton
Frederick Ashton's final full-length ballet is one of his most joyous creations, inspired by his love for the Suffolk countryside. It is based on an 1828 French ballet and the music was adapted by John Lanchbery from Ferdinand Hérold's original score. La Fille mal gardée was a resounding success on its premiere in 1960 and has remained a firm favourite in The Royal Ballet's repertory. The title translates as 'The Wayward Daughter'.
La Fille displays some of Ashton's most virt...
published: 05 Jan 2015
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What makes choreographer Frederick Ashton a genius (The Royal Ballet)
Dancers of The Royal Ballet share why they love performing works by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton.
Frederick Ashton was Founder Choreographer of The R...
Dancers of The Royal Ballet share why they love performing works by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton.
Frederick Ashton was Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. His works define the English style of ballet, and to celebrate this heritage The Royal Ballet has put together a mixed programme of three of Ashton’s most loved – and most characteristic – works.
The Dream (1964) is an enchanting adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to music by Mendelssohn. Symphonic Variations (1946) is Ashton’s first masterpiece, and a breathtaking, abstract work on the beauty of pure movement. Marguerite and Armand (1963), inspired by the celebrated dance partnership between Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, is a tragic love story of great lyric beauty.
Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/ashton
https://wn.com/What_Makes_Choreographer_Frederick_Ashton_A_Genius_(The_Royal_Ballet)
Dancers of The Royal Ballet share why they love performing works by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton.
Frederick Ashton was Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet. His works define the English style of ballet, and to celebrate this heritage The Royal Ballet has put together a mixed programme of three of Ashton’s most loved – and most characteristic – works.
The Dream (1964) is an enchanting adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to music by Mendelssohn. Symphonic Variations (1946) is Ashton’s first masterpiece, and a breathtaking, abstract work on the beauty of pure movement. Marguerite and Armand (1963), inspired by the celebrated dance partnership between Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, is a tragic love story of great lyric beauty.
Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/ashton
- published: 20 Jun 2017
- views: 83582
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Frederick Ashton's The Fred Step in slow motion (The Royal Ballet)
Francesca Hayward, Soloist of The Royal Ballet performs Frederick Ashtons signature move; 'the Fred step'.
‘Arabesque, fondu, coupé, petit developpé, pas de bo...
Francesca Hayward, Soloist of The Royal Ballet performs Frederick Ashtons signature move; 'the Fred step'.
‘Arabesque, fondu, coupé, petit developpé, pas de bourée, pas de chat’. This sequence is the Fred Step – one of the most famous motifs in ballet. It takes its nickname from The Royal Ballet’s Founder Choreographer, Frederick Ashton, who included this enchaînement in almost all his ballets.
Though it is known as his choreographic signature, Ashton himself often referred to the sequence as the ‘Pavlova’, acknowledging the prima ballerina from whom he borrowed it. Ashton had first seen Anna Pavlova perform in Peru - the land of his birth - when he was just 13, and later described how her performance inspired him: ‘She injected me with her poison and from the end of that evening I wanted to dance’. The Fred Step was originally part of a gavotte that Pavlova performed to ‘The Glow Worm’, part of an operetta by Paul Lincke. After Pavlova's death in 1931, Ashton – who thought of her ‘when I’m working all the time’ – came to regard it as his talisman.
http://www.roh.org.uk/news/frederick-ashton-mixed-programme-dance-highlight-the-fred-step
https://wn.com/Frederick_Ashton's_The_Fred_Step_In_Slow_Motion_(The_Royal_Ballet)
Francesca Hayward, Soloist of The Royal Ballet performs Frederick Ashtons signature move; 'the Fred step'.
‘Arabesque, fondu, coupé, petit developpé, pas de bourée, pas de chat’. This sequence is the Fred Step – one of the most famous motifs in ballet. It takes its nickname from The Royal Ballet’s Founder Choreographer, Frederick Ashton, who included this enchaînement in almost all his ballets.
Though it is known as his choreographic signature, Ashton himself often referred to the sequence as the ‘Pavlova’, acknowledging the prima ballerina from whom he borrowed it. Ashton had first seen Anna Pavlova perform in Peru - the land of his birth - when he was just 13, and later described how her performance inspired him: ‘She injected me with her poison and from the end of that evening I wanted to dance’. The Fred Step was originally part of a gavotte that Pavlova performed to ‘The Glow Worm’, part of an operetta by Paul Lincke. After Pavlova's death in 1931, Ashton – who thought of her ‘when I’m working all the time’ – came to regard it as his talisman.
http://www.roh.org.uk/news/frederick-ashton-mixed-programme-dance-highlight-the-fred-step
- published: 24 Mar 2015
- views: 64320
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Jemima Puddle Duck| Frederick Ashton's The Tales of Beatrix Potter | Marquee TV
A clip featuring Jemima Puddle-Duck from The Royal Ballet's production of Frederick Ashton's The Tales of Beatrix Potter.
#beatrixpotterballet #jemimapuddledu...
A clip featuring Jemima Puddle-Duck from The Royal Ballet's production of Frederick Ashton's The Tales of Beatrix Potter.
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A clip featuring Jemima Puddle-Duck from The Royal Ballet's production of Frederick Ashton's The Tales of Beatrix Potter.
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- published: 19 May 2022
- views: 80983
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Christopher Carr on working with Frederick Ashton (The Royal Ballet)
Guest Principal Ballet Master Christopher Carr talks about his working relationship with the Founding Choreographer of The Royal Ballet Sir Frederick Ashton. ht...
Guest Principal Ballet Master Christopher Carr talks about his working relationship with the Founding Choreographer of The Royal Ballet Sir Frederick Ashton. http://www.roh.org.uk/people/frederick-ashton
Interview footage captured in association with BBC Arts http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/gh4T9R7Qx9M8rksjkPlrJM/frederick-ashton-a-genius-of-the-dance
Founding Choreographer of The Royal Ballet Frederick Ashton (1904–88) was one of the most influential dance figures of the 20th century. In his work with the Company he developed the distinctive 'English style', and left a vast corpus of works that are regularly performed by The Royal Ballet and companies around the world, among them La Fille mal gardée, Marguerite and Armand and Symphonic Variations.
Ashton was born in Ecuador to British parents. He first saw ballet when Anna Pavlova performed in Lima in 1917, later claiming 'from the end of that evening I wanted to dance'. In England Ashton was tutored by Leonid Massine and made his choreographic debut for Marie Rambert in 1926. After working with Rambert and Ida Rubinstein, in 1938 he was appointed principal choreographer of Vic-Wells Ballet (later The Royal Ballet) by Ninette de Valois. With De Valois Ashton played a crucial role in determining the course of the Company and The Royal Ballet School. In 1963 he took over from De Valois as Director of the Company and introduced several significant works, including Nijinska's Les Noces and Balanchine's Serenade, and commissioned MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet. He retired in 1970 but continued to choreograph throughout his life, producing his last major work, Rhapsody, in 1980.
Ashton's style is distinctive for its épaulement (the way the head and shoulders are held) and fleet footwork. All are notable for their combination of elegance and breathtaking technical demands.
https://wn.com/Christopher_Carr_On_Working_With_Frederick_Ashton_(The_Royal_Ballet)
Guest Principal Ballet Master Christopher Carr talks about his working relationship with the Founding Choreographer of The Royal Ballet Sir Frederick Ashton. http://www.roh.org.uk/people/frederick-ashton
Interview footage captured in association with BBC Arts http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/gh4T9R7Qx9M8rksjkPlrJM/frederick-ashton-a-genius-of-the-dance
Founding Choreographer of The Royal Ballet Frederick Ashton (1904–88) was one of the most influential dance figures of the 20th century. In his work with the Company he developed the distinctive 'English style', and left a vast corpus of works that are regularly performed by The Royal Ballet and companies around the world, among them La Fille mal gardée, Marguerite and Armand and Symphonic Variations.
Ashton was born in Ecuador to British parents. He first saw ballet when Anna Pavlova performed in Lima in 1917, later claiming 'from the end of that evening I wanted to dance'. In England Ashton was tutored by Leonid Massine and made his choreographic debut for Marie Rambert in 1926. After working with Rambert and Ida Rubinstein, in 1938 he was appointed principal choreographer of Vic-Wells Ballet (later The Royal Ballet) by Ninette de Valois. With De Valois Ashton played a crucial role in determining the course of the Company and The Royal Ballet School. In 1963 he took over from De Valois as Director of the Company and introduced several significant works, including Nijinska's Les Noces and Balanchine's Serenade, and commissioned MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet. He retired in 1970 but continued to choreograph throughout his life, producing his last major work, Rhapsody, in 1980.
Ashton's style is distinctive for its épaulement (the way the head and shoulders are held) and fleet footwork. All are notable for their combination of elegance and breathtaking technical demands.
- published: 05 Feb 2015
- views: 23333
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The Royal Ballet: Rhapsody pas de deux (Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé)
Principals of The Royal Ballet Francesca Hayward and Marcleino Sambé perform the virtuosic pas de deux from Frederick Ashton's Rhapsody.
Rhapsody was created ...
Principals of The Royal Ballet Francesca Hayward and Marcleino Sambé perform the virtuosic pas de deux from Frederick Ashton's Rhapsody.
Rhapsody was created in 1980 and is one of Frederick Ashton’s final works. It was created on acclaimed Russian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who requested the Ashton commission and whose personality is at the heart of the work. The male Principal role is characterized by exceptionally fluent leaps, turns and lightness of movement. It is twinned with the strength and grace of the ballerina, a role created on the pure, fleet-footed style of former Royal Ballet Principal Lesley Collier.
The ballet is set to Sergey Rachmaninoff’s well-known Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which moves from stormy passages to calmer interludes. The premiere of Rhapsody was given at the Royal Opera House in honour of Ashton’s close friend Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, on the occasion of her 80th birthday. #royaloperahouse
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Principals of The Royal Ballet Francesca Hayward and Marcleino Sambé perform the virtuosic pas de deux from Frederick Ashton's Rhapsody.
Rhapsody was created in 1980 and is one of Frederick Ashton’s final works. It was created on acclaimed Russian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who requested the Ashton commission and whose personality is at the heart of the work. The male Principal role is characterized by exceptionally fluent leaps, turns and lightness of movement. It is twinned with the strength and grace of the ballerina, a role created on the pure, fleet-footed style of former Royal Ballet Principal Lesley Collier.
The ballet is set to Sergey Rachmaninoff’s well-known Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which moves from stormy passages to calmer interludes. The premiere of Rhapsody was given at the Royal Opera House in honour of Ashton’s close friend Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, on the occasion of her 80th birthday. #royaloperahouse
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- published: 02 Oct 2023
- views: 62535
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The Fred Step
Frederick Ashton's signature is a sequence of steps he learnt from legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova. In this video, The Australian Ballet's Sharni Spencer learn...
Frederick Ashton's signature is a sequence of steps he learnt from legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova. In this video, The Australian Ballet's Sharni Spencer learns “The Fred Step” from Ashton repetiteur Christopher Carr.
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Frederick Ashton's signature is a sequence of steps he learnt from legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova. In this video, The Australian Ballet's Sharni Spencer learns “The Fred Step” from Ashton repetiteur Christopher Carr.
- published: 01 Jun 2015
- views: 14934
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Frederick Ashton's 'Dance of the Blessed Spirits' (Vadim Muntagirov, The Royal Ballet)
Royal Ballet Principal Vadim Muntagirov performs 'Dance of the Blessed Spirits', choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music from Christophe Willibald von Gluck'...
Royal Ballet Principal Vadim Muntagirov performs 'Dance of the Blessed Spirits', choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music from Christophe Willibald von Gluck's opera 'Orphée et Eurydice'.
This performance was part of the Royal Opera House's Live from Covent Garden concert held on 20 June 2020. Watch Live from Covent Garden here: https://stream.roh.org.uk/packages/20-june/videos/live-from-covent-garden-20-june.
The three Live From Covent Garden concerts were the Royal Opera House's first live performances since the lockdown brought about by the ongoing Coronavirus crisis.
Musicians: Vasko Vassilev, Concert Master, directing Members of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House featuring Katherine Baker (flute)
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Royal Ballet Principal Vadim Muntagirov performs 'Dance of the Blessed Spirits', choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music from Christophe Willibald von Gluck's opera 'Orphée et Eurydice'.
This performance was part of the Royal Opera House's Live from Covent Garden concert held on 20 June 2020. Watch Live from Covent Garden here: https://stream.roh.org.uk/packages/20-june/videos/live-from-covent-garden-20-june.
The three Live From Covent Garden concerts were the Royal Opera House's first live performances since the lockdown brought about by the ongoing Coronavirus crisis.
Musicians: Vasko Vassilev, Concert Master, directing Members of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House featuring Katherine Baker (flute)
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- published: 29 Jun 2020
- views: 79945
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Unpacking Frederick Ashton's The Dream | The Australian Ballet
Guest stager Christopher Carr unpacks Frederick Ashton's whimsical ballet. Discover more: https://bit.ly/2023doublebill Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly...
Guest stager Christopher Carr unpacks Frederick Ashton's whimsical ballet. Discover more: https://bit.ly/2023doublebill Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/3hBJ2WH
Frederick Ashton's The Dream comes to Sydney Opera House 10 - 25 November 2023. Book tickets: https://bit.ly/2023doublebill
Journey into the magical realm of Fairyland with The Dream.
The whimsical, romantic ballet inspired by William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream beloved tale of unrequited love, mistaken identity and magical mayhem to new heights with mischievous fairies and dancing donkeys.
Set in an enchanted wood, Sir Frederick Ashton’s ballet captures the play’s themes of love and magic, exploring a poetic space of imagination away from the ‘everyday world.’ Set to Felix Mendelssohn’s tender score, The Dream features vivid characters and a storyline transporting audiences to a realm where the human meets the supernatural.
The Australian Ballet. Caring for tradition, daring to be different. Find us online to get to know our artists and to see more from our upcoming performances.
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Guest stager Christopher Carr unpacks Frederick Ashton's whimsical ballet. Discover more: https://bit.ly/2023doublebill Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/3hBJ2WH
Frederick Ashton's The Dream comes to Sydney Opera House 10 - 25 November 2023. Book tickets: https://bit.ly/2023doublebill
Journey into the magical realm of Fairyland with The Dream.
The whimsical, romantic ballet inspired by William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream beloved tale of unrequited love, mistaken identity and magical mayhem to new heights with mischievous fairies and dancing donkeys.
Set in an enchanted wood, Sir Frederick Ashton’s ballet captures the play’s themes of love and magic, exploring a poetic space of imagination away from the ‘everyday world.’ Set to Felix Mendelssohn’s tender score, The Dream features vivid characters and a storyline transporting audiences to a realm where the human meets the supernatural.
The Australian Ballet. Caring for tradition, daring to be different. Find us online to get to know our artists and to see more from our upcoming performances.
Visit our Website: https://australianballet.com.au
Follow The Australian Ballet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theaustralianballet
Follow The Australian Ballet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ausballet
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- published: 02 Nov 2023
- views: 5051
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ROH: The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton
The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton brings together five of the great choreographer's creations, showcasing the breadth of his inspiration, his musicality ...
The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton brings together five of the great choreographer's creations, showcasing the breadth of his inspiration, his musicality and his infallible sense of drama. In La Valse, 21 couples spin to Ravel's pulsating score. Two delightful short works follow: an ardent love duet set to the intermezzo from Massenet's Thaïs, and a Viennese waltz by Johann Strauss II. Next are Monotones I and II, an otherworldly of distillation of Erik Satie's Trois Gymnopédies which ranks among Ashton's most modernist and greatest works. Lastly, Marguerite and Armand -- indelibly associated with Fonteyn and Nureyev -- is swept along by Liszt's torrential Sonata in B Minor.
https://wn.com/Roh_The_Royal_Ballet_Dances_Frederick_Ashton
The Royal Ballet Dances Frederick Ashton brings together five of the great choreographer's creations, showcasing the breadth of his inspiration, his musicality and his infallible sense of drama. In La Valse, 21 couples spin to Ravel's pulsating score. Two delightful short works follow: an ardent love duet set to the intermezzo from Massenet's Thaïs, and a Viennese waltz by Johann Strauss II. Next are Monotones I and II, an otherworldly of distillation of Erik Satie's Trois Gymnopédies which ranks among Ashton's most modernist and greatest works. Lastly, Marguerite and Armand -- indelibly associated with Fonteyn and Nureyev -- is swept along by Liszt's torrential Sonata in B Minor.
- published: 24 Jun 2013
- views: 7911
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La fille mal gardée - The Clog Dance from Act I (The Royal Ballet)
Will Tuckett as Widow Simone and Marianela Nuñez as Lise with Cindy Jourdain, Sarah Lamb, Laura Morera and Deirdre Chapman and artists of The Royal Ballet in th...
Will Tuckett as Widow Simone and Marianela Nuñez as Lise with Cindy Jourdain, Sarah Lamb, Laura Morera and Deirdre Chapman and artists of The Royal Ballet in the Clog Dance from Act I of Frederick Ashton's La fille mal gardée.
Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-fille-mal-gardee-by-frederick-ashton
Frederick Ashton's final full-length ballet is one of his most joyous creations, inspired by his love for the Suffolk countryside. It is based on an 1828 French ballet and the music was adapted by John Lanchbery from Ferdinand Hérold's original score. La Fille mal gardée was a resounding success on its premiere in 1960 and has remained a firm favourite in The Royal Ballet's repertory. The title translates as 'The Wayward Daughter'.
La Fille displays some of Ashton's most virtuoso choreography – the youthful passion of Lise and her lover, Colas, is expressed in a series of energetic pas de deux. The ballet is laced with good humour and a whirl of dancing chickens, grouchy guardians and a halfwit suitor take to the stage. Ashton affectionately incorporated elements of national folk dance into his choreography, from a Lancashire clog dance to a maypole dance, making La Fille mal gardée (despite its title) The Royal Ballet's most emphatically English work. Osbert Lancaster's colourful designs reinforce the bucolic wit of the production.
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Will Tuckett as Widow Simone and Marianela Nuñez as Lise with Cindy Jourdain, Sarah Lamb, Laura Morera and Deirdre Chapman and artists of The Royal Ballet in the Clog Dance from Act I of Frederick Ashton's La fille mal gardée.
Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-fille-mal-gardee-by-frederick-ashton
Frederick Ashton's final full-length ballet is one of his most joyous creations, inspired by his love for the Suffolk countryside. It is based on an 1828 French ballet and the music was adapted by John Lanchbery from Ferdinand Hérold's original score. La Fille mal gardée was a resounding success on its premiere in 1960 and has remained a firm favourite in The Royal Ballet's repertory. The title translates as 'The Wayward Daughter'.
La Fille displays some of Ashton's most virtuoso choreography – the youthful passion of Lise and her lover, Colas, is expressed in a series of energetic pas de deux. The ballet is laced with good humour and a whirl of dancing chickens, grouchy guardians and a halfwit suitor take to the stage. Ashton affectionately incorporated elements of national folk dance into his choreography, from a Lancashire clog dance to a maypole dance, making La Fille mal gardée (despite its title) The Royal Ballet's most emphatically English work. Osbert Lancaster's colourful designs reinforce the bucolic wit of the production.
- published: 05 Jan 2015
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