Category Archives: Frederick Ashton

Triple Bill – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, London, 16 October 2015

Posted on October 17, 2015 by gerarddavis09

Ballet is woman. Ballet is man. Sometimes with big moustaches. The main feature of the Triple Bill Birmingham Royal Ballet brought to Sadler’s Wells was the London premiere of David Bintley’s The King Dances. Based loosely on the Le Ballet … Continue reading →

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DVD Release: La Fille mal gardée (Original cast), The Royal Ballet, 1962

Posted on October 29, 2012 by gerarddavis09

Clogging up the airwaves This is one for the lovers of the old classics – Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée has been released on DVD by ICA Classics with the original 1962 Royal Ballet cast of Nadia Nerina and … Continue reading →

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La Fille mal gardée – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 20 October 2011

Posted on October 21, 2011 by gerarddavis09

Hark! the Herold angels dance Not a ballet with much in the way of hidden depth Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée is a sugar-coated panto-fest of two-dimensional characters that relies on a winning charm to get by; the tangled … Continue reading →

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DVD Release: Frederick Ashton Triple Bill; The Royal Ballet

Posted on October 4, 2011 by gerarddavis09

This one goes out to all the Ashtonites A long overdue parade of three of Frederick Ashton’s shorter works, this DVD-only release features the ever-popular Les Patineurs, the hugely entertaining Divertissements and the relatively modernist showcase that is Scènes de Ballet. … Continue reading →

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Ashton’s Romeo & Juliet – Ivan Vasiliev and Natalia Osipova: London Coliseum, 12 July 2011

Posted on July 13, 2011 by gerarddavis09

The thighs have it Sold on the glamour and box office appeal of Bolshoi barnstormers Ivan Vasiliev and Natalia Osipova, Sir Frederick Ashton’s neglected Romeo and Juliet at London’s Coliseum sadly didn’t live up to the hype. It’s quickly apparent why … Continue reading →

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