enriching the legacy and works of Frederick Ashton, Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet 🔗 https://xitter.cf/t.co/yHx9u35GG2
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✨100 years✨ of 𝘈 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯; 𝘰𝘳, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴—Frederick Ashton’s first choreographed work, premiered by @rambertdance at the Lyric Hammersmith on 15 June 1926 ✂️
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Ashton Rediscovered, 31 May – leap at the chance to get a 🎟️ while you still can 🐾
Samara Downs coaches Viola Pantuso in Ashton’s witty, feline ‘La Chatte métamorphosée en femme’, with special guest Merle Park
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ALT 📸 Viola Pantuso in rehearsal for ‘The Winter’s Tale’ ©2024 ROH. Ph Andrej Uspenski Dancersdiary
Now streaming on YouTube 🎬… 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥: 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 is live on our channel
Go behind the scenes with leading contemporary choreographers as they explore Ashton’s most iconic works & reflect on his enduring legacy
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🎀📷'One of Ashton’s greatest, funniest works, his joyous choreography is like a constantly flowing cascade of champagne, its fizzing invention & boundless musicality & humour unsurpassed'—tinyurl.com/gramilanoreview
➡️more reviews of @TheRoyalBallet's current production below...
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A ballet of pure sunshine ☀️🎀
Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée opens on our Main Stage today, returning with all the charm, wit and warmth that make it one of The Royal Ballet's most beloved treasures.
📸 Photos by Andrej Uspenski: Anna Rose O'Sullivan, William Bracewell, James Hay
🎟️ See La Fille mal gardée on our Main Stage until 13 November: rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-event…
✨Celebrating Frederick Ashton✨ 17 Sept
Join @AshtonFdn for a special event @LadbrokeHall to mark Ashton’s 121st birthday
@Sarahc_k interviews Kevin O’Hare, Marianela Nuñez & Vadim Muntagirov of @TheRoyalBallet & British designer @JasperConran
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Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ & ⭐⭐⭐: @TheRoyalBallet at the Nervi Festival celebrating Ashton and Paris Opera Ballet’s Signature Pieces
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'the many felicities of Ashton’s choreography, sweet, silly and intricate at every scale'...
Enjoy this review of @ABTBallet's recent performances of Ashton's 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘢 from @nytimes 🏹💫:
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See how ABT dancer Tyler Maloney is transformed by Hair and Makeup Supervisor Rena Most for the role of Goat in SYLVIA 🐐
🎟️ See SYLVIA at the Met Opera NOW until July 12! Get your tickets at abt.org
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This weekend, @SarasotaBallet's season finale features Ashton's zany, narrated ballet 𝘈 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵. Let us know if you catch a performance! 💐
📸Ellen Overstreet, Victoria Hulland & Juan Gil in 𝘈 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵, @SarasotaBallet. Ph Frank Atura
We’re delighted to share insights from Jane Pritchard (Curator of Dance @V_and_A) on Ashton's 'The Devil's Holiday', from the intro she gave at our Feb Ashton Rediscovered masterclass. Read the article below, including a link to the masterclass on YouTube
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Celebrating 💯 years of Ashton! On 10 April 1925, after just a year of regular ballet classes, he performed a Fandango with the Duenna Dancers at the Palace Pier, Brighton—the start of a career that would see him become a principal architect of 20th-century classical ballet
🚀this weekend sees the launch of @AshtonFdn's innovative new partnership with @RoyalBalletSch, providing dance students training in the ATAP methodology with the invaluable chance to learn and study the work of Frederick Ashton. Read more on our website:
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Last month, @BRB celebrated the iconic works of Frederick Ashton at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia performing some of the beautiful scores from his work.
It was a wonderful evening!
✨frederickashton.org.uk✨
📣We’ve been working away behind the scenes, and are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new website 🌐🧑💻🩰
Take a look, and discover all about the Foundation, its programmes & the incredible life, work & legacy of Sir Frederick Ashton