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Foxtrot from ‘FaÇade’ (1997 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min., 1997 sale: £12.55 (+VAT inc. p&p)

A fully costumed performance of ‘Foxtrot’ from ‘Façade’, choreographed by Frederick Ashton to music by William Walton, danced by four students from the Royal Ballet School and recorded at the Margot...

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Interview with Frederick Ashton (1974 Audio)

David Raher interviews Frederick Ashton in London. Ashton discusses narrative and abstract ballets, how audiences interpret dance and how he chooses themes for his ballets. He talks about Romeo and Juliet,...

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Death of Sir Frederick Ashton (1988)

Genre

Interview; Tribute

Unidentified female speaker on her memories of Sir Frederick Ashton, the international dancer and choreographer, who has died at his home in Suffolk (18/10/88). Sir Frederick was founder choreographer of the...

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Date

8 Aug 2014, 09:26

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

2007. Opus Arte. DVD (all regions). 117 minutes. £24.99 Also available to rent via Digital Theatre. About the reviewers: Dr Claire Brock is  Lecturer in English, University of Leicester. Dr Brock’s...

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Royal Ballet: Ashton Triple Bill (2019 Video)

Director

Ross MacGibbon

Dance. Recording of three ballets by Frederick Ashton, conducted by Emmanuel Plasson from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. The first is The Dream featuring Akanet Takada as Titania, Steven McRae and...

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Dream, The (1978 Television)

Series

Dance Month

Producer

John Vernon; Colin Nears

Television programme devoted to the work of Frederick Ashton. It is comprised of an outline of his career, an interview and two performances by The Royal Ballet. The first ballet recorded is Ashton’s...

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Queen’s Silver Jubilee Gala, The (1977 Television)

Producer

Brian Large

The Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet perform in the presence of members of the Royal Family in celebration of the Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee. Includes Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn dancing Hamlet...

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Dancing Shakespeare (2021 Video)

Series

Spotlight

Extracts from three Shakespeare ballets performed by the National Ballet of Canada. 1. Frederick Ashton’s The Dream, adapted from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to the music of Felix Mendelssohn. 2. Alexei...

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Behind the Scenes with the Royal Ballet (1966 Television)

Director

Ion Voyantzis

Producer

Ion Voyantzis

Documentary on the Royal Ballet, focusing on rehearsals for Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet and Frederick Ashton’s Monotones. No.2. In voiceover commentary Ashton talks about the Company, the...

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Dream, The (1976 Video)

Director

John Hart (2)

Dance. Excerpts from Frederick Ashton’s ballet The Dream danced by the Joffrey Ballet and directed and staged by John Hart. Music by Mendelssohn, arranged by John Lanchbery. Videotaped in studio rehearsal...

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