Learning on ScreenFoxtrot from ‘FaÇade’
- Synopsis
- 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 Fonteyn Theatre at the Royal Ballet School. The dance is a humorous and ironic look at the social and traditional dances of the 1920s and includes aspects of popular social dance such as the charleston. Also inclues rehearsal extracts, and interview extracts with Leslie Edwards, former ex-principal of the Royal Ballet who first danced in ‘Façade’ in 1937.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.
- Year of production
- 1997
- Availability
- Sale; 1997 sale: £12.55 (+VAT inc. p&p)
- Documentation
- Resource pack on Fredericak Ashton by Geraldine Morris availble separately.
- Subjects
- Dance
- Keywords
- modern dance
Credits
- Contributor
- Frederick Ashton
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
University of Surrey, National Resource Centre for Dance
- NRCD@surrey.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.surrey.ac.uk/NRCD External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01483 689316
- Fax
- 01483 689500 Attn NRCD
- Address
- GU2 5XH
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