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11 results found for '"Frederick Ashton"' in Person.
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...
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...
Frederick Ashton’s the Dream - American Ballet Theatre (2004 Television, Video)
aka: Dream, The
- Director
- Matthew Diamond
Produced to pay homage to the centenary of Frederick Ashton’s birth. The Dream was Ashton’s contribution towards Britain’s celebration of Shakespeare’s quatercentenary. He condenses the plot of A...
Veronica Tennant: A Dancer of Distinction (1982 Television)
Television documentary celebrating the dancer Veronica Tennant, prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Canada, focusing on her interpretations of several significant roles. Performance or rehearsal...
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...
Joffrey Ballet (1977 Video)
Joffrey Ballet in studio rehearsal for The Dream (11min) choreographed by Frederick Ashton and restaged by John Hart and Jazz Calendar: Saturday (12min) directed and staged by Faith Worth. The rehearsals are...
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...
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...
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,...
Dream, The (1967 Television)
aka: Royal Ballet, The: The Dream
- Director
- Margaret Dale
- Producer
- Margaret Dale
Ballet. Television adaptation of the Royal Ballet’s production of Frederick Ashton’s ballet The Dream. Plainly presented in the television studio with the principal dancers from the original 1964...