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Birmingham Royal Ballet: La Fille mal gardée review – witty revival for a charming classic

This production of Frederick Ashton’s version of the bucolic love story allows the beauty and humour to flow naturally from the choreography

The Guardian - UK

Ashton Celebrated review – Royal Ballet turns traditional into timeless

Frederick Ashton’s musicality, footwork and storytelling are showcased in a programme of gracefully danced favourites

The Guardian - UK

The Sarasota Ballet review – a delightful tribute to Frederick Ashton

As part of the Royal Ballet’s season devoted to the British choreographer, the Florida company brings three of his works to radiant, graceful life

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The Royal Ballet: Ashton Celebrated review – a world where everything is just delightful

Launching a four-year celebration of Frederick Ashton’s genteel ‘English style’, this triple bill is full of refined beauty and pleasure – though with athleticism visible below the surface

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Work hard, play hard: final bow after 22 years of dance

Australian Ballet dancer Amy Harris says there will be happiness and tears when the curtain falls on her 22 year career.

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The best theatre to stream this month: Blues for An Alabama Sky, Macbeth and more

Our roundup of drama to enjoy at home includes the National Theatre’s Pearl Cleage revival and David Tennant taking on the Scottish king for the first time

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Frederick Ashton: Links in the Chain review – fascinating study of a master choreographer

Lynne Wake’s film about Ashton, available online, is a compelling glimpse into the way his great works are reinterpreted by new generations of dancers

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Cinderella review – Ashton’s classic fairytale with extra frills

Marianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov and company shine – as do their costumes – in the Royal Ballet’s over-the-top new design of this intricate work

The Guardian - UK

Cinderella review – Royal Ballet fairytale is a shiny sugar-rush

Ashton’s three-act ballet combines escapism, clever classicism and panto, and this new version gets better as it goes along

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Cinderella at the Royal Opera House review: this lavishly redesigned show is magical, lovely and oh so English

In Frederick Ashton’s take on the fairy tale, romance is tempered by comedy, elegance by eccentricity

Evening Standard

Lynn Seymour obituary

Ballerina who inspired new works from Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton and loved to dance with Rudolf Nureyev

The Guardian - UK

Dame Beryl Grey obituary

One of the most celebrated British ballerinas of her generation who later dedicated herself to the training of dancers

The Guardian - UK

Scènes de ballet/A Month in the Country/ Rhapsody review – an outstanding Ashton triple bill

In a showcase of works from across their founding choreographer’s career, the Royal Ballet prove their mastery of his technical and dramatic complexity

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The Royal Ballet review: This celebration of Frederick Ashton is a luscious treat

Dancers at the Royal Opera House look happily at home, dancing with assurance and pride

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Henry Danton obituary

Ballet dancer who brought grace and style to Frederick Ashton’s famous 1946 masterpiece Symphonic Variations

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