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...Ashton returns with a dazzling frolic for the Royal Ballet
...stood out among Shakespeare's histories. And among performances of Shakespeare, the Mather Drama Society's production does not stand out either. But strong performances by Jon Isham as Phillip the Bastard and Alexander Coxe Pearson as King John hold the play together. The major strengths in director Katherine Ashton's cast offset the weaknesses in Shakespeare's work to make this King John worth seeing...
...made her every gesture expressive, she was often contrasted with her more classical colleague, Anna Pavlova. After the Russian Revolution she fled to England, where she became the country's best-loved dancer, appearing as a guest artist through the 1920s. She later worked with English Choreographer Frederick Ashton, advised Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn, and wrote an eloquent autobiography (Theatre Street) that stands as a classic of dance literature...
...began with performances by Heinz Poll's Ohio Ballet and the Eliot Feld Ballet of New York City. At festival's end a daylong celebration of the music of Scriabin will be topped off by premières of new balletic works by George Balanchine, Sir Frederick Ashton and Glen Tetley...
There are no heroes or villains in A Month in the Country, only human beings submitting ruefully to love's power. Seymour, an inspired actress, almost dances words as well as feelings. Ashton is one of ballet's supreme storytell ers. His pas de deux resemble poems. Dowell dances a sonnet with Natalia, a schoolboy's idyl with Vera, a naughty couplet or two with a coquettish maid. The clear dance designs, all curves and spirals, are infused with his classic sensibility. Let us hope for many another Ashton delight...