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RigaLa Fille mal gardée

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Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Sir Frederick Ashton; Latvian National Opera; Farhads Stade; Latvian National Opera Orchestra

VilniusLa Fille mal gardée

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Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Sir Frederick Ashton; Lithuanian National Ballet; Julius Geniušas; Osbert Lancaster; Levas Kleinas

ParísLa Fille mal gardée

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Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Sir Frederick Ashton; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Danseurs et danseuses étoiles du Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris; Philip Ellis; Osbert Lancaster; Jean-Pierre Gasquet

LondresMarianela – Timeless

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Chopin, Liszt, Various
Jerome Robbins; Sir Frederick Ashton; The Royal Ballet

LondresLandmarks: Unmissable Ashton – The Royal Ballet

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Daniel Auber, Franck, Ravel
Sir Frederick Ashton; The Royal Ballet; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

LondresSwan Lake

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Chaikovskiï: El lago de los cisnes
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Liam Scarlett; Sir Frederick Ashton; The Royal Ballet; Koen Kessels; Martin Georgiev; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
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El brillante Lago del Royal Ballet: pureza, lirismo y frescura

El ingenio coreográfico de Scarlett encandila a los amantes de la danza. El cisne de Marianela Núñez y la elegancia aristocrática de Vadim Muntagirov trascienden lo técnico para contar desde la emoción.

Of myth and music: American Ballet Theatre’s Sylvia

Chloe Misseldine as Sylvia in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia © Elaina Francis
American Ballet Theatre brings back the Ashton classic Sylvia and offers tremendous central performances.

Birmingham Royal Ballet: a sparkling and sobering close to the season

Birmingham Royal Ballet in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering © Johan Persson
Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) close their 25/26 season with an ambitious triple bill running for just four performances on their home turf at the Birmingham Hippodrome.

Royal Ballet School, School of American Ballet: the future is bright

The Royal Ballet School in Ninette de Valois’ The Arts of the Theatre © THe Royal Ballet School. Photographed by Rachel Cherry
An evening of outstanding dancing from the Royal Ballet School and the School of American Ballet. It was a case of spotting tomorrow’s stars in a beautifully balanced programme.

Glorious debuts in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée at The Royal Ballet

Luca Acri as Colas and Anna Rose O’Sullivan in La Fille mal gardée © RBO 2026.  Photographed by Andrej Uspenski
Two vivid debuts as Colas, marked the second revival of La Fille mal gardée this season at The Royal Ballet.

ABT presents the classics with slightly uneven results

Chloe Misseldine as Nikiya and Joo Won Ahn as Solor in The Kingdom of the Shades © Steven Pisano
ABT offer some outstanding performances in a classical quadruple bill but there was a lack of confidence and uniformity within the corps de ballet. 
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ParísLa Fille mal gardée

Léonore Baulac as Lise and Simon Valastro as Widow Simone in Ashton's La Fille mal gardée © Benoite Fanton
Hérold: La Fille mal gardée
Sir Frederick Ashton; Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris; Philip Ellis; Osbert Lancaster
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Backwards bourrées: reviving Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering

Sabrina Lenzi and Kevin O’Hare in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering © Bill Cooper, 1995
Christopher Carr talks about the challenges of resetting Ashton’s Birthday Offering for a new generation, and how grateful he is to have notation to refer to the original choreography.

Dreams of Greece: Ravel’s first ballet Daphnis et Chloé

Léon Bakst: costume designs for Daphnis et Chloé © Public domain | Bibliothèque nationale de France
Ravel’s first ballet Daphnis et Chloé is an overwhelming sensory experience – but its birth as a production choreographed by Mikhail Fokine for the Ballets Russes was not without complications...

Living The Dream: paying homage to Sir Frederick Ashton’s masterpiece

Sir Frederick Ashton with Dame Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev © Donald Southern
The original cast of principals – and current interpreters – discuss the joys of working with the late choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton, and the great legacy he has left to today’s dancers.