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Ashton celebration [videorecording] The Royal Ballet dances Frederick Ashton / by Ashton, Frederick,1904-1988,choreographer (expression),costume designer.; Avis, Gary,dancer.; Beaton, Cecil,1904-1980,costume designer.(CARDINAL)122302; Benjamin, Leanne,1964-dancer.; Blommaert, Sander,dancer.; Campbell, Alexander(Ballet dancer); Choe, Yuhui,dancer.; Clark, Jacqueline,dancer.(CARDINAL)556523; Clark, Robert,performer.(CARDINAL)516801; Crawford, Helen,dancer.; Dowell, Anthony,costume designer.; Edmonds, Nicol,dancer.; Gartside, Bennet,dancer.; Hirano, Ryoichi,dancer.; Hristov, Valeri,dancer.; Kish, Nehemiah,dancer.; Kobayashi, Hikaru,dancer.; Kura, Kenta,dancer.; Liszt, Franz,1811-1886,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)143992; Maguire, Emma,dancer.; Maloney, Brian,dancer.; Massenet, Jules,1842-1912,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)158050; Massenet, Jules,1842-1912.Thais.Meditation.; Nuñez, Marianela,dancer.; Oman, Julia Trevelyan,costume designer.(CARDINAL)714941; Plasson, Emmanuel,conductor.; Polunin, Sergei,dancer.(CARDINAL)788159; Raine, Samantha,dancer.; Ravel, Maurice,1875-1937,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)146100; Ravel, Maurice,1875-1937.Valse.; Rojo, Tamara,dancer.; Satie, Erik,1866-1925,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)508707; Saunders, Christopher,dancer.; Strauss, Johann,1825-1899,composer (expression)(CARDINAL)145962; Strauss, Johann,1825-1899.Frühlingsstimmen.; Takada, Akane,dancer.; Trzensimiech, Dawid,dancer.; Uspenski, Andrej,dancer.; Vassilev, Vasko,performer.; Watson, Edward,1976-dancer.; Whitehead, Thomas,dancer.(CARDINAL)216246; Williams, Margaret(Margaret J.),film director.; Liszt, Franz,1811-1886.Sonata,piano,B minor.; Satie, Erik,1866-1925.Gymnopédies.; Opus Arte (Firm),film distributor.; Royal Ballet,performer.(CARDINAL)140755; Royal Opera House (London, England),production company.(CARDINAL)726962; Royal Opera House (London, England).Orchestra,performer.;
Chroeography, Frederick Ashton ; The Royal Ballet ; conductor, Emmanuel Plasson ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; La Valse: music, Maurice Ravel. 'Méditation' from Thaïs: music, Jules Massenet ; costume designs, Anthony Dowell ; solo violin, Vasko Vassilev. Voices of spring: music, Johann Strauss II ; designs, Julia Trevelyan Oman. Monotones I and II: music, Erik Satie ; designs, Frederick Ashton. Marguerite and Armand: music, Franz Liszt ; designs, Cecil Beaton ; solo piano, Robert Clark.La Valse: principal waltzers, Hikaru Kobayashi, Ryoichi Hirano, Samantha Raine, Bennet Gartside, Helen Crawford, Brian Maloney. 'Méditation' from Thaïs: Leanne Benjamin, Valeri Hristov. Voices of spring: Yuhui Choe, Alexander Campbell. Monotones I: Emma Maguire, Akane Takada, Dawid Trzensimiech. Monotones II: Marianela Nuñez, Nehemiah Kish, Edward Watson. Marguerite and Armand: Tamara Rojo, Sergei Polunin, Christopher Saunders, Gary Avis, Sander Blommaert, Nicol Edmonds, Bennet Gartside, Ryoichi Hirano, Valeri Hristov, Kenta Kura, Andrej Uspenski, Thomas Whitehead, Jacqueline Clark.Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 21 February 2013."This special programme, performed at the Royal Opera House to mark the 25th anniversary of Ashton's death, presents five works that demonstrate his astonishing versatility, from compelling abstract ballets - such as the exuberant Voices of Spring and the radically modernist Monotones - to the tragic love story Marguerite and Armand, brought to life with 'performances of heart-wrenching intensity ' (The Observer) by Tamara Rojo and Sergei Polunin." -- containerDVD; all regions; DTS surround, LPCM stereo 2.0; aspect ratio 16:9; NTSC.
Subjects: Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988.; Ballet.;
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