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The Ashton Celebration.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-NOV-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Ashton Celebration.(Dance Review)

Article Excerpt
THE ASHTON CELEBRATION LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL, METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE NEW YORK, NY, JULY 6-17, 2004

Sir Frederick Ashton utilized ballet vocabulary as naturally as Sir Lawrence Olivier spoke Shakespearean verse. He understood its inflections, nuances, phrasing, and witty play, as well as its emotional resonance through comedy, tragedy, and, above all, poetry. More than any other choreographer, he forged a quintessentially British style tinged with an indispensable dose of humanism.

Despite the absence of some of his greatest masterpieces, like Symphonic Variations and The Dream. Ashton's special genius shone through, and audiences witnessed a forty-year span of style and classicism through the companies that now represent his ballets. The celebration also provided glimpses of the Joffrey Ballet in New York (after a woefully long ten-year absence) and The Royal Ballet, with its new wholly international look.

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