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Lynn Seymour and Anthony Dowell in the final moments in Ashton’s ballet A Month in the Country, 1976. Credit: © Anthony Crickmay/Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Podcast » Lynn Seymour

In any history of The Royal Ballet, a special place must be reserved for Lynn Seymour, as the dance actress par excellence. Here she tells Alastair Macaulay about her initial inspiration in her...

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A Month in the Country was created in 1976 by Frederick Ashton for The Royal Ballet. It was based on the play by Ivan Turgenev, and was almost more than 40 years in gestation. It was pushed on its...

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