Podcast » Mark Morris
American dancer, choreographer and director Mark Morris is one of the most successful and influential of contemporary modern choreographers.
ballets » Les Patineurs
LES PATINEURS ;
Pas de trois ;
Rowena Jackson ;
Annette Page ;
Brian Shaw ;
Choreography by Frederick Ashton ;
Composer Giacomo Meyerbeer ;
Musical arrangement Constant Lambert ;
Designer William Chappell ;
Lighting Designer John B. Read ;
1956 ;
Credit: Roger Wood / Royal Opera House /ArenaPAL
Frederick Ashton choreographed Les Patineurs for the Vic-Wells Ballet in 1937. A group of 15 dancers ‘skate’ their way through this exuberant one-act ballet. An icy pond on the edge of a snowy...