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
Podcast » Julia Farron
Julia Farron was born in London in 1922. She was part of the vanguard of extraordinary talent that helped shape ballet in 20th Century Britain. In 1931 she was the first scholarship pupil to join the...
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...