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Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell in the glamorously exotic Méditation from Thaïs, choreographed by Frederick Ashton, with costumes by Dowell. At the first performance in 1971, applause was such that Sibley and Dowell danced it again; Marie Rambert immediately hailed it as one of Ashton’s masterpieces. © Anthony Crickmay/Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Antoinette Sibley talks with Alastair Macaulay. Her wonderful mix of enthusiasm, appreciation and practicality typify the glorious mercurial talent that has beguiled a generation of dancers and...

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