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In 1964, with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth as a stimulus, Frederick Ashton created a one-act ballet based on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In it he visualised, succinctly and...

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For her production of Giselle for London Festival Ballet in 1971, Mary Skeaping attempted to return to ballet as far back to its original sources as possible. With choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules...

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