The Ashton Exchange

[Katharine Kanter]

A press release has just come in from the ROH.

(Incidentally, might I suggest that foreign readers, who may only have seen "La Fille mal Gardée", refrain from dismissing Ashton as a fey little tweetie bird, until they've seen more of his work ? This is the hundredth of his birth, by the bye, and the ROH is performing his ballets more or less non-stop at the moment.)

Below, a series of conferences that may prove of interest to some:



"The Ashton Exchange"

FREDERICK ASHTON - 18 November at 7.30pm
THE SEARCH FOR SYLVIA - 30 November at 7.30pm
WHOSE STYLE IS IT ANYWAY? - 15 December at 7.30pm

Covent Garden - seminars and debates offering an academic insight on Ashton's contribution to ballet. Aimed at dancers, choreographers, critics, dance students, writers and scholars. Curated by Professor Stephanie Jordan, Director of the Centre for Dance Research at Roehampton University, contributions from experts including David Vaughan and Alistair Macauley, Dr Geraldine Morris, Christopher Newton and Peter Farmer as well as dancers and practitioners.

Tickets: FREE, please book in advance
Visit or call the Royal Opera House
Box Office: 020 7304 4000

More detail at http://info.royaloperahouse.org/PerformingSpaces/Index.cfm?ccs=638

[haydn]

Pour ceux qui seraient intéressés, donc, il s'agit d'une série de conférences autour de l'oeuvre de Frederick Ashton, organisées par le Royal Ballet, et qui sont gratuites (réservation obligatoire à l'adresse indiquée par Mme Kanter).