Tag Archives: Frederick Ashton

Ashton in Alligator Territory: The Sarasota Ballet Closes its 2012-13 Season with ‘La Fille Mal Gardée’

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Ryan Wenzel

I expected to be disappointed. At least a little bit. After watching superb film of the Royal Ballet in Frederick Ashton’s 1960 staging of La Fille Mal Gardée — including two Ballet in Cinema screenings led by the expert Steven … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, Frederick Ashton, Outside New York | Tagged Alain, Ballet in Cinema, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birthday Offering, clog dance, clog dancing, Colas, Ferdinand Hérold, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Iain Webb, Kate Honea, La Fille Mal Gardée, Les Patineurs, Lise, Logan Learned, Margaret Barbieri, maypole, Osbert Lancaster, Ricardo Graziano, Ricki Bertoni, Roberta Marquez, Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Touring Company, Sadlers Wells Ballet, Sarasota Ballet, Steven McRae, Two Pigeons, Twyla Tharp, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Widow Simone | 6 Comments

Russian Classicism, By Way of London: Boston Ballet’s Lavish Production of The Sleeping Beauty

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Ryan Wenzel

The classic 19th-century story ballets are difficult to pin down. As a newcomer to dance, one can see a number of productions of, say, The Sleeping Beauty — all, according to playbills, with choreography “after Marius Petipa” — and be … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, Outside New York | Tagged Bluebird, Bo Busby, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, Brittany Stone, David Walker, Dusty Button, Frederick Ashton, Garland Dance, Kathleen Breen Combes, Lasha Khozashvili, Lia Cirio, Lilac Fairy, Marius Petipa, Ninette de Valois, Patrick Yocum, Prince Desiré, Princess Aurora, Princess Florine, Puss in Boots, Seo Hye Han, The Sleeping Beauty, Vision Scene, White Cat, Whitney Jensen | Leave a comment

A Meal Fit for a Muse: Six Spectacular Recipes by New York City Ballet Legend Tanaquil Le Clercq

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Ryan Wenzel

After hosting four dinner parties featuring only recipes published in The Ballet Cook Book (and following the recipes as written, often against our better judgment), my collaborators and I have learned to expect the occasional failed dish and amusing (in hindsight) culinary … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, Ballet Cook Book Dinner Series, Food, George Balanchine, New York City Ballet | Tagged Afternoon of a Faun, Amores, Antonio Carmena, Ballet Society, Barnard College, celery root soufflé, cookbook, cooking, Dance Theater of Harlem, Divertimento No. 15, food, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, George Balanchine Foundation, Great-Great-Grandmother Blackwell's Egg Nog, guacamole, Illuminations, Jeff Gageby, Jerome Robbins, Just Yammy, La Valse, Lavinel Savu, Melissa Hayden, Merce Cunningham, Meryl Rosofsky, Michael Pereira, Nancy Reynolds, New York City Ballet, paralytic polio, Paul Scolieri, polio, recipes, Roosevelt Island, School of American Ballet, Stuart Coleman, Susan LaRosa, Suzanne Farrell, swordfish tarragon, Tanaquil Le Clercq, tarte à l'orange, The Ballet Cook Book, The Four Temperaments, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Seasons, vodka, Western Symphony | 2 Comments

Two Takes on Shakespeare: Balanchine’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ & Frederick Ashton’s ‘The Dream’

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

Balletomanes, an argumentative bunch, are always making judgments by way of comparison. They might debate whether George Balanchine’s or Michel Fokine’s is the better Firebird, whether Gillian Murphy or Sara Mearns is New York’s best Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, or … Continue reading →

Posted in American Ballet Theatre, Ballet, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Alina Cojocaru, American Ballet Theatre, Athalie, Bottom, Felix Mendelssohn, Firebird, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Giselle, Herman Cornejo, Hermia, Hippolyta, Joaquin de Luz, Lysander, Maria Kowroski, New York City Ballet, Oberon, Odette, Odile, Puck, Royal Ballet, Sara Mearns, Scherzo, Swan Lake, The Dream, The First Walpurgis Night, Theseus, Titania, William Shakespeare | 2 Comments

Communist Cross-Dressing Comedy: Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘The Bright Stream’ Returns to American Ballet Theatre

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

Alexei Ratmansky’s The Bright Stream, which opened a week-long run at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday, may not be a perfect ballet, but it is a very funny one, and one of only two ballets that have made me laugh uncontrollably. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet, Lincoln Center | Tagged Alexei Ratmansky, American Ballet Theatre, ballet, communism, Craig Salstein, crossdressing, David Hallberg, Frederick Ashton, Gillian Murphy, Jerome Robbins, La Fille Mal Gardée, Marcelo Gomes, Martine van Hamel, Paloma Herrera, Shostakovich, The Bright Stream, The Concert, Victor Barbee | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Frederick Ashton

Ashton in Alligator Territory: The Sarasota Ballet Closes its 2012-13 Season with ‘La Fille Mal Gardée’

Russian Classicism, By Way of London: Boston Ballet’s Lavish Production of The Sleeping Beauty

A Meal Fit for a Muse: Six Spectacular Recipes by New York City Ballet Legend Tanaquil Le Clercq

Two Takes on Shakespeare: Balanchine’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ & Frederick Ashton’s ‘The Dream’

Communist Cross-Dressing Comedy: Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘The Bright Stream’ Returns to American Ballet Theatre

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