A night of mannerly British ballet coming after the Balanchine speed derby that San Francisco recently experienced was like switching to decaf. Three works by Sir Frederick Ashton and the return of ...

The recent American Ballet Theatre fall season at the Koch was short and mostly sweet. There was one masterpiece—Frederick Ashton’s Symphonic Variations, a ballet almost sacred to the British, a hymn ...

A sense of rebirth spreads through the Washington Ballet’s final series of the season. There’s an unmistakable optimism in the works, with the lemony springtime of Frederick Ashton’s “Symphonic ...

The Royal Opera House will continue its #OurHousetoYourHouse programme, featuring online broadcasts that can be accessed by audiences around the world for just £3. On Friday 2 April at 7pm GMT we ...

Over here, in London, the Royal Ballet performed a quadruple bill of works by Frederick Ashton, its revered and adored founder choreographer, the newest of which are from 1976, when Whelan and ...

All the performing arts have taken a hammering, and heaven knows this isn’t a competition, but dance, and ballet especially, is a case apart. The technique that took decades to acquire needs constant ...

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s triple bill Autumn Glory draws introspectively on its talented heritage. Leading Underground poster designer E McKnight Kauffer’s designs are stunning with red with orange ...

Ashton's "Symphonic Variations," which was initially produced in 1946 for the Sadler's Wells Ballet (later the Royal Ballet), is a work of pure dance to César Franck's "Symphonic Variations for Piano ...