Les Patineurs

Composer: Meyerbeer, Giacomo

Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Choreographer: Ashton, Frederick

Staging: Carr, Christopher

Staging: Coyle, Grant

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Dancer: Arestis, Christina

Dancer: Filpi, Francesca

Dancer: Hirano, Ryoichi

Dancer: Kura, Kenta

Dancer: Lamb, Sarah

Dancer: McRae, Steven

Dancer: Morera, Laura

Dancer: Pennefather, Rupert

Dancer: Raine, Samantha

Dancer: Scarlett, Liam

Dancer: Uspenski, Andrej

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Corps de Ballet: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

Conductor: Murphy, John Paul

Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross

Lighting Designer: Read, John B.

Set Designer: Chappell, William

Costumer Designer: Chappell, William

Divertissements

Composer: Tommasini, Vincenzo

Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich

Composer: Massenet, Jules

Composer: Paganini, Nicolo

Composer: Strauss II, Johann

Composer: Brahms, Johannes

Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Choreographer: Ashton, Frederick

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Dancer: Acosta, Carlos

Dancer: Benjamin, Leanne

Dancer: Bussell, Darcey

Dancer: Cervera, Ricardo

Dancer: Cope, Jonathan

Dancer: Galeazzi, Mara

Dancer: Morera, Laura

Dancer: Rojo, Tamara

Dancer: Samodurov, Viacheslav

Dancer: Soares, Thiago

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Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Conductor: Wordsworth, Barry

Soloist: Gammon, Philip

Costumer Designer: Dowell, Anthony

Costumer Designer: Oman, Julia Trevelyan

Costumer Designer: Nobili, Lila de

Costumer Designer: Watkins, Alan

Costumer Designer: Dean, David

Scenes de ballet

Composer: Stravinsky, Igor

Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Choreographer: Ashton, Frederick

Staging: Carr, Christopher

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Dancer: Cuthbertson, Lauren

Dancer: Putrov, Ivan

Dancer: Watson, Edward

Dancer: Yoshida, Miyako

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Corps de Ballet: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Conductor: Wordsworth, Barry

Lighting Designer: Read, John B.

Set Designer: Beaurepaire, Andre

Costumer Designer: Beaurepaire, Andre

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Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Playing Time: 01:53:36

Catalogue Number: OA1064D

UPC: 809478010647

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Founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet, Frederick Ashton created more than 100 ballets over a 60 year career. Showcasing three of his shorter works, this video reflects the breadth of his sophisticated, elegant and widely popular style.

Les Patineurs evokes the Edwardian skating rink, with all its youthful charm and humour, in contrast to Scènes de Ballet where sharp geometric shapes and the music of Igor Stravinsky are combined to create perhaps Ashton's most modernist work. Divertissements, a collection of eight short dances, features some of Ashton's most lyrical choreography, including pas de deux set to Romantic masterpieces by Tchaikovsky and Massenet.