Frederick Ashton's ‘pure dance’ masterpiece, which premiered 75 years ago, leaves space for the viewer – and offers hope in dark times Marianka Swain has been a culture and features writer for the ...

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 ...

Ashton’s choreography hasn’t surfaced at the AB since 2004 (in La Fille mal gardee) and other works have been absent since the 1970s and 80s. The Dream couldn’t look pret­tier in David Walker’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Henry Danton, who has died aged 102, was the last survivor of the six dancers who created Frederick Ashton’s ballet masterpiece Symphonic Variations in 1946. This was Ashton’s first creation for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — After everything from “The Nutcracker” to “Romeo & Juliet,” The Washington Ballet closes out its 2017-2018 season this week with a triple treat at the Kennedy Center. “Mixed Masters” will ...