qtd. in
Godden, Rumer. A House with Four Rooms. Macmillan, 1989.
275
Frederick Ashton
Standard Name: Ashton, Frederick
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Rumer Godden | Sir Frederick Ashton
wrote to Godden, The book is beautifully done in every respect with real sensitivity on your part & complete understanding of our medium. |
| Performance of text | Gertrude Stein | GS
's concept of language was inextricably tied to ideas about time and space. On her travels to Italy, Spain, and the United States, she began to think of landscape as a... |
| Textual Production | Gertrude Stein | Virgil Thomson had set music to several poems by GS
when he asked her to write an opera libretto for him in 1927. She had a longstanding interest in saints, especially Saint Teresa
of Avila... |
| Textual Production | Edith Sitwell | Some of the translations had already been published by ES
in Wheels. Clements, Patricia. Baudelaire and the English Tradition. Princeton University Press, 1985. 242-3 |
| Textual Production | Beatrix Potter | Sir Frederick Ashton
produced a sensation with his filmed ballet based on the BP
animal stories; dancers in often hot and heavy costumes created the impression through dance of sprightly, charming, non-human movement. Godden, Rumer. A House with Four Rooms. Macmillan, 1989. 274 |
| Textual Production | Rumer Godden | Following Frederick Ashton
's highly successful Beatrix Potter
ballet, filmed by EMI
, RG
published a book entitled The Tale of the Tales: the Beatrix Potter Ballet. Godden, Rumer. A House with Four Rooms. Macmillan, 1989. 271 Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
Timeline
1934: Before she was sixteen Margot Fonteyn (later...
Building item
1934
Before she was sixteen Margot Fonteyn
(later Dame Margot) danced the leading part with the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (later the Royal Ballet
) in Frederick Ashton
's Rio Grande.
Greenspan, Karen. The Timetables of Women’s History. Simon and Shuster, 1994.
334
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
5 May 1956: Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet company marked...
Building item
5 May 1956
Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet
company marked its 25th anniversary by presenting a suite of dances choreographed by Frederick Ashton
and entitled Birthday Offering.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
411
27 October 1958: The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn...
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27 October 1958
The ballet Ondine, danced by Margot Fonteyn
and choreographed by Frederick Ashton
, was performed at Covent Garden.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
414
12 March 1963: Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn danced...
Building item
12 March 1963
Rudolf Nureyev
and Margot Fonteyn
danced together for the first time at the Royal Opera House
, Covent Garden, in Marguerite and Armand by Sir Frederick Ashton
.
Dane, Clemence. London Has a Garden. Michael Joseph, 1964.
150
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