The sugar-averse may wish the choreographer had done without the (real) Shetland pony and (human) chorus line of chickens. Discovering that Ashton's cockerel was doing the John Cleese walk 20 years ...

La Fille mal gardée, Frederick Ashton’s unassuming tale of two villagers in love, could well be the most perfect romcom in any genre – so sun-kissed, sweet-natured and absurdly beguiling it makes Four ...

La Fille mal gardee is a rural rom-com that is easy to watch and easy to like. It was made 50 years ago by Frederick Ashton and in its half century year The Royal Ballet is rightly reviving his clever ...

La Fille mal gardée features a real live pony, so it’s probably the best ballet ever. Some friends of mine were so enamoured of the previous incumbent of the role, a snow-white scene stealer called ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Written in 1960 with music arranged by John Lanchbery, this ballet has been part ...

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Prince Charles and his wife are indeed very busy with ballet: Covent Garden last night, Birmingham Hippodrome tonight. The Heir Apparent's presence indubitably adds bouquets of class and glamour at ...

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