capybara Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 (edited) Have just received the following e-mail. There is no information this time about the dancers who will be featured. THE FREDERICK ASHTON FOUNDATION ASHTON REDISCOVERED 2017 - 18 A series of masterclasses given by the original casts of rarely performed works by Frederick Ashton. Introduced by Jane Pritchard and featuring dancers of The Royal Ballet. To be filmed for educational and research purposes. The Royal Ballet Upper School, 46 Floral Street, London WC2E 9DA Sunday 19 November 2017 with Anthony Dowell 2.30 – 5.30pm (doors open 2.00pm) Le Rossignol (1981) Sunday 11 February 2018 with Monica Mason 2.30 – 5.30pm (doors open 2.00pm) Spanish Dance from Swan Lake Act III (1963) Each masterclass will include an Introduction, Q&A and drinks reception Booking now open: Tickets: £60 per person (See ticket application form attached) For further information, please email ashtonrediscovered@yahoo.com or leave message on 020 7212 9627 (voicemail) All proceeds to benefit the Frederick Ashton Foundation (reg. charity no. 1143433) Edited September 3, 2017 by capybara 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Thank goodness they've dropped Alastair Macaulay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Pigeons Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 hear. hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riva Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed yesterday afternoon. I had extremely limited knowledge of Le Rossignol before attending, but found both the solo and PDD beautiful. What a privelige! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riva Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 *privilege - can’t seem to edit previous post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Thanks Riva. I've seen some Anna Rose O'Sullivan/William Bracewell photos on Instagram but is it possible for someone who attended to say a little more about the master class? Is Le Rossignol being performed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLOSS Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) I somehow doubt that we shall see any part of Stravinsky's Nightingale on the Opera House stage any time soon. The choreography you saw yesterday was created in 1983 for the staging of an opera double bill of Stravinsky's Le Rossignol which dates from 1914 and Ravel's L'Enfant et le Sortilege written in the 1920's to a libretto by Colette.Both operas had designs by David Hockney and were directed by John Dexter.I believe that Rossignol was originally staged in a manner not unlike the staging of the original version of Le Coq d'Or with singers performing the musical text and playing no direct part in the stage action which was allocated to dancers of the Diaghilev company. Stravinsky later reworked the music into a one act ballet Le Chant du Rossignol. In 1925 Alicia Markova appeared in a new staging of the ballet performing Balanchine's choreography. There is archive material about this staging on the internet which includes Markova talking about it and teaching a section of the choreography. In the Royal Opera's 1983 staging of the opera the Fisherman was sung by Philip Langridge and danced by Anthony Dowell while the Nightingale was sung by Phyllis Bryn-Julson and danced by Natalia Markarova. All the other roles were taken by singers. Staging an opera like the Nightingale is not a cheap undertaking as it has quite a lot of named characters in it who have to be individually cast. I suspect that the choice of L'Enfant as the companion piece represented an attempt to keep costs down as the voice types required in both operas are similar. I have no doubt that the afternoon event was of considerable interest but I should like to know whether the choreography taken out of its theatrical context made that much sense as the likelihood of the opera company staging a production of the Nightingale is unlikely for two reasons. The first is the cost of staging it and the second is the difficulty of making the opera relevant or accessible to today's opera audience. As far as the Ashton choreography is concerned I can't imagine it finding a home in any revival because it is far too balanced and obviously classically based to satisfy the aesthetic requirement that every element of an opera production should educate and challenge the audience out of its middle class complacency. Edited November 20, 2017 by FLOSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane S Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I thought it was created a couple of years earlier, for the Metropolitan Opera in New York? - unless Ashton altered it substantially for the RO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 17 minutes ago, FLOSS said: I somehow doubt that we shall see any part of Stravinsky's Nightingale on the Opera House stage any time soon. The choreography you saw yesterday was created in 1983 for the staging of an opera double bill of Stravinsky's Le Rossignol which dates from 1914 and Ravel's L'Enfant et le Sortilege written in the 1920's to a libretto by Colette.Both operas had designs by David Hockney and were directed by John Dexter.I believe that Rossignol was originally staged in a manner not unlike the staging of the original version of Le Coq d'Or with singers performing the musical text and playing no direct part in the stage action which was allocated to dancers of the Diaghilev company. I also doubt that we'll see it on the main stage at the ROH but, you never know, it might make it to the Linbury. A perfect vehicle for the RO's young artists. The choreography was created in 1981 for a Stravinsky triple bill at the Met (where there was also another (French composers) triple bill which featured L'Enfant et le Sortilege). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 The Ashton Foundation has posted links to videos of the masterclasses. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheilaC Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Unfortunately the masterclasses are no longer filmed, even though there is always fascinating information provided by the guest teachers and the notators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 16 hours ago, John Mallinson said: The Ashton Foundation has posted links to videos of the masterclasses. This is good but the very first, and simply wonderful, one (with Sir Anthony Dowell coaching Reece Clarke as Prince Florimund and Vadim Muntagirov in The Dance of the Blessed Spirits) does not appear to be there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 They are both on YouTube - I’ll post the links later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Links as promised: Reece Clark - Sleeping Beauty solo:- A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletfanp Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 ....and Vadim Muntagirov in Dance of the Blessed Spirits:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Is The Walk to the Paradise Garden there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesrhblack Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 On 24/03/2019 at 23:08, John Mallinson said: The Ashton Foundation has posted links to videos of the masterclasses. How wonderful to see. Monica Maon’s Explanation of the architecture of the choreography is just wonderful. I habe such lovely memories of Deirdre Eyden in this solo and wish it were still in the Florestan Pas de Trois... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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