Saturday 12 May 2012

Tales Of Beatrix Potter. RB. 2007.


Watch The Performance Here:


Frederick Ashton (the other major choreographer of the second half of the 20th century) created his ballet Tales of Beatrix Potter 
for the camera in 1971 (still available on DVD).
In 1992, Anthony Dowell created a stage version for the Royal Ballet, revived in 2007 and filmed during the subsequent performances.
David Nice’s essay in the accompanying booklet tells us much about the score,
“composed” by John Lanchberry using Victorian waltzes and ballads and excerpts from various 19th-century ballets (Minkus, Glazunov),
as well as his own version of La fille mal gardée,
to all of which Ashton choreographed a number of gems,
at the same time parodying the 19th-century classics in solos and pas de deux.


Mrs Tittlemouse: Victoria Hewitt
Johnny Town-Mouse: Ricardo Cervera
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle: Jonathan Howells
Jemima Puddle-Duck: Gemma Sykes
The Fox: Gary Avis
Pigling Bland: Bennet Gartside
Pig-Wig: Laura Morera
Aunt Pettitoes: David Pickering
Mr Jeremy Fisher: Zachary Faruque
Tom Thumb: Giacomo Ciriaci
Hunca Munca: Iohna Loots
Peter Rabbit: Joshua Tuifua
Squirrel Nutkin: Steven McRae

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