British and Russian choreology about English choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton
Abstract
The creative work of Frederick Ashton has a great significance for English ballet: he is the author of the national ballet repertoire, the style and the school. Moreover, he is a co-founder of the ballet company. Russian audience got acquainted with Ashton’s works less than ten years ago. Therefore, this phenomenon still hasn’t been theoretically comprehended. In the article the author proposes to discover featured English publications and makes a review of the Russian publications devoted to Frederick Ashton. The Geraldine Moris’ monograph “Frederick Ashton’s ballets: style, performance, choreography” is subjected to detailed analysis as the most relevant one, which is supposed to reflect the vision of a given topic by the industry leading experts.
About the Author
V. R. Dudina
Saint Petersburg Conservatory named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov;
Vaganova Ballet Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Lecturer, 2, liter A Glinki St., Saint Petersburg, 190000;
Postgraduate Student, Rossi St., 2, Saint-Petersburg, 191023
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For citations:
Dudina V.R. British and Russian choreology about English choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton. Bulletin of Vaganova Ballet Academy. 2020;(3):57-66. (In Russ.)
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