Have you ever had a chance to see the masterful ballet Sir Frederick Ashton created on Mendelssohn's overtue and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream? Ashton's The Dream is in my view one of his best works, and unlike Balanchine who also choreographed the Bard's masterful comedy but plundered some other musical sources, Ashton used only the overture and incidental music, albeit with a few repeats to make it a full one-hour ballet. Ashton's work is now available on DVD in a remarkable production by American Ballet Theatre, with the divine Alessandra Ferri as Titania.
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Date: 2009-02-06 02:44 pm (UTC)Ashton's work is now available on DVD in a remarkable production by American Ballet Theatre, with the divine Alessandra Ferri as Titania.