La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)
Frederick Ashton’s joyful ballet The Wayward Daughter contains some of his most brilliant choreography.
2015 | 135m | English
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| Director: | Ross MacGibbon |
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| Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter) is one of the choreographer's most joyous and colourful creations. Inspired by his love for the Suffolk countryside, the ballet is set on a farm and tells a story of love between Lise, the daughter of Widow Simone, and Colas, a young farmer. It contains some of Ashton's most stunning choreography, most strikingly in the series of energetic pas de deux that express the youthful passion of the young lovers, performed here by Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae. The ballet is laced with exuberant good humour, and elements of national folk dance, from dancing chickens and a maypole dance to a Lancashire clog dance for Widow Simone, performed by Philip Mosley. | |
| Release Date: | May 05, 2015 |
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| Director: | Ross MacGibbon |
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| Genres: | Comedy, Music, Romance |
| Keywords | classical music, ballet |
| Production Companies | Royal Opera House |
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| Name | Character |
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| Natalia Osipova | Lise |
| Steven McRae | Colas |
| Paul Kay | Alain |
| Christopher Saunders | Thomas |
| Philip Mosley | Widow Simone |
| Michael Stojko | Cockerel |
| Francesca Hayward | Hen |
| Leticia Stock | Hen |
| Gemma Pitchley-Gale | Hen |
| Meaghan Grace Hinkis | Hen |
| Name | Job |
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| John Lanchbery | Music Arranger |
| Osbert Lancaster | Set Designer, Costume Design |
| Jean Dauberval | Scenario Writer |
| Ferdinand Hérold | Music |
| John B. Read | Lighting Design |
| Barry Wordsworth | Conductor |
| Frederick Ashton | Choreographer |
| Ross MacGibbon | Director |
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