Royal Ballet: Monotones I and II & The Two Pigeons | Christian Rizzo: D'Apres Une Histoire VraieFrederick Ashton was a 20th-century English romantic, a choreographer who was inclined towards lyricism and storytelling. In the plotless ballet Monotones I and II, Ashton took inspiration from two Satie scores, Trois Gymnopédies and Les Gnossiennes, to choreograph in a style of limpid simplicity, which he himse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:28AM on November 13, 2015