The last time Ashton’s “Romeo and Juliet” was seen in the U.S. was in 2016, when it was performed by the Los Angeles Ballet.

After a five-year wait due to COVID, The Sarasota Ballet presents a belated company premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ...

Frederick Ashton was an outsider in the world of ballet. He grew up in South America and only began dancing when he was 20 years old, against the wishes of his family. Yet somehow Ashton went on ...

Peter Schaufuss was just five years old when Frederick Ashton came to Copenhagen in 1954 ... “At that time Sir Fred was feeling very neglected by the Royal Ballet and so he was 100 percent ...

Ballerina Francesca Hayward, currently the subject of much critical praise, made her debut in The Royal Ballet's Rhapsody, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton in 1980, aged 21. Here, seen in ...

The Sarasota Ballet will perform Sir Frederick Ashton's stunning ... in an all-consuming passion” (David Vaughan, Frederick Ashton and his Ballets, 1977). Infused with Ashton’s musicality ...