DVD: Frederick Ashton

DVD: Frederick Ashton

DVD:

Frederick Ashton

Prokofiev - Cinderella / Sibley, Dowell, Royal Ballet

Anthony Dowell, Frederick Ashton

Kultur Video, 2001

Rare performance....
It's a pleasure to view this rare performance....the step-sisters at their best. I am not a fan of the music, but the choreography and the dancing is wonderful.

Ashton - The Dream / Ethan Stiefel, Alessandra Ferri, Herman Cornejo, American Ballet Theater

Sir Frederick Ashton, American Ballet Theatre

Kultur Video, 2004

Lovely charmer
In 1962, George Balanchine choreographed "Midsummer's Night Dream," which has become one of his most well-loved ballets. It is structured much like a classical ballet. The first act is in the woods, the second act is a series of divertissements. Two years later, Sir ...

Margot
Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann

Tony Palmer Films, 2008

The Tales of Hoffmann - Criterion Collection

Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tchérina

Criterion Collection, 2005

EXTRAORDINARY IN EVERY WAY ! ! !
Criterion pulled out all stops with this incredible release - well worth the wait and price. Absolutely glorious Technicolor, a flawless print, and an abundance of informative extras. I can't recommend this beautiful film enough. It will be a crowning jewel in any ...

Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty / Fonteyn, Somes, Ashton, Grey, Sadler's Wells Ballet

Margot Fonteyn, Beryl Grey

Video Artists Int'l, 2004

Fonteyn's Achievement
The first time I viewed this DVD I had trouble with the dimly preserved image. I'm glad that I gave it another chance, because I now realize what a magnificent, museum quality performance it is. This is one of Fonteyn's most splendid roles. Technically dazzling, she ...

Who Done It?

Benny Hill, Belinda Lee

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2003

Proof That Benny Hill Was A Great Comedian
Although I have watched the video 4 - 5 times, the most recent viewing was over a year ago. This is significant because it proves the memorably of the film. The film is well done. I must say there is no "obligatory endless complaining about rampant Socialism" so common ...

The Tales of Beatrix Potter (with Dancers of The Royal Ballet)

Frederick Ashton, Alexander Grant

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2004

Beatrix Potter Ballet
I absolutely loved this. If you like Beatrix Potter books and stories, you will love this. The costumes are great, so like her paintings that you forget they are people. And the ballet and music is wonderful too. Loved everything about it. In fact I bought another one ...

Tony Palmer's Film About Margot Fonteyn

Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann

Kultur Video, 2006

Margot
Palmer's long but well-balanced and consistently absorbing documentary is one of the more striking examples of the dichotomy of celebrity, with great public acclaim set against a private life of mostly contained misery. Clearly Dame Margot was a woman of remarkable ...

Herold - La Fille Mal Gardee / Collier, Coleman, Shaw, Grant, Ashton, Royal Ballet

Frederick Ashton, Lesley Collier

Kultur Video, 2005

Ashton's sunny romantic comedy
I've waited years to own this performance, ever since I taped over the cable TV broadcast. On DVD, it's brighter and better sounding than ever, and viewing it for the first time in many years, I didn't realize how much I missed it. I cannot imagine Leslie Collier in ...

Prokofiev - Cinderella / Fonteyn, Somes, Ashton, MacMillan, Park, Grant, Farron, Fifield, Page, Beriosova, ...

Margot Fonteyn, Kenneth MacMillan

Video Artists Int'l, 2004

Cinderella Ballet, Sadlers Wells (now Royal Ballet)
Margot Fonteyne is ALWAYS wonderful, as are the rest of the characters -- as Salders Wells ALWAYS are!!!! Worth the time and money and then some.

The Invisible Man [Region 2]

Merelina Kendall, Roy Holder

See the Original Invisible Man. (D'oh,the review unlike the title has no cheap Invisible man jokes)
This has been out for quite a while in England (2005) but for anybody who has a multi region DVD player, it's a worthy addition to anyones DVD collection. This most seminal of stories has given birth to many inferior versions too numerous to count, but it takes the ...

Frederick Ashton's the Dream
Frederick Ashton

Margot Fonteyn

Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann

Image Entertainment, 2000

Great DVD
Having been a fan of Margot Fonteyn since 1955, having seen 52 of her performances and having had lunch with her after she autographed a copy of her autobiography, I was delighted to see this DVD which I thoroughly enjoyed. Anyone who wants to know more about this ...