Frederick Ashton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton OM, CH, CBE (17 September 1904 – 18 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue.Determined to be a dancer, despite the opposition of his conventional middle-class family, Ashton was accepted as a pupil by Leonide Massine and then by Marie Rambert. In 1926 Rambert encouraged him to try his hand at choreography, and though he continued to dance professionally, with success, it was as a choreographer that he became famous.Ashton was chief choreographer to Ninette de Valois, from 1935 until her retirement in 1963, in the company known successively as the Vic-Wells Ballet, the Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Royal Ballet. He succeeded de Valois as director of the company, serving until his own retirement in 1970.Ashton is widely credited with the creation of a specifically English genre of ballet. Among his best-known works are Façade (1931), Symphonic Variations (1946), Cinderella (1948), La fille mal gardée (1960), Monotones I and II (1965), Enigma Variations (1968) and the feature film ballet The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1970).
The Tales of Beatrix Potter, The Tales of Hoffmann, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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He was awarded the Commander of the Order of Dannebrog in 1963 by the Danish government for his services to dance.
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He was awarded the Legion of Honour in France in 1962 for his services to dance.
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He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1950 King's Honours List for his services to dance. He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1962 Queen's Honours List for his services to dance. He was awarded the Companion of Honour in the 1970 Queen's Honours List for his services to dance. He was awarded the Order of Merit in October 1977 in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to dance.
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Glee
2012-2013
TV Series choreographer - 7 episodes
Sylvia
2007
TV Movie choreography: 1952
The Sleeping Beauty
2007
TV Movie choreographer
Die Fledermaus
1990
TV Movie choreographer: original
Natalya Makarova's Swan Lake
1988
TV Movie choreographer - as Sir Frederick Ashton
Die Fledermaus
1984
TV Movie choreographer: "Voice of Spring" and "Explosions Polka"
Swan Lake
1982
TV Movie choreographer
La fille mal gardée
1981
choreographer
Tales from a Flying Trunk
1979
choreographer
The Turning Point
1977
choreographer: Miss Browne's Final Solo by
I Am a Dancer
1972
Documentary choreographer: "Marguerite and Armand"
Tales of Beatrix Potter
1971
choreographer
Frost on Sunday
1970
TV Series choreographer - 1 episode
Cinderella
1969
TV Movie choreographer / stage director
The Dream
1967
TV Movie choreography
Checkmate
1963
TV Movie stage director
The Royal Ballet
1960
choreographer: "Ondine"
Producers' Showcase
1955-1957
TV Series choreographer - 2 episodes
The Story of Three Loves
1953
choreographer
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951
choreographer
Les patineurs
1937
TV Movie choreography by
Façade
1936
TV Movie choreography by
Escape Me Never
1935
choreographer
Dance Pretty Lady
1931
choreographer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tales of Beatrix Potter
1971
Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Cinderella
1969
TV Movie
Ugly Stepsister
Producers' Showcase
1955-1957
TV Series
Carabosse
The Tales of Hoffmann
1951
Kleinsach / Cochenille
The Sleeping Princess
1939
TV Movie
Puss-in-Boots
Checkmate
1939
TV Movie
Player
Carnaval
1937
TV Movie
Pierrot
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Producers' Showcase
1957
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Magic of Dance
1979
TV Series documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Celebration: The History of the Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet