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Frederick Ashton created Marguerite and Armand for Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn in 1963, as a celebration of their unique dance partnership. The narrative was drawn from the play La Dame aux camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils, which also inspired Giuseppe Verdi's opera La traviata. Ashton concentrates the play's tragic essence in choreography of great intensity - Fonteyn recalled that rehearsals for the work contained 'a passion more real than life itself'. The ballet is set to Franz Liszt's La lugubre gondola and his famous Piano Sonata in B Minor. It depicts the burgeoning love between Marguerite and Armand, movingly expressed through passionate lifts and increasingly free movements. However, the lovers' happiness is threatened by social convention and the 'gilded cage' in which Marguerite lives - evoked by Cecil Beaton in his elegant stage designs. The final pas de deux, as Marguerite lies dying in Armand's arms, is among the most moving in Ashton's output.

Creatives/Company

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Conductor: Tom Seligman
Music: Dudley Simpson (orchestration)
Design: Cecil Beaton
Lighting: John B Read

The Royal Ballet - Obsidian Tear/Marguerite and Armand/Elite Syncopations

The Royal Ballet - Obsidian Tear/Marguerite and Armand/Elite Syncopations (Dance or ballet) production archive for QTIX code T02054428111. Details of all The Royal Ballet - Obsidian Tear/Marguerite and Armand/Elite Syncopations archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S909

Archive Listings

14 Apr 18
  to
11 May 18
Royal Opera House
West End, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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