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A page of detailed information about Ashton's La Fille mal Gardee. Any additions or corrections will be eagerly received! Production details Fille round the world Fille by any other name Lise and Colas
Production details La fille mal Gardee
Ballet in two acts and three scenes after Jean Dauberval First performance: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 28th January 1960 Cast:
Lise: Nadia Nerina Early reviews The first night reviews of Fille were slightly less rapturous than you might suppose, given its current status - lots of phrases like 'tremendous success', 'triumphant evening', 'received with delight', but several caveats as well: four stars rather than five, in today's terms. Osbert Lancaster's scenery disappointed some: Alexander Bland described it as 'knowing', and thought it mocked at Ashton's conception; others found the ribbons and all the other props a bit much; and there was some doubt as to whether Widow Simone was too much of a pantomime dame. This was all fairly standard for a new Ashton ballet, though, and a very few performances later A.V.Coton was writing that 'no new ballet in the post-war repertoire at Covent Garden has so swiftly ingested its intitial faults and imperfections and acquired that sense of inevitability that any good stage plot must have'. Read more La Fille mal Gardee, edited by Ivor Guest (The Dancing Times, 1960) (Long out of print but worth hunting for) Fille round the world Ashton's ballet has been produced by many other companies over the years. In chronological order:
Royal Danish Ballet (David Vaughan's Ashton Archive includes more details, such as principal casting, about all of these productions.) Alexander Grant was left the rights to Fille under Ashton's will, and for the last 15 years he has been involved in every restaging of the ballet. He talked about how he sets about working with each new company in an interview for DanceView magazine in 2000. Fille by any other name The name of Dauberval's original ballet was Le Ballet de la Paille, subtitled Il n'est qu'un pas du mal au bien. The title La Fille mal Gardee was first used when the ballet had its London premiere in 1791. Since then, versions of it have been given under a variety of names:
The Wayward Daughter The Royal Ballet is using The Wayward Daughter as a subtitle this season: despite many suggestions, and even competitions, they have never managed to find a satisfactory replacement for the French title. Lise and Colas A list, as complete as possible, of all the dancers who have played the leading roles in performances of Fille by the two Royal Ballet companies. Many of them have danced the roles with both companies - they are listed under the one they last performed with. ** indicates a guest artist.
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