💡🍸Did you know?...Ashton was good friends with the Queen Mother. They enjoyed martinis together after picnics at Sandringham & on his O.M. she wrote to him saying 'you have put our English ballet on a pinnacle' illustrated with a jaunty sketch of a ballerina on a mountain peak!

💃 throwing it back with some stunning pics of Gary Avis Gary Avis MBE 💙 & Christina Arestis performing pas de deux from Ashton's 'Enigma Variations' and 'Façade' at the High Sheriff of Suffolk’s Command Performance, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, in March 📸 ©Tom Soper

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get into the taxi of course! 🐔🚕 Today we're looking back to the fun we had with La Fille mal gardée in 2018! The im-peck-able ballet visits Birmingham Hippodrome, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Sadler's Wells this autumn, book now: bit.ly/4ea8XjZ

Hold onto your sunflowers, La Fille mal gardée opens TONIGHT Birmingham Hippodrome! 🌻 We're excited to open our 2024/25 season and celebrate debuts for Beatrice Parma as Lise, Enrique Bejarano Vidal as Colas and Gus Payne as Alain 🤩 Book now: brnw.ch/21wNaYO 📸: Riku Ito

Press night for Birmingham Royal Ballet La Fille mal gardée which is at Birmingham Hippodrome until 28th September . Look out for #BrumHour's review tomorrow. #Birmingham

☀️ enjoy this review of Birmingham Royal Ballet's current revival of Ashton's sunniest ballet, 'La Fille mal gardée' 🎟️ still available for those lucky enough to find themselves in Plymouth or London this month—see brb.org.uk/shows/la-fille… theguardian.com/stage/2024/sep…

🎟️ a few tix remain for 'Legacy' Royal Ballet and Opera this week—the fantastic programme for which features Ashton's 'Awakening' pdd from 'The Sleeping Beauty', performed by Marianna Tsembenhoi & Joseph-Jacob Sissens. Let us know if you're lucky enough to catch a performance! rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-ev…

Sarah Eliot-Cohen, former Royal Ballet School Head of Development, is appointed new Executive Director of the Frederick Ashton Fdn from 1 Jan. This follows the retirement of Christopher Nourse, co-founder of the Foundation & its first Exec Director 🔗 press release: frederickashton.org.uk/news.html

Happy 2025 from Frederick Ashton Fdn! We're excited for all things Ashton this year, beginning with 2 Foundation events, both with 🎟️ remaining (see link in bio for full info)... 🎁 28 Jan: Masterclass on Birthday Offering in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet 👿 23 Feb: Masterclass on Devil's Holiday

✨ 𝘈𝘯 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘴𝘩𝘵𝘰𝘯: 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟖 𝐉𝐚𝐧 For those near Birmingham don’t miss the chance to grab one of the remaining tix to our masterclass with Birmingham Royal Ballet 🔗in bio for details + booking 📸Birmingham Royal Ballet

✨frederickashton.org.uk✨ 📣We’ve been working away behind the scenes, and are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new website 🌐🧑‍💻🩰 Take a look, and discover all about the Foundation, its programmes & the incredible life, work & legacy of Sir Frederick Ashton

Last month, Birmingham Royal Ballet celebrated the iconic works of Frederick Ashton at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, with the Royal Ballet Sinfonia performing some of the beautiful scores from his work. It was a wonderful evening!

🚀this weekend sees the launch of Frederick Ashton Fdn's innovative new partnership with Royal Ballet School, providing dance students training in the ATAP methodology with the invaluable chance to learn and study the work of Frederick Ashton. Read more on our website: frederickashton.org.uk/a-pioneering-p…

Celebrating 💯 years of Ashton! On 10 April 1925, after just a year of regular ballet classes, he performed a Fandango with the Duenna Dancers at the Palace Pier, Brighton—the start of a career that would see him become a principal architect of 20th-century classical ballet

We’re delighted to share insights from Jane Pritchard (Curator of Dance V&A) on Ashton's 'The Devil's Holiday', from the intro she gave at our Feb Ashton Rediscovered masterclass. Read the article below, including a link to the masterclass on YouTube frederickashton.org.uk/insight/devils…

This weekend, The Sarasota Ballet's season finale features Ashton's zany, narrated ballet 𝘈 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵. Let us know if you catch a performance! 💐 📸Ellen Overstreet, Victoria Hulland & Juan Gil in 𝘈 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵, The Sarasota Ballet. Ph Frank Atura

See how ABT dancer Tyler Maloney is transformed by Hair and Makeup Supervisor Rena Most for the role of Goat in SYLVIA 🐐 🎟️ See SYLVIA at the Met Opera NOW until July 12! Get your tickets at abt.org #AmericanBalletTheatre

'the many felicities of Ashton’s choreography, sweet, silly and intricate at every scale'... Enjoy this review of American Ballet Theatre's recent performances of Ashton's 𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘢 from The New York Times 🏹💫: tinyurl.com/ydcsjp44

Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ & ⭐⭐⭐: The Royal Ballet at the Nervi Festival celebrating Ashton and Paris Opera Ballet’s Signature Pieces gramilano.com/2025/07/review…

✨Celebrating Frederick Ashton✨ 17 Sept Join Frederick Ashton Fdn for a special event Ladbroke Hall to mark Ashton’s 121st birthday Sarah Crompton interviews Kevin O’Hare, Marianela Nuñez & Vadim Muntagirov of The Royal Ballet & British designer Jasper Conran London 🎟️ tinyurl.com/3ect8a6u