Frederick Ashton

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Frederick Ashton was a pioneering British choreographer and founding choreographer of The Royal Ballet, renowned for shaping the distinctive style of 20th-century British ballet.

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Frederick Ashton canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British person
ballet choreographer
ballet dancer
choreographer
dancer
human
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Bachelor
The Order of the Companions of Honour
surface form: Order of the Companions of Honour
burialPlace St Mary’s Churchyard, Yaxley, Suffolk
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1904-09-17
dateOfDeath 1988-08-18
educatedAt Rambert Dance Company
surface form: Rambert Dance Company school
employer The Royal Ballet
familyName Ashton
fullName Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton
gender male
genre ballet
givenName Frederick
hasSignatureWork La Fille mal gardée
Symphonic Variations
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced The Royal Ballet repertoire
style of 20th-century British ballet
influencedBy Bronislava Nijinska
Marie Rambert
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement British ballet
nationality British
notableFor development of the distinctive style of The Royal Ballet
lyrical, musical choreographic style
notableWork A Month in the Country
Cinderella (fairy tale)
surface form: Cinderella

Enigma Variations
La Fille mal gardée
Les Patineurs
Les Rendezvous
Monotones
Ondine
Symphonic Variations
The Dream
occupation artistic director
ballet dancer
choreographer
placeOfBirth Guayaquil
surface form: Guayaquil, Ecuador
placeOfDeath Eye, Suffolk, England
positionHeld artistic director of The Royal Ballet
founding choreographer of The Royal Ballet
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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The Royal Ballet notableChoreographer Frederick Ashton
Ninette de Valois influenced Frederick Ashton
La Fille mal gardée choreographer Frederick Ashton
subject surface form: La Fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton production)
Symphonic Variations choreographer Frederick Ashton
Symphonic Variations creator Frederick Ashton
Monotones choreographer Frederick Ashton
Monotones creator Frederick Ashton
Monotones associatedChoreographer Frederick Ashton
Marguerite and Armand choreographer Frederick Ashton
Kenneth MacMillan influencedBy Frederick Ashton
Birmingham Royal Ballet performsWorkOf Frederick Ashton