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Sir Frederick Ashton
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Also Known As Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton
Born September 17, 1904 • Guayaquil • Ecuador
Died August 18, 1988 (aged 83) • Sussex • England

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Frederick Ashton (left) and Robert Helpmann rehearsing their roles as the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella, 1965.
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George Balanchine.
George Balanchine
Russian-American choreographer
Dame Ninette de Valois
Irish-born British dancer
Christopher Wheeldon
British-born dancer and choreographer
Matthew Bourne
British choreographer and dancer
Dolin in Bluebeard, 1942
Sir Anton Dolin
British dancer
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
Sir Kenneth MacMillan
British choreographer
John Field
British ballet dancer and director
Michael Somes and George Balanchine
Michael Somes
British dancer
Constant Lambert
British composer
Ross, Herbert
Herbert Ross
American dancer and film director
Glen Tetley
American dancer
Rudolf Nureyev performing in Flower Festival at Genzano.
Rudolf Nureyev
Soviet-born dancer
Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian-American dancer
Sir Robert Helpmann
Australian dancer
Bournonville, oil on canvas by Louis Aumont, 1828; in the Theatre Museum, Copenhagen
August Bournonville
Danish dancer
Eliot Feld
American dancer
Maurice Béjart.
Maurice Béjart
French dancer
Joffrey, Robert; Arpino, Gerald
Robert Joffrey
American choreographer and director