Dance: There's nobody here but us comic chickens La Fille mal gardee Royal Opera House, London ENB's 50th Anniversary Coliseum, London

From: The Independent - London | Date: January 21, 2001| Author: JENNY GILBERT | Copyright information

Most retired ballet dancers are left with memories and bunions. Alexander Grant was given a ballet to look after. As one of the many legatees of Sir Frederick Ashton, on the choreographer's death in 1988 Grant suddenly found himself the "owner" of La Fille mal gardee, the two-act comic romance Ashton made in 1960 and now the most popular work in English ballet.

Grant clearly takes his proprietorship very seriously, and has been coaching the cast for the Royal Ballet's latest revival -...

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