 Ashton's "Sylvia" is much more contemporary, and while retaining a classic feel, it has been modernized.In the 1952 choreography, "Sylvia" incorporated new and interesting techniques such as the blending of mime and dance and more intricate footwork, as are typical of Ashton's works.As writer Arnold Haskell said, "he accepts the challenge in Sylvia of coping with period music without descending to pastiche; and never once does the movement he provides strike us as modern or as 'old world'".