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How do you tell a story without words? If you've ever been embarrassed by how bad you are at charades, you'll know it's no easy feat. But choreographers have been doing it for centuries – sometimes with mime but also without, giving dance its own eloquence. They've sought inspiration from a remarkable range of sources – whether folktales, literature, real life or their own imaginations.
The most longstanding literary ballet must be Don Quixote. Miguel de Cervantes's novel, published 1605–15, has been inspiring ballets since at least 1743, when an unknown choreographer mounted Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse for the Paris Opera. He was the first of many, though the version with the most longevity has proved to be Marius Petipa's 1869 version (used by Carlos Acosta in his production for The Royal Ballet). Balletic Don Quixotes tend to sacrifice Cervantes's philosophical consideration of the human condition for a cheerful rendition of one of the novel's many absurd episodes – in Petipa's, where Don Quixote helps two young lovers get together despite the wishes of her parent.
Another of the oldest ballets still going strong is Jean Dauberval's 1789 La Fille mal gardée (though modern audiences know it best through Frederick Ashton's 1960 version). Unlike Don Quixote, the origins for this are entirely obscure – suggested sources includes an opera of the same title but with a different story and different music, or an 18th-century print of a mother scolding her child. Slim pickings indeed. You might recognize the story, though: Lise loves impoverished Colas; Lise's mother wants her to marry wealthy Alain; the lovers find a way (this time without a wandering knight's help) to get the mother to forget Alain and give her blessing to their wedding.
In fact, much like commedia dell'arte, 19th-century ballet tended to use the same recognizable characters in different contexts – a handy tool for audiences to figure out what's happening. In a ballet fantastique you could expect to find the hero, the good woman, the bad woman and various mischievous magicians to keep the plot going. Petipa's 1877 La Bayadère is a prime example. He took his story from the ballet Sacountala, created by his brother Lucien in Paris in 1858, which itself was based on a 5th-century Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa. None of that really matters, though: all it adds is local colour for a story where the demure Nikia loves the heroic Solor who is tempted by the extremely bad Gamzatti who, with the help of the scheming High Brahmin, eventually brings about her and everyone else's deaths, with the lovers united in paradise.
The same character tropes underpin a key preoccupation of 19th-century ballet – fairytale, determined by the Romantics' obsession with folklore. Théophile Gautier's libretto for Jules Perrot and Jean Coralli's 1841 ballet Giselle was inspired by Heinrich Heine's account of a Slavic folktale, in which the ghosts of jilted maidens dance to the death any man they come across. Tchaikovsky's three balletic masterpieces also have fairytale origins – the Russian-inflected German fairytales of Swan Lake, Charles Perrault's fairytale 'La Belle au bois dormant' for The Sleeping Beauty, and a section of an E.T.A. Hoffmann folk-inspired story for The Nutcracker (director Ivan Vsevolozhsky providing Tchaikovsky's reading list for the last two).
As ballet diversified in the 20th century, so did its influences. Leading the way was the Ballets Russes, who drew not only on a more ambiguous kind of folklore (The Firebird) but also the real world (Les Noces), myth (Daphnis et Chloé) and much else besides. Special mention should also go to Kenneth MacMillan, who adapted familiar tales (Romeo and Juliet, Manon), uncovered less well-known works (Las hermanas), drew on real-life stories (Mayerling, Isadora, Anastasia) and created entirely original works (The Judas Tree).
MacMillan was swimming against the tide, but choreographers today have almost completely free rein – from Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Will Tuckett's The Wind in the Willows to Liam Scarlett's The Age of Anxiety and Wayne McGregor's Woolf Works. The stories these choreographers use might be different, but they're driven by the same desire as their forebears – to tell a captivating story through movement.
Don Quixote runs 25 November 2014–22 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is generously supported by The Friends of Covent Garden.
The Wind in the Willows runs 26 November 2014–17 January 2015. Tickets are still available.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will be broadcast live to cinemas around the world on 16 December 2014. Find your nearest cinema.
Swan Lake runs 10 February–9 April 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is given with generous philanthropic support from Celia Blakey, Doug and Ceri King, and Peter Lloyd. Original Production (1987) and revival (2000) supported by The Linbury Trust.
La Fille mal gardée runs 16 April–5 May 2015. Tickets go on general sale on 27 January 2015.
The production is generously supported by Mrs Aline Foriel-Destezet, the Paul Ferguson Memorial Fund, Celia Blakey and Marina Hobson OBE.
Frederick Ashton was one of the most influential dance figures of the 20th century and his works remain a key part of The Royal Ballet's repertory today.
In celebration of its Founder Choreographer, the Company is currently performing a mixed programme including four of Ashton's finest works: Scènes de ballet, Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, Symphonic Variations and A Month in the Country. La Fille mal gardée, Ashton's final full-length ballet, will also be performed later in the Season.
To coincide with the mixed programme, BBC Arts has taken a closer look at the choreographer and a career that came to define ballet's 'English style'.
A profile of Sir Frederick Ashton
Watch friends and fellow professionals, Kevin O'Hare, Christopher Carr, and Steven McRae, share insights on Ashton, including footage featuring the choreographer himself, both performing and creating:
The 'Fred Step' in super slow motion
Watch Royal Ballet Soloist Francesca Hayward perform Ashton's signature 'Fred Step' in super slow motion:
Extracts from works featured in The Royal Ballet's Ashton Mixed Programme
Watch archive films from Royal Opera House performances of Ashton's Scènes de ballet, Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, Symphonic Variations and A Month in the Country.
Deborah Bull on Frederick Ashton
Read the article by writer, broadcaster, and former Royal Ballet Principal, Deborah Bull, about Ashton's life and works, and her first memory of the master choreographer.
The Royal Ballet's mixed programme of Ashton's works runs until 12 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
]]>I enjoyed Scènes de Ballet much more tonight than in previous runs. A meticulously rehearsed corps and vibrant 4 solo boys #ROHashton
— Karen McLernon (@BBB_Mrs) October 18, 2014
#RohAshton faves this eve: very chic Scènes de Ballet w/ Sarah Lamb & @_stevenmcrae & disciplined corps de ballet comme il faut + Month <3
— The Ballet Bag (@theballetbag) October 18, 2014
I want to love Scènes de Ballet far more than I do but, shallowly, I can't get beyond the costumes #rohashton
— Nellie (@knit2pointe2) October 18, 2014
Thank you Sarah Lamb & @TheRoyalBallet for tonight's #ROHAshton Performance! It's always a pleasure! pic.twitter.com/MLI5g4CeBe
— Steven McRae (@_stevenmcrae) October 18, 2014
Loved Scenes de ballet not sure about Brahms waltzes although impressive petal control from Helen Crawford #ROHAshton
— Gill Dunn (@gilltweet) October 18, 2014
#rohashton Symphonic Variations just creamy. @MNunezOfficial, @YasmineNaghdi, Choe, Muntagirov all excellent, as was the music.
— Michael Potter (@MichaelPotter) October 18, 2014
#ROHAshton @TheRoyalBallet Superb Ashton bill! Symphonic V. cast SUPERB!!! @MNunezOfficial beautiful @YasmineNaghdi very impressive debut!
— NinaF. (@NinaFinmann) October 18, 2014
.@MNunezOfficial after performing in Frederick #Ashton's 'Symphonic Variations' at @RoyalOperaHouse. #ROHAshton pic.twitter.com/xnOUDKg2LK
— Leena Hassan (@leenahassan) October 18, 2014
Really enjoyed symphonic variations tonight at #ROHAshton - seen it a few times but never loved it that much before. Bravo @TheRoyalBallet !
— Alice Clay (@AliceClay) October 18, 2014
#ROHAshton - Month needs to be preserved on film with the always dramatically wonderful Zanowsky a consummate Ashton dance actress - heaven
— Pat Heath (@TheMemeSays) October 18, 2014
The full breadth of emotion was wrung from A Month in the Country by the whole cast and orchestra. Stunning. Yanowsky, McGuire :) #ROHAshton
— Chris (@ManInSeatD26) October 18, 2014
An amazing #ROHAshton tonight. What more pleasure could you have than dance, watch and be moved by the genius of Sir Fred! @RoyalOperaHouse
— Gary Avis (@balletboy09) October 18, 2014
Press Reviews:
Guardian ★★★★★
Telegraph ★★★★
Financial Times ★★★★
Arts Desk ★★★★
Bachtrack ★★★★
What did you think of The Royal Ballet's Ashton mixed programme?
Scènes de ballet is part of The Royal Ballet's mixed programme of Ashton works, performed until 12 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
]]>One of the many treasures in the Royal Opera House's Collections department is an invaluable set of letters written by Frederick Ashton, Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet, to the American dancer Richard Beard, and donated to the Collections by Beard.
In one written on 29 January 1948, Ashton describes the creative process behind Scènes de ballet, less than two weeks ahead of its premiere on 11 February.
Ashton made ingenious use of Euclidean geometry in Scènes de ballet, and later described its 'distant, uncompromising beauty which says I am here, beautiful, but I will make no effort to charm you'.
But in this tender letter to a man who would later become his lover, Ashton suggests the ballet had a more passionate inspiration (although the rising pavilion he mentions would not make it to the premiere): 'in the apotheosis the man & woman are united in bliss & rise on the lift… away from all the slander of the world & live for each other only, & they are in a sort of fantastic pavilion of love'.
The letter includes sketches and descriptions of the costumes – the hats worn by the female corps de ballet are described as 'a cross between a greek column & a toreador's hat!'.
It was not all plain sailing with designer André Beaurepaire, though; Ashton hints at working through 'all [the ballet's] problems not the smallest of which has been Beaurepaire'. But the letter also contains a touching description of Ashton's fellow choreographer George Balanchine: 'I was pleased at his hand of friendship for I admire him beyond all other choreographers'.
Ashton made Scènes de ballet an homage to Marius Petipa, choreographic counterpart to Tchaikovsky – the perfect partner for Stravinsky's Tchaikovsky-inspired score. Ashton describes the choreography as 'very classical[;] naturally my own particular extension of the classic vocabulary with moments I think of poetry & real beauty & very much on a grand scale & a certain mystery & elegance & an aristocratic air to it all… very different things & new things I hope.'
Ashton also sent a newspaper clipping, showing him at a New Year's Ball. Also enclosed were some of Beaurepaire's set designs and a photo of himself.
Lastly, Ashton dedicates the ballet to Beard: 'All of it, my darling, for what it is worth, I dedicate to you with my love.'
Dearest Dick,
Our letters always seem to cross which means that we think of each other simultaneously & I like that, but then it only means that I wait for you to write again & hope you will write again & you don't; when I can't wait any longer to hear from my beloved I have to start & here I am pen in my hand & heart & mind with you.
I have as you can guess been very busy not too busy to think of you as you say of me but unable to take up my pen as I have to be right to communicate with you – somehow & naturally I have been obsessed with my new ballet & all its problems not the smallest of which has been Beaurepaire, but I have all the time thought of what you said & carried your orders to me in my head & tried to carry them […]
Is it good enough for him, would you kiss me tenderly and say "you did well today". I am getting to the end of it & today I went through it. I have still one of Margot's variations to do & naturally bits here & there to improve on. I use 12 girls & 4 boys & 2 principals. I always have my seasonal obsession as you know but in no way do I carry it out in the ballet and nor is there any implication of myself in it as there is
in your ballet, only that in the apotheosis the man & woman are united in bliss & rise on the lift (you know what I mean the stage level rises up) away from all the slander of the world & live for each other only, & they are in a sort of fantastic pavilion of love. Which rises & rises while another part of the stage, in front of them, with architecture on it, descends at the same time making their rise look even higher. It is quite effective
& curious you should say in your lovely letter that it should "all sink to oblivion before their eyes". The set is finally a very good set as such but not really suitable for this ballet, more for a Greek play but it is grand, the costumes I have had much trouble with him over in fact we almost quarrelled he is tiresome & superficial & the French desire to astonish is tiresome to me who prefers things to be right
rather than outré – & elegant rather than chic – but by dint of simplification I have I hope arrived at something. I have now one costume for the girls & one for boys instead of all different or 4 sets as I thought of as are fine & I have so fixed them now that all embellishments can be cast off if necessary at the dress rehearsal. The girls may wear hats like this, they look well on – of black velvet encrusted at the side with pearls & diamonds sewn tightly together. Pearl earrings & pearl chokers
They look a cross between a greek column & a toreador's hat! Tutu of pale blue & white & a bodice like this. The boys sort of Sylphide jackets rather chinese & rather Joseph's coat of many colours. Margot in yellow – and her hair perfectly plain & diamond choker & earrings.
The choreography is very classical naturally my own particular extension of the classic vocabulary with moments I think of poetry & real beauty & very much on a grand scale & a certain mystery & elegance & an aristocratic air to it all. I have not done a pas-de-deux for Margot but an adagio with 5 boys with very different things & new things I hope.
All of it, my darling, for what it is worth, I dedicate to you with my love.
Balanchine has invited me to come & do something for ballet society immediately after but I can't as we have to go to Holland in March. I was pleased at his hand of friendship for I admire him beyond all other choreographers […]'
Scènes de ballet is part of The Royal Ballet's mixed programme of Ashton works, performed until 12 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
ROH Collections are currently cataloguing the Richard Beard Collection of correspondence, so that it can be made available to a wider audience of researchers.
Find out more about the work of ROH Collections and browse the Collection here.
'Arabesque, fondu, coupé, petit developpé, pas de bourée, pas de chat'. This sequence is the Fred Step – one of the most famous motifs in ballet. It takes its nickname from The Royal Ballet's Founder Choreographer, Frederick Ashton, who included this enchaînement in almost all his ballets.
Though it is known as his choreographic signature, Ashton himself often referred to the sequence as the 'Pavlova', acknowledging the prima ballerina from whom he borrowed it. Ashton had first seen Anna Pavlova perform in Peru - the land of his birth - when he was just 13, and later described how her performance inspired him: 'She injected me with her poison and from the end of that evening I wanted to dance'. The Fred Step was originally part of a gavotte that Pavlova performed to 'The Glow Worm', part of an operetta by Paul Lincke. After Pavlova's death in 1931, Ashton – who thought of her 'when I'm working all the time' – came to regard it as his talisman.
The Fred Step is clearly recognizable in several of Ashton's most famous ballets. In A Month in the Country, it is danced by Natalia Petrovna and her admirer Rakitin. As he leads her offstage (from 3:36 in the following clip), the enchaînement perfectly illustrates the to and fro of their chattering.
The Fred Step is also clearly presented in Cinderella, given by the Dancing Master as he prepares the Ugly Sisters for the ball, and in Enigma Variations, danced several times by Isabel and Arnold during their pas de deux.
But more often than not it is difficult to spot the Fred Step. This is because Ashton often 'hid' the sequence – giving it to small groups of soloists or to the corps de ballet rather than the principal dancers, burying it amid other action and even adapting its steps for different contexts.
Below (and available at a larger size through the Flickr link) is the Benesh notation for the 'classic' Fred Step from A Month in the Country, followed by sequences from the ballerina's first solo in Scènes de ballet and a group section in Symphonic Variations. These detailed records of movement make it possible to recognize that the Scènes and Symphonic sequences derive from the Fred Step. Both begin with the distinctive arabesque, fondu, developpé and change of direction before diverging from the 'pure' Fred Step – the Scènes version ends with an entrelacé, while the Symphonic concludes with three entirely different steps performed concurrently by the dancers.
It's very easy to overlook the Symphonic version of the Fred Step – the simultaneous and slightly different versions of the Step, along with the completely still solo ballerina downstage, all conspire to distract the eye. But on closer inspection, this is clearly an exquisitely complex and very much deliberate quotation of Ashton's lucky charm in the ballet often regarded as his masterpiece (visible from 5:54 in the following clip).
These are just a handful of the great Ashton works that include the Fred Step. Which ones have you spotted?
The Royal Ballet's Mixed Programme of Scènes de ballet / Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan / Symphonic Variations / A Month in the Country runs 18 October–12 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
]]>A number of cast changes and additional casting for The Royal Ballet's autumn Season have been announced.
Due to injury, Olivia Cowley will replace Lauren Cuthbertson for performances of Cassandra on 30 and 31 October and 1 November.
Helen Crawford will replace Lauren Cuthbertson for performances of Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan on 18 and 28 October and 4 and 11 November. Romany Pajdak will dance the role for performances on 22 October and 5 and 12 November.
Vadim Muntagirov will replace Matthew Golding in Symphonic Variations for performance on 18 October. Reece Clarke will dance the role for performances on 4, 5, 11 and 12 November. Further casting can now be found on the production page.
Casting has also now been confirmed for Ceremony of Innocence and The Age of Anxiety. Details can now be found on the production pages.
]]>In any short profile of Isadora Duncan you'll find the phrase 'pioneer of modern dance' in the first sentence. She also had a profound influence on ballet, and her ideas continue to inform the way we conceive and understand dance today. Yet various aspects of Duncan's life – from her Wagnerian philosophizing to her many terrible personal tragedies, including her own gruesome death – have conspired to sensationalize Duncan's memory. So who was the real Isadora?
Let's start with a bare biography. Duncan was born Dora Angela Duncan in San Francisco in 1877. She had no formal training but her solo performances in Paris in 1900 launched a sensational international career that continued to her death. She had a daughter by theatre reformer Gordon Craig in 1906 and a son by sewing-machine millionaire Paris Singer in 1910. Both children drowned in 1913 when the car they were travelling in rolled into the Seine. Duncan's style subsequently transformed; some saw grief for her lost children, others the influence of her growing weight and alcohol dependence. She married Russian poet Sergei Esenin in 1921, who left her in 1922 and committed suicide in 1925. Duncan died in 1927 when her long scarf caught in the open spokes of a car driven by her lover.
That's enough to get her into the newspapers – but what about her influence on the dance world? Duncan got her first job in 1896, with a New York dance company run by Augustin Daly. She probably briefly studied ballet around this point as well, and quickly developed what would be a lifelong dislike of the hierarchy of theatre work and what she saw as the 'mechanical' imposition of ballet steps. Far more attractive to Duncan was Delsartism – a distinctively US understanding of the teachings of singing teacher François Delsarte, which proposed a system for connecting movement within the body.
Delsartism in part laid the foundation for Duncan's own philosophy, although she was also influenced by Hellenic aesthetics, Wagner's theories of Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art) and Walt Whitman's transcendentalism, to name just a few. Duncan argued that 'the natural language of the soul [is] the movement of the body'. Her movements were simple and semi-improvisational, finding inspiration in the natural world – while her dancing communicated not a story but her own expressionist and highly individual response to the music. She wanted to dance 'not in the form of a nymph, nor fairy, nor coquette, but in the form of woman in its greatest and purest expression… no longer at war with spirituality and intelligence, but joining them in a glorious harmony'.
Duncan believed that every soul longed to express itself in dance, and that dance should be an essential part of modern living. To this end she founded several schools – including in Moscow, with the support of the new Communist government. But none of the schools survived, and seemed only able to produce pale imitators of Duncan's highly individual style. Many have seen in this an expression of the self-contradiction at the heart of Duncan's philosophy: a belief both in the universal applicability of her teachings and in the idea of a 'chosen few' who could enact them.
But if her style could not be learnt, her influence could and can still be felt – most obviously in the free movement of modern dance, and more generally in the use of both art music and abstract movement in dance. Her 1905 tour to Russia had a tremendous impact on the future course of the Ballets Russes: Mikhail Fokine recalled how 'Duncan reminded us of the beauty of simple movements', while Sergey Diaghilev said 'we do not deny that Duncan is a kindred spirit. Indeed, we carry the torch that she lit.'
The 'real' Isadora Duncan is lost forever; we can never truly understand that effect of her dancing, despite the excellent efforts of dance historians to re-create her highly personal style. We will never see what Frederick Ashton called her 'immensely strong personality that came right across the footlights and held the audience and compelled them completely'. But her influence on the whole world of dance remains more than tangible.
Frederick Ashton's Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan appears in The Royal Ballet's Ashton mixed programme, which runs 18 October–12 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
]]>Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet
Frederick Ashton was born in Ecuador in 1904 and trained with Léonide Massine and Marie Rambert. He created his first ballet aged just 21 and became chief choreographer at the Vic-Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet) in 1935. Over the next 50 years he produced some eighty works that came to define the 'English style'. Many of these remain key pieces in the Company's repertory.
Refreshing Tradition – Scènes de ballet
Ashton created Scènes de ballet in 1948, to a score by Stravinsky. The score is Stravinsky's homage to Tchaikovsky – and so accordingly Ashton makes his ballet a celebration of Marius Petipa, Tchaikovsky's choreographic counterpart. The ballet follows the structure of a typical classical finale, and even references the famous Rose Adage from The Sleeping Beauty. However, Ashton gave Scènes a chic modern twist by giving the corps de ballet brilliantly striking patterns inspired by Euclidean geometry.
Ashton's Muses – Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan
Ashton had several muses throughout his career – most famously Margot Fonteyn. Another figure who had an enormous impact upon his work was the American dancer Isadora Duncan. Ashton first saw Duncan dance when he was just 17, and was immediately transfixed. In Five Brahms Waltzes (1976), created several years after her death, he aimed to recapture Duncan's unique, carefree style of dancing, while at the same time drawing on the particular talents of Lynn Seymour, who created the role.
The English Tradition – Symphonic Variations
Symphonic Variations is widely regarded as one of Ashton's masterpieces. It was the choreographer's first ballet created for the enormous Royal Opera House main stage; and rather than a grand narrative ballet, he went against the trend by opting for pure, abstract ballet that celebrates dance itself. The result is a work that perfectly encapsulates the English tradition, integrating fleet footwork and expressive épaulement with lyrical, musically sensitive choreography to César Franck's score.
Poetry in Movement – A Month in the Country
Ashton was inspired to create A Month in the Country when he saw a production of Ivan Turgenev's five-act play of the same name at the National Theatre. The resulting ballet – one of Ashton's last works for The Royal Ballet – won immediate acclaim for its skilful distillation of the play into just 40 minutes of choreography. The ballet, set to music by Chopin, is most celebrated for its four pas de deux, which portray the conflicting and tangled emotions aroused by a young tutor's arrival in a Russian household.
The Royal Ballet's Ashton mixed programme runs 18 October–12 November 2014. Tickets are still available.
]]>Friedrich Nietzsche wasn't the first to see a connection between art and myth, writing about great art as a balancing act between the elegant beauty of Apollo and the raw energy of Dionysus. Whether or not you agree with him, Nietzsche's choice to talk about the arts in terms of Greek gods is a reflection of how ballet, opera and theatre continually look back to classical mythology. For ballet, it's a fascination that has been there from the start.
The earliest ballets were entertainments that took place in the grand European courts of the 17th century and drew their stories from antiquity. Famously, King Louis XIV of France took part in Ballet de la nuit in 1653 and played the part of the sun god Apollo. It was as a result of this appearance that the ruler gained his nickname 'the Sun King'.
So when George Balanchine turned to classical mythology for his 1928 ballet, Apollo, the art form already had a long-standing relationship with the inhabitants of Mount Olympus. This one-act ballet depicts the eponymous young god being instructed in the arts by three Muses – Calliope, Polyhymnia and Terpsichore – and it is the work that Balanchine regarded as his artistic coming of age.
Like Apollo, Balanchine's Orpheus (first performed in 1948), uses a score by Stravinsky. The ballet was part of New York City Ballet's inaugural performance and is a highly stylized retelling of Orpheus's fabled attempt to rescue his wife Eurydice from Hades.
But Balanchine wasn't the only choreographer to be mining this rich vein of inspiration. His near-contemporary Martha Graham turned to the evocative stories of Greek mythology for some of her most powerful works. Night Journey (1947), for example, is Graham's haunting version of the Oedipus story, as told from the point of view of the hero's mother (and later wife) Jocasta in the moments before her suicide.
Around the same time, on the other side of the Atlantic, Frederick Ashton was inspired by the stories of antiquity, and in 1951 the curtain rose on the premiere of his ballet Daphnis and Chloë to music by Ravel. Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes starred in this bucolic story of two young lovers, whose tribulations are overseen by the god Pan.
The stories of antiquity continue to inspire choreographers. In 2009 Wayne McGregor worked with The Royal Opera to stage a double bill of two myth-inspired works – Handel's Acis and Galatea and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas – in a productions that saw Royal Opera House singers and ballet dancers share the stage in a rare collaboration.
This autumn the Royal Opera House hosts almost a month of performances inspired by myths in Deloitte Ignite 14. The festival focuses on two specific tales – the myths of Prometheus and Leda and the Swan, and includes performances by BalletBoyz, a new commission from Aakash Odedra and Chris Ofili to be performed as part of Sampling the Myth, and a range of free events.
During the festival, you can also hear Royal Ballet First Artist Ludovic Ondiviela introduce his new work Cassandra, inspired by the tragedy of the Trojan prophet doomed never to be believed.
Clearly, these ancient stories are as potent today as they were in the last century, the 1600s and for the ancient Greek audiences thousands of years ago.
Find out more about Deloitte Ignite 14 and claim your free Digital Programme.
]]>Our apologies to anyone who has booked for these two performances, but we need to correct an error in the casting.
Zenaida Yanowsky and Rupert Pennefather will not be dancing A Month in the Country on Wednesday 5 November, but on Wednesday 12 November instead. Natalia Osipova and Federico Bonelli will not be dancing A Month in the Country on Wednesday 12 November, but on Wednesday 5 November instead. The mistake is specific to A Month in the Country and the remaining cast for the Ashton Mixed Programme is correct as published.
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The way to parent most effectively is to have a plan! The purpose of a parenting plan is to encourage creative, individualized, and clear arrangements, as well as to facilitate cooperative parenting. Having a plan can make it easier for you and your ex-spouse to work together as parents and reduce the amount of conflict between you.
Joan McWilliams, an attorney and mediator in Colorado, points out that a parenting plan contains at least three sections:
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- Develop a plan with your ex-spouse as soon as possible. A professional mediator can often help the two of you develop a plan if you are having a hard time on your own.
- Emphasize with your ex-spouse that the goal of a parenting plan is to clarify parenting issues, avoid conflict, and help your child. The earlier in the divorce process this can be accomplished, the less conflict there will be and the better your child will adjust.
- Set a time with your ex-spouse to reevaluate the parenting plan as it will need to be modified at times.
Concluding comments
The best interest of your child should always be your priority during and after divorce.
"A hundred years from now it will not matter what sort of house I lived in, what my bank account was, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of my child." (Author Unknown)
About the Authors
Rex Forehand, Ph.D., is Regents Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the Institute for Behavioral Research at the University of Georgia. Dr. Forehand, a child clinical psychologist, has devoted more than thirty years to studying behavior problems of children and developing strategies for parents to use to change those problems. His research and applied clinical programs have been published in more than 300 professional journal articles and book chapters. His book Helping the Noncompliant Child (coauthored by Robert J. McMahon) has received national acclaim for its delineation of a proven clinical intervention program for therapists to use with parents of children with behavior problems. He is also the coauthor Making Divorce Easier on Your Child: 50 Effective Ways to Help Children Adjust (McGraw-Hill, 2002), upon which this article is based.
Nicholas Long, Ph.D., is a Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Psychology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital. He is also Director of the Center for Effective Parenting. He is coauthor of Parenting the Strong-Willed Child (with Rex Forehand), which has received international acclaim for providing parents with a proven program for changing child behavior. Dr. Long, who has published extensively in the areas of divorce and practical approaches to parenting, has developed strategies to help parents manage common behavior problems of your children and for parents who are going through stressful times, such as divorce. He is also the coauthor Making Divorce Easier on Your Child: 50 Effective Ways to Help Children Adjust (McGraw-Hill, 2002), upon which this article is based.
About the NYU Child Study Center
The New York University Child Study Center is dedicated to increasing the awareness of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders and improving the research necessary to advance the prevention, identification, and treatment of these disorders on a national scale. The Center offers expert psychiatric services for children, adolescents, young adults, and families with emphasis on early diagnosis and intervention. The Center's mission is to bridge the gap between science and practice, integrating the finest research with patient care and state-of-the-art training utilizing the resources of the New York University School of Medicine. The Child Study Center was founded in 1997 and established as the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry within the NYU School of Medicine in 2006. For more information, please call us at (212) 263-6622 or visit us at www.AboutOurKids.org.
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US 5113289 A Abstract Disclosed is a magnifying glass slideably mounted underneath a shelf. The intended environment of use of the present invention is a supermarket or other store having shelves supporting various articles of merchandise. When the print on a container of merchandise is small and thus difficult to read, the present invention may be slid from under the shelf so that it may be used to read the fine print on merchandise packaging.
Claims(7) 1. A shelf-mounted magnifying glass, comprising:
a) guide means mounted on an undersurface of a shelf; b) a magnifying glass mounted on said guide means for movements with respect to said shelf; c) said magnifying glass having a first position located in a stored position under said shelf and moveable on said guide means to a second position exposed to view. 2. The invention of claim 1, wherein said magnifying glass has two sides.
3. The invention of claim 2, wherein said guide means comprises two members of U-shaped cross-section mounted on said undersurface and having recesses facing one another, each of said recesses guidingly receiving one of said sides.
4. The invention of claim 1, wherein said magnifying glass has a handle.
5. In combination, a shelf having an upper surface and an undersurface, and a magnifying glass movably received in guide means mounted on said undersurface.
6. The invention of claim 5, wherein said guide means comprise two spaced guide members slidably receiving side edges of said magnifying glass.
7. The invention of claim 6, wherein each of said guide members comprises an elongated track of U-shaped cross-section.
Description The present invention relates to a shelf-mounted magnifying glass. In the prior art, magnifying glasses, per se, are known. However, Applicant is unaware of any magnifying glass specifically mounted under a shelf and designed to be slid out from under the shelf when it is desired to use the magnifying glass. The following prior art is known to Applicant: U.S. Pat. No. 3,774,993 to Senff discloses a fingernail inspection device including a base on which fingers may be placed and a magnifying glass pivotably mounted on the base. This is different from the teachings of the present invention wherein a magnifying glass is slidably mounted under a shelf. U.S. Pat. No. 4,190,322 to Wortley discloses a magnifying glass mounted on a base through the use of a gooseneck type support. Again, this is different from the teachings of the present invention which contemplate a magnifying glass slideably mounted under a shelf. U.S. Pat. No. 4,712,870 to Robinson et al. discloses a magnifying glass designed to be mounted above a display terminal such as a computer monitor. Again, this is different from the teachings of the present invention which contemplate the mounting of a magnifying glass in slideable fashion under a shelf. The present invention relates to a shelf-mounted magnifying glass. The present invention includes the following interrelated aspects and features: A) In a first aspect, the present invention consists of a magnifying glass mounted in a frame. The frame is intended to be slideably movable with respect to a pair of guiding devices. B) The guiding devices, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, consists of sideways U-shaped members designed to slideably receive side edges of the frame to allow slideable movement of the frame and the magnifying glass mounted therein with respect thereto. C) In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the sideways U-shaped members are intended to be mounted on the underside of a shelf, for example, a shelf in a store such as a supermarket or other merchandise selling facility. D) In the intended use of the present invention, it is intended that a user slide the magnifying glass in the frame out from under the shelf when it is desired to use the magnifying glass to read the fine print on merchandise packaging. Accordingly, it is a first object of the present invention to provide a shelf-mounted magnifying glass. It is a further object of the present invention to provide such a device designed to be mounted on the underside of a shelf. It is a still further object of the present invention to provide such a device which may be easily slid out from under the shelf when it is desired to read the fine print on merchandise. These and other objects, aspects and features of the present invention will be better understood from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment when read in conjunction with the appended drawing figures. FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a view looking from underneath the present invention. FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view along the line III--III of FIG. 2. With reference, first, to FIG. 1, a shelf is generally designated by the reference numeral 1 and is seen to include a top surface 3, a front wall 5 and an undersurface 7 (FIG. 2). The inventive shelf-mounted magnifying glass is generally designated by the reference numeral 10 and includes a frame 11 having side portions 13, 15 and a front portion 17 which extend below the magnifying glass. The front portion 17 can be used for advertising or instructions as well as a handle. Within the frame 11, a magnifying glass 20 is mounted. The magnifying glass itself may be made in any known fashion and may be of any known type. With particular reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of sideways U-shaped members 21, 23 are mounted on the undersurface 7 of the shelf in any suitable manner. As shown in FIG. 3, the U-shaped member 21 faces inwardly toward the frame 11 and magnifying glass 20. In correspondence with this, the U-shaped member 23 also faces inwardly toward the magnifying glass 20 and frame 11. If desired, a stop mechanism may be provided to prevent complete removal of the magnifying glass 20 and frame 11 from the members 21, 23. In this regard, with reference to FIG. 2, it is seen that a projection 25 is provided on the frame 11 which may interact with a stop 27 on the member 21. The stop 27 may, if desired, comprise a screw which is threaded through an opening (not shown) in the member 21 so as to be in alignment with the projection 25 to prevent the frame 11 from being pulled completely out from under the shelf 1. Through the use of the present invention, one may read the fine print on merchandise packaging as desired. As such, an invention has been disclosed in terms of a preferred embodiment thereof which fulfills each and every one of the objects of the invention as set forth hereinabove and provides a new and useful shelf-mounted magnifying glass of great novelty and utility. Of course, various changes, modifications and alterations in the teachings of the present invention may be contemplated by those skilled in the art without departing from the intended spirit and scope thereof. As such, it is intended that the present invention only be limited by the terms of the appended claims. Patent Citations
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Revision as of 17:28, 15 July 2008Killington is a town in Vermont. It is home to Killington Ski Resort.
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* Ruling PAN has worst result in key state for 24 years
* Several recent probes into PRI officials launched
* Calderon running out of time to turn fortunes around
By Dave Graham
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Felipe Calderon's crushing defeat in weekend state elections has badly hurt his party's hopes of retaining power in 2012, setting the scene for a rough campaign designed to thwart the main opposition party.
Calderon's conservative National Action Party, or PAN, trailed way behind in third place in Sunday's election for governor in the State of Mexico, the country's most populous state.
The vote was a major victory for the centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a bitter rival of the PAN which ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century and is looking to return to power at the next presidential election in July 2012.
Bogged down in a bloody war against powerful drug cartels, Calderon's popularity has been in steady decline, and analysts said the rout in the State of Mexico shows that he and his party are in serious trouble.
"Calderon has been a lame duck without really knowing it for the last year or more. And he's close to being a dead duck now," said George W. Grayson, an expert on Mexican politics at the College of William & Mary in Virginia.
The PAN's share of votes in the 15 million-strong state flanking the capital plunged by half to 12.5 percent, while the PRI candidate stormed home with more than 62 percent. It was the PAN's worst showing in the state since 1987.
Compounding the PAN's misery, the PRI cemented its hold on two other states, Coahuila and Nayarit in Sunday's elections.
The night's big winner was Enrique Pena Nieto, the 44-year-old outgoing governor of the State of Mexico who is expected to be the PRI's presidential candidate next year.
The PRI's huge margin of victory in the State of Mexico -- winning three times as many votes as the second-placed leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD -- was seen as a tribute to Pena Nieto, who campaigned hard for the winner.
With reforms stalled and his own approval ratings touching record lows, one of the few options left to Calderon is to train his fire on the PRI, whose 71-year rule of Mexico until 2000 was tainted by corruption and election fraud.
Analysts say the campaign against the PRI has already begun with authorities launching criminal probes into several senior PRI officials in recent weeks.
"There are lots of people with cases to answer in court, but they're choosing to go after those with clear ties to the PRI," said Jorge Schiavon of the CIDE think tank in Mexico City.
Calderon's government ended up with egg on its face last month when Jorge Hank Rhon, a prominent PRI politician and former mayor of Tijuana, walked free just days after he was arrested on weapons charges.
The PAN pledged to revitalize Mexico when it ended PRI rule in 2000 but critics say it has failed to reform corrupt public institutions or close the gap between rich and poor. Calderon's defenders argue the political stranglehold the PRI still holds in much of Mexico has made this nearly impossible.
The the PRI has blasted Calderon for the drug war violence that has killed 40,000 people since he took office in late 2006. The daily grind of killings has taken a toll on the PAN with security now above the economy as voters' top concern.
"There's a sense of a president stuck in the trenches, struggling to turn things around on the economy, politically or in terms of public security," said John Ackerman, a political scientist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
With less than a year to go before the July 1, 2012 election, Calderon is running out of time to turn the tide.
His reform agenda has been stifled by PRI dominance of the lower house of Congress and despite the capture of numerous drug bosses, the most powerful capo remains at large.
Killings and disappearances in the drug war have become so acute that the president last month apologized to victims in a meeting broadcast live on national television in which angry parents berated him for several hours.
The fact the PRI has benefited from the chaos would rankle particularly with Calderon, said Grayson at William & Mary.
"Calderon is obsessed by the prospect of the PRI coming back. He started off as a real PRI hater when he entered Congress in 1991. When he walked down the aisle he would not go near the PRI, much less shake hands or slap backs," he said.
"So I'm sure he's got his own people thinking, 'What can we do to block the PRI's return?"', Grayson added, noting that Calderon might even throw his weight behind the PRD in 2012 to deny the PRI if it became obvious the PAN could not win.
Government attacks against the PRI run the risk of foundering against its formidable political machinery, with which it controls of nearly two-thirds of Mexico's states.
With every passing day, more and more of that machinery is lining up behind Pena Nieto, while the PAN has no clear favorite to succeed Calderon, who cannot seek re-election.
None of this augurs well for Calderon's party, said Sergio Aguayo, a political scientist at the College of Mexico.
"It's another symptom of the PAN's weakness," he said of the election results on Sunday. "It's in the worst shape of all heading into 2012 because its candidates are very weak."
(Additional reporting by Anahi Rama, Miguel Angel Gutierrez and Krista Hughes; Editing by Kieran Murray)
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An interesting conversation came up about bug nets and space blankets and we were stumped on this question... Can mosquitoes bite through a space blanket? Anyone have first hand experience with this?
An interesting conversation came up about bug nets and space blankets and we were stumped on this question... Can mosquitoes bite through a space blanket? Anyone have first hand experience with this?
The thing with bug nets is keeping them far enough away from the skin that they can't bite.
With a space blanket? Unsure. I see it as a possibility maybe. If it can get through your flesh, I am not sure how much safety a sheet of mylar would provide.
I don't really know anything about this subject, but here is my guess. I assume that mosquitoes are able to bite you through clothing by forcing their stinger thing in between the threads of your clothing. Space blanks are a solid plastic/mylar material, so it should be much more difficult for them to poke a hole in that. Just my guess, I could be wrong.
Maybe them Alaska skeeters could!! But no way in hell could any normal (real) skeeter could punch through mylar!!! That stuff was developed by NASA for the apollo lunar module!!! I think it would handle bugs!!!!
On a rough trip to Ocracoke Island last summer I found relief by rolling up in a wool baja blanket at night. They were coming through everything I put between us until I rolled up in my Mexican blanket like a burrito with shoes and a bandanna on. I then slept soundly if sweatily. No-one else managed to get any sleep. I swear those mosquitoes wear helmets. When I woke up and unraveled, I saw a seagull and a mosquito in a fist fight on top of the dune and the mosquito had the reach advantage. If I'm lying you can shoot me.
I was under the impression that the female mosquito inserts her proboscis in pores, not actually breaking the skin. However, I'm not an expert and with a cursory search of Google didn't find any supporting evidence for my theory. However, I still maintain that belief.
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Looks like an okay field. We could win it.
But, man, it's so early for basketball. We just started football!
I heard the Tigers are favored to win the division next year.
After the epic September of 2012 when the team found themselves 6 back after being swept by the White Sox mid-month but came back to win the division and make it to the World Series why wouldn't they be?
Is it weird that I'm a bit more excited for this year's basketball season than I am for the rest of the football season? I think we have a legit shot at a final four berth this year.
I don't recall ever feeling that way about Michigan sports, it'd always been football first for me, then hockey, then basketball.
That said, it's still a bit too early to be focusing on bball, I'm going to wait until after the Nebraska game to shift to that.
waiting for my bball season tix! does anyone know when they're supposed to drop?
So i potentially have 2 opportunities to catch Michigan bball in NYC.
Plus hockey at the Garden if you are into that
Indeed, i somehow managed to not get tix yet to the frozen apple. But, I plan to be there too.
to me how much is thought of Michigan basketball right now. I think they will be good, and I know they brought in a real strong class. But I have seen a publication with them ranked 3rd!? I don't know man. A first round exit a year ago losing a lot of experience across the board (including Smot which hurts more than noted). Like I said, good, but it may be a little early for the kind of talk they are getting.
I grew up in an era where both Football and BBall were perennial top ten programs, nice to be back in that spectrum. I like our chances in the NIT and feel we'll win at least 3 of the 4 games but prefer all 4 wins of course, Go Blue!
Scouting report on IUPUI?
I saw Mitch Mcgary while waiting in line for my football tickets. Dudes a serious monster.
would be if you saw what he was having for lunch.
double post :(
I thought they changed the name to Crisler Center? I know I know, nitpicking but c'mon it's not Michigan field it's Michigan Stadium
Get it right
Looks pretty winnable. Will be at MSG given they reach the semifinals.
C'mon ... football still has Iowa, Ohio and then B1G Championship games. Love Maize and Blue roundball, but this is WAY too early !
Go Blue
We really should win, barring major injuries before then.
We faced much tougher competition last year in Maui than for this NIT. I'll be disappointed if we don't win.
Pitt and KSU will still be tough but i think we have the talent and the experience to run the table. Honestly, it doenst matter much its the big ten that counts. Would b nice though to add another trophy to Crisler
I'd like to play Virginia again, get revenge for the loss last year.


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The Window Cleaner
A short muisc video based on the classic song "The Window Cleaner" sung by George Formby
4.39 / 5.00 6,128 ViewsA tribute to Invader Zim
it is a good idea to take parts from invader zim episodes, but put music that has something to do with it
Im sorry to say but...
This really wasn't too good at all.
One problem was that the song did not match it at all
Another problem was that you didn't show many good parts of the show in it,
Really work on you flash making skills
I would say this is only YouTube worthy
I don't like the fact that you didn't create your own flash animation for this submission, I believe it's the whole point of this site. The clips you used were very grainy, and the only place I would expect to find this kind of clip is on YouTube.


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Despite federal laws mandating that all Americans have equal access to the home of their choosing, a new report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finds that well-qualified minorities remain at disadvantage compared to white homeseekers. BET.com takes a look at some of the report's more troubling conclusions. — Britt Middleton
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… And we couldn't be happier! Posing in a Gucci striped sweater and denim pants, Freja Beha Erichsen poses on the January 2015 cover of Vogue UK looking lovelier than the rest of us, as usual. Her fifth cover shot for the magazine, may be the best yet. The only question left to ask, who's placing bets on a sixth?
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This season saw Reed Krakoff opting for a presentation rather than a runway show. An uncommon decision, but one that made perfect sense the moment we saw what was done to the space on West 36th Street.
Against a backdrop of walls painted in blocks of Yves Klein-esque cobalt blue, Krakoff filled the space with a series of wall-mounted chairs that showcased variations of his latest handbag (the very stunning, top handled RK40) and monitors that displayed 360º images from his new lookbook. In a mirroring of the digital displays, the models wearing the Spring collection also rotated around the physical space every few minutes. The whole event felt more like a proper gallery exhibition than a collection presentation.
The most exceptional moments of Krakoff's show, however, were in the details. From the minimalistic accessories to the models' nail color matching the accent walls, every aspect of the presentation showed meticulous planning. As for the clothing, we're absolutely obsessed with all of the honeycombing, especially as it manifested in the black macramé silk dress and the caramel jacquard skirt and pants. The t-shirt of woven chiffon with checkerboard panels is also definitely worth a mention. Most importantly, we have to call out Krakoff's very luxe take on Spring's ubiquitous sneaker trend. The pale gold leather platformed oxford trainer that was shown is already a favorite of ours (as you know, we do love gooooold). If we were the betting type, we'd predict that this one is going to become a street style favorite in the coming months.
If, as Théophile Gautier once wrote, "Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution," then surely this is it.
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From their home base in the Warren Building, officials of the Wellesley Recreation Department fine-tune a year-round roster of sports leagues and community classes. Adults master crafts that range from pottery throwing to Capoeira, a blend of Brazilian martial arts and dance. Kids channel their creativity into painting courses or the Star Wars: Jedi Training class, which often includes creating a recycled droid and lightsaber lessons with retired stormtroopers. All of the programs are self-supporting, so directors charge reasonable fees and divvy up the money among materials, instructors' salaries, and other necessary expenses.
During the summer, throngs of people advance on Morses Pond, an ocean lookalike complete with a sandy beach, water slide, and volleyball nets, and kids aged 5–12 fend off boredom with summer day camps. Meanwhile, the lights of Hunnewell Tennis Court blaze into the evening hours, allowing athletes to face off after dark when the sun is taking its nap.
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