Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Ballet's Marguerite and Armand has dated since its creation by Frederick Ashton in 1963. Originally a vehicle for Nureyev and Fonteyn, the piece tells the story of Marguerite Gautier, the courtesan heroine of Alexandre Dumas's novel La Dame aux Camélias, and her lover Armand Duval. The ballet was designed by Cecil Beaton and combines back-projected portraits with pleated drapery an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PM on October 15, 2011