Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Ballet's Ashton double bill finds Cuthbertson and Muntagirov struggling to take offThe Two Pigeons was choreographed by Frederick Ashton and first performed by the Royal Ballet in 1961. Set to a romantic score by Messager, it's the slightest of tales. In 19th-century Paris, a young painter tires of his fiancee and chases after a Gypsy girl. Rejected by her, he returns home and is fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AM on November 22, 2015