Marguerite and Armand

…Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn’s Marguerite and Armand, created by Frederick Ashton in 1963.

In 1963 Ashton created Marguerite and Armand especially for the new partnership of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Others included The Dream (1964), a one-act ballet based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Monotones (Part I, 1965; Part II, 1966), to music of Erik Satie; Jazz Calendar (1968); Enigma…