The choreography is by Sir Frederick Ashton, but he created it specifically for a film of the same name that was released in 1971.
Some of the music is familiar from Sir Frederick Ashton's "Monotones."
September 17 - Sir Frederick Ashton, dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)
It was the 1952 revival, choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton, that popularized the ballet.
Sir Frederick Ashton was the founder choreographer of the Royal Ballet.
TIME was when Sir Frederick Ashton's ballets seemed built to travel.
The work has been choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton and Richard Alston.
It had gotten hard in recent years to find performances of ballets by Sir Frederick Ashton.
She retired after the death of her mentor, Sir Frederick Ashton.
He was also a partner in the classical style in Sir Frederick Ashton's ballets.