La Fille Mal Gardée (The Royal Ballet)

Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter) is one of the choreographer's most joyous and colourful creations. Inspired by his love for the Suffolk countryside, the ballet is set on a farm and tells a story of love between Lise, the daughter of Widow Simone, and Colas, a young farmer. It contains some of Ashton's most stunning choreography, most strikingly in the series of energetic pas de deux that express the youthful passion of the young lovers, performed here by Natalia Osipova and Steven McRae. The ballet is laced with exuberant good humour, and elements of national folk dance, from dancing chickens and a maypole dance to a Lancashire clog dance for Widow Simone, performed by Philip Mosley.

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  Natalia Osipova

  Lise
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  Steven McRae

  Colas
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  Paul Kay

  Alain
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  Christopher Saunders

  Thomas
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  Philip Mosley

  Widow Simone
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  Francesca Hayward

  Hen
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  Leticia Stock

  Hen
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  Meaghan Grace Hinkis

  Hen