5 Things About Marguerite and Armand | The National Ballet of Canada

Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson explains why the rarely performed Marguerite and Armand by Sir Frederick Ashton is such a special ballet. Greta has chosen this unique work as her farewell performance. The renowned artist retires as Principal Dancer this March.

Marguerite and Armand

Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Staged by: Grant Coyle
Music: Franz Liszt, orchestrated by Dudley Simpson
Set and Costume Design: Cecil Beaton
Original Lighting Design: John B. Read

Featuring

Greta Hodgkinson
Guillaume Côté

Music provided courtesy of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

Images

Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn in Marguerite and Armand.

Thank You

Guillaume Côté is sponsored through Dancers First by Emmanuelle Gattuso, C.M. and Allan Slaight, C.M.

Videography and Editing by Paul McNulty.

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