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In 1961, Frederick Ashton attended a performance of “La Dame aux Camélias” by Alexandre Dumas, played by Vivian Leigh and he was inspired to transpose the play into a ballet for his muse Margot Fonteyn.
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The same year, the young renegade from the Kirov, Rudolf Nureyev, was invited by Margot Fonteyn to take part in a charity gala in London. For his first appearance on stage in England, the dancer asked Ashton to arrange a solo for him… But Nureyev chose the music himself: Scriabin’s Poème Tragique and he arranged a major part of the choreography, which did not fail to annoy Ashton, who was nevertheless bowled over by the young Soviet dancers beauty, technique and culture.
In February 1962, Nureyev was invited to dance “Giselle” for the first time with Margot Fonteyn and following their triumph; he became her main partner, recruited as the permanent guest of the Royal Ballet.
Ashton was still thinking about his “Dame aux Camélias”, even more so since he had seen