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ballet — Only two ballets created in Britain in 1960 are still performed: Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardeée and Kenneth MacMillan’s The Invitation, made for the Royal Ballet and its touring company, respectively. This is not surprising: Ashton… … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
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