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...view of the brevity of the pas de deux, however, Ashton's "Dante Sonata," to music by Franz Liszt, was the most important attraction of the evening. A great deal has been read into this ballet that was never intended by the choreographer, but Ashton's instinct toward the abstract rather than narrative form often makes such interpretation possible...
...figure in a pool of light epitomize the existence of the Children of Darkness and the Children of Light. Sophie Fedrovitch's decor and costumes are, above all, strikingly simple in design, admirably in keeping with the ballet. This simplicity, the pro-found moral and artistic purpose of Frederick Ashton's choreography, and the trained ability and conviction of the dancers, make "Dante Sonata" an impressively meaningful experience. "Dante Sonata" represents the Salder's Wells Ballet at its non-classical best...
...probably starting lineups: HARVARD YALE Kennedy le Smith Frate lt Ashton McDowell lg Golden Coolidge c Lemire Picard rg Polich (C) Simonds rt Prentiss Popell re Benninghoff Caimi qb Fortunato Clasby (C) lhb Schears Tulenko rhb Richey Culver or O'Donnell fb Ralston
Walk Softly, Stranger (RKO Radio) tells an occasionally moving love story of two cripples, one moral, the other physical. Gambler Joseph Gotten arrives in small town Ashton, Ohio to establish a hideout and a new identity in preparation for holding up a New York gangster. He goes to work in the local factory and falls in love with the manufacturer's daughter (Valli), who has been confined to a wheelchair by a skiing accident. The stickup comes off on schedule, but when Cotten's Co-Thief Paul Stewart arrives in Ashton, the New York gunmen...
...Norman Ashton, a drama instructor at Tufts, will direct the play, which will be given in English. Ashton is now directing a production of Shakespeare's "Twelth Night" at M.I.T...