Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue.
Ashton, 1960s
Ninette de Valois with whom Ashton was associated from 1931
Antony Tudor, invited by Ashton to make works for Covent Garden
William Chappell was a British dancer, ballet designer and director. He is noted for being a pioneering dancer within the companies that formed the basis of the modern British ballet, and was also a c
Chappell in the 1940s
A moment of friendship between a Royal Artillery officer, 2nd-Ltn William Chappell and his life-long friend Edward Burra captured by their mutual life-long friend Barbara Ker-Seymer. Fitzroy Square, London July 1942.
The house Edward Burra gave to William 'Billy' Chappell in 1970.