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This newly discovered silent colour amateur footage from the BFI National Archive shows the rehearsal for Frederick Ashton's first performance of Symphonic Variations, featuring dancers Henry Danton, Margot Fonteyn, Moira Shearer and Pamela May. The ballet has been described as "probably the most important ballet in British choreography".

This footage featured in BBC4's Dancing in the Blitz: How World War Two Made British Ballet, broadcast on 5 March 2014. Follow the link to see original Sadler's Wells Ballet company dancer Henry Danton watching the footage for the first time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01tbpvs

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