Thaïs – Ashton Rediscovered masterclass conversation

Jane Pritchard in conversation with Anthony Dowell, Sae Maeda, Leo Dixon and Daniel Kraus about Frederick Ashton's Thais, created in 1971 to Massenet's Meditation from Thais. This concludes with a 27-minute film, made in 1972, of Frederick Ashton rehearsing Antoinette Sibley and Anthony Dowell, followed by an in-studio performance of Thais.