Royal Ballet: La Fille Mal Gardée review " Hayward and Sambé fall perfectly in love
Royal Opera House, LondonFrancesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé dance with unforced beauty, imbuing Ashton's 1960 romcom with a rare sense of mutual discoveryBallet is all about illusion and when Peregrine, the cute pony in La Fille Mal Gardée, takes an unscheduled dump in the middle of act one you might expect it to be a disastrous intrusion of reality. But Frederick Ashton's 1960 romantic comedy is such an idiosyn…