The man who walked out onto the stage of the O'Keefe Centre last night, erect, white-haired and 72, faced a standing ovation from an audience that kne(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: The man who walked out onto the stage of the O'Keefe Centre last night; erect; white-haired and 72; faced a standing ovation from an audience that knew he had given them the rarest o dance gifts; a virtually perfect ballet. The man was Sir Frederick Ashton; Britain's greatest choreographer; and the ballet; being staged for the first time by the National Ballet of Canada; was La Fille Mal Gardee; his poor man's Pastorale Symphony as he once described it. [Incomplete]