Review of the Royal Ballet performances of Anthony Dowell's Swan lake and Les rendezvous, the pas de deux from Thaïs, Symphonic variations and Marguerite and Armand, all choreographed by Frederick Ashton at the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. and the Wang Center, Boston, June, 2001. A single performance of Ashton's Soupirs was given in Washington on June 7, with Dowell partnering Antoinette Sibley.