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November 2022
The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration
Live Via Satellite The Royal Ballet’s dazzling Principals lead an evening not to be missed, their sparkling talents a perfect fit for a diamond anniversary. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Friends of Covent Garden, this programme recognises the amazing support of all ROH Friends past and present. The showcase will demonstrate the breadth and diversity of The Royal Ballet’s repertory in classical, contemporary and heritage works. It will also include world premieres of short ballets by choreographers Pam Tanowitz,…
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The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family. Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s much-loved production for The Royal Ballet, with gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman,…
Find out more »January 2023
The Royal Ballet: LIKE WATER FROM CHOCOLATE
Via Satellite Christopher Wheeldon’s new full-length ballet brings the magic realism of this famous modern Mexican novel to The Royal Ballet. ★★★★"a sprawling, sensual feast" The Telegraph ★★★★"Wheeldon choreographs Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel’s 1989 tale of food and forbidden passions into a fulfilling ballet full of buoyant movement and visually arresting coups de theatre...delectable take on a magic-realist love story" The Guardian A modern Mexican classic of magic realism provides the basis for The Royal Ballet’s new full-length work, reuniting Artistic…
Find out more »April 2023
The Royal Ballet: Cinderella
Screening via satellite A new production of the much-loved Royal Ballet fairytale classic. Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella celebrates its 75th anniversary this Season. The ballet’s opening night in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles, was received rapturously. After over a decade away from the Royal Opera House stage, Ashton’s timeless reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story returns, showcasing the choreographer’s deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofiev’s transcendent score. A creative…
Find out more »May 2023
The Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Magic and fairytale characters are brought to life through ballet in this well-known family favourite. The Sleeping Beauty holds a very special place in The Royal Ballet’s heart and history. It was the first performance given by the Company when the Royal Opera House reopened at Covent Garden in 1946 after World War II. In 2006, this original staging was revived and has been delighting audiences ever since. Frederick Ashton famously cited the pure classicism of Marius Petipa’s 19th-century ballet…
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The Royal Ballet: DON QUIXOTE
Via Satellite Teeming with comedy, wit and an abundance of bravura choreography, Carlos Acosta's production brings the Spanish heat and romance of Cervantes' classic novel to life. Don Quixote, based on Miguel de Cervantes’ epic novel of the same name, regales the adventures of the eccentric nobleman Don Quixote and his faithful squire Sancho Panza, as they help to bring a vivacious young couple, Kitri and Basilio, together. This energetic 19th-century ballet is enlivened by Ludwig Minkus’ spirited score…
Find out more »December 2023
The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Via Satellite The Royal Ballet THE NUTCRACKER Discover the enchantment of ballet with this sparkling festive treat for the whole family.Running Join Clara at a delightful Christmas Eve party that becomes a magical adventure once everyone else is tucked up in bed. Marvel at the brilliance of Tchaikovsky’s score, as Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker fight the Mouse King and visit the Sugar Plum Fairy in the glittering Kingdom of Sweets. Peter Wright’s much-loved production for The Royal Ballet, with…
Find out more »February 2024
The Royal Ballet: Manon
Via Satellite Torn between her desire of a life of splendour and riches and her devotion to her true love Des Grieux, the feckless and capricious Manon pays the ultimate price. ★★★★★"Kenneth MacMillan’s tragedy has never cut deeper The unconventional but enduring ballet bites again." The Standard ★★★★ "the Royal Ballet brings beauty to sordid snake pits of Paris. Kenneth MacMillan’s journey into a world of darkness is performed with consummate craft by a superb company" The Guardian ★★★★★" thrilling revival…
Find out more »March 2024
Live: May Contain Food May Contain You – Protein Dance
Protein and FeastFest invite you to a highly entertaining evening with family and friends A playful immerse live performance in a dining room setting involving dance, theatre, songs and eating. Spend an evening watching, savouring and digesting a performance filled with dance, theatre and music as eight performers sing for their supper in a dining room that may contain food. "A lip-smacking fusion of song, dance, mime and sweet aperitif tomatoes" - The Guardian “May Contain Food dismantles the isolation…
Find out more »April 2024
THE ROYAL BALLET: MACMILLAN CELEBRATED
MACMILLAN CELEBRATED via Satellite The Royal Ballet celebrates the breadth of Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s one-act ballets. Choreography Kenneth Macmillan Danses Concertantes, commissioned by Ninette de Valois in 1955, was MacMillan’s first major work. An early sign of the incredible artistic output that would follow, the work’s critical success spurred MacMillan to abandon performing in favour of choreography. It is followed by Different Drummer, MacMillan’s complex and haunting balletic interpretation of Woyzeck, Georg Büchner's play about a soldier’s descent…
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