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Archive listings for The Royal Ballet (2024)

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MaddAddam - T01629126085

Margaret Atwood's exuberant imagination and disruptive wit in combination with her feminist and environmentalist perspective have assured her reputation over the last half a century as one of our greatest living writers. Known for her depiction of dystopian speculative futures in which, famously, nothing is invented that is not already taking place somewhere in the world, Atwood holds a mirror up to life, warning us of where we are headed and asking, 'Who's got the will to stop us?' Wayne McGregor brings Atwood's monumental trilogy of novels (Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam) to the stage. Themes of extinction and invention, hubris and humanity, love and loss, are spliced together with aspects of Atwood's non-fiction writings and activist voice in this exhilarating exploration of life beyond societal collapse.Company Royal Ballet. Company National Ballet of Canada. Choreographer Wayne McGregor. Music Max Richter. Other Margaret Atwood (creative consultant). Design We Not I. Costume Gareth Pugh. Lighting Lucy Carter. Design Ravi Deepres (film). DramaturgUzma Hameed. Sound Chris Ekers.
14 Nov 24 to 30 Nov 24Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L381622626

Encounters: Four Contempora RY Ballets - The Weathering/New Work/New Work/The Statement - T01549307229

The Weathering - A gentle meditation on love, loss and memory, Kyle Abraham's The Weathering is danced to music by composer Ryan Lott (Everything Everywhere All at Once). The Weathering was the American choreographer's first one-act work for The Royal Ballet. New Work - In a new work expanding on her previous success with Dispatch Duet, Pam Tanowitz brings her trademark wit and light to turn the conventions of dance inside out. New Work - Joseph Toonga presents his second Main Stage work for the Company where the idioms of classical ballet and hip-hop converge. The Statement - Four characters battle for control in Crystal Pite's riveting dance-drama. Choreographed to spoken word, The Statement explores the shadowy depths of human nature and boardroom politics. The cast of this production may vary depending on performance dateChoreographer Kyle Abraham (The Weathering). Choreographer Pam Tanowitz (Or Forevermore - New Work). Choreographer Joseph Toonga (Dusk - New Work). Choreographer Crystal Pite (The Statement). Conductor Geoffrey Patterson.
22 Oct 24 to 16 Nov 24Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L01887226774

The Dream/Short Works/Rhapsody - T01584166253

Frederick Ashton's masterful Shakespearian character study The Dream and his exhilarating ballet Rhapsody, created for the stellar talents of Mikhael Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier, come together again in this second mixed programme of Ashton ballets. Completing the demonstration of the master choreographer's abundant creativity is a selection of short works: Five Brahms Waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan, Ashton's homage to the legendary dancer; Hamlet and Ophelia, a restaging of the Hamlet Prelude choreographed for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev; plus The Walk to the Paradise Garden performed by Sarasota Ballet.
7 Jun 24 to 22 Jun 24Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L02061430246

Les Rendezvous/The Dream/Rhapsody - T417101068

This mixed programme opens with the buoyant Les Rendezvous, a fizzing succession of dances following a group of friends who meet in a park. The Dream, Ashton's witty and tender reimagining of Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream, follows set to Felix Mendelssohn's gossamer light music. The one-act ballet follows two pairs of mortal lovers, their fates at the hands of Oberon and Titania, the King and Queen of Fairies. Ashton's lyrical masterpiece, Rhapsody, concludes the programme, its explosive jumps and fleet footwork a bravura match for Sergei Rachmaninoff's virtuosic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
6 Jun 24 to 19 Jun 24Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L0919452905

Danses Concertante S/Different Drummer/Requiem - T417020332

The Royal Ballet celebrates the breadth of Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan's one-act ballets. 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 into madness. The mixed programme concludes with Requiem, his 1976 work for Stuttgart Ballet, created in memory of its late artistic director, MacMillan's friend and former Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer John Cranko.
20 Mar 24 to 13 Apr 24Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L01048404425

International Draft Works - T440744465

The Royal Ballet, together with various international companies, present a programme of new works made by emergent choreographic voices in the global dance industry.
10 Apr 24 to 13 Apr 24Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L598604880

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