After an absence of 30 years Jerome Robbins’s great work Dances at a Gathering makes an exciting return to The Royal Ballet. To solo piano works by Chopin, ten dancers explore the potential of dance itself through shifting relationships that also reflect the moods of the music’s mazurkas, waltzes and études. With virtuoso technique and individual character at the heart of its creation, every performance of Dances by The Royal Ballet will be a unique experience to savour.

There’s a strong contrast in the second work of the programme, The Dream: with Shakespeare’s story of a midsummer’s night, Mendelssohn’s delightfully delicate music and Frederick Ashton’s ever-popular choreography. In its magic world of night and within its evocative woodland setting, Oberon and Titania play their games with the unwitting mortals, while the comic confusions of love are aggravated by the mischievous Puck.

Running time: 2hrs 35 minutes | 1 Interval

CREDITS
Music
Frédéric Chopin
Choreography
Jerome Robbins
Lighting
Jennifer Tipton
John B Read
Music
Felix Mendelssohn
Choreography
Frederick Ashton
Designs
David Walker

PERFORMERS
Conductor
Paul Murphy
Orchestra
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Dances at a Gathering
tba
The Dream
Leanne Benjamin
Alina Cojocaru
Roberta Marquez
Johan Kobborg
Steven McRae
Ivan Putrov
Edward Watson