The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)

Feb 25, 2020

2h 5m

★ 0.0

Marston / Robbins

Overview

The Royal Ballet presents the world premiere of Cathy Marston's first work for the Company on the Main Stage alongside a revival of Jerome Robbins’s timeless classic of pure dance. The Cellist is a one-act ballet about British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, from her discovery of the cello through her celebrity as one of the most extraordinary players of the instrument to her frustration and struggle with multiple sclerosis. Jerome Robbins's Dances at a Gathering is a fluid exercise in pure dance for five couples, set to piano music by Fryderyk Chopin.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Royal Opera House

The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet) Trailers

Cast

The Instrument

Marcelino Sambé

The Conductor

Matthew Ball

The Cellist

Lauren Cuthbertson

The Cellist (as a young girl)

Emma Lucano

Her Sister (as a young girl)

Lauren Godfrey

Her Mother

Kristen McNally

Her Father

Thomas Whitehead

Her Sister

Anna Rose O'Sullivan

Her Cello Teacher

Gary Avis

Her Cello Teacher

Nicol Edmonds

Her Cello Teacher

Benjamin Ella

Her Musical Friend / Dancer

Luca Acri

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