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

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

Marston / Robbins

2020•2h 5m
Music

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.

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Production

Royal Opera House

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Marcelino Sambé

Marcelino Sambé

The Instrument

Matthew Ball

Matthew Ball

The Conductor

Lauren Cuthbertson

Lauren Cuthbertson

The Cellist

Emma Lucano

The Cellist (as a young girl)

Lauren Godfrey

Her Sister (as a young girl)

Kristen McNally

Kristen McNally

Her Mother

Thomas Whitehead

Thomas Whitehead

Her Father

Anna Rose O'Sullivan

Anna Rose O'Sullivan

Her Sister

Gary Avis

Gary Avis

Her Cello Teacher

Nicol Edmonds

Nicol Edmonds

Her Cello Teacher

Benjamin Ella

Benjamin Ella

Her Cello Teacher

Luca Acri

Luca Acri

Her Musical Friend / Dancer

Paul Kay

Paul Kay

Her Musical Friend

Joseph Sissens

Joseph Sissens

Her Musical Friend

Marianela Núñez

Marianela Núñez

Dancer

Francesca Hayward

Francesca Hayward

Dancer

Yasmine Naghdi

Yasmine Naghdi

Dancer

Fumi Kaneko

Fumi Kaneko

Dancer

Laura Morera

Laura Morera

Dancer

Alexander Campbell

Alexander Campbell

Dancer

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