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

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

FEB 25, 2020 · 125 MIN · DIR. ROSS MACGIBBON

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.

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

Crew

Original Music Composer

Frédéric Chopin