Frederick Ashton (1904-1988)
Pas de deux, extrait de "Voices of Spring"
Pas de deux, extrait de "La Fille mal gardée"
Extrait de "Symphonic Variations"
Titania Pas de deux, extrait de "The Dream"

Kenneth MacMillan (1929-1992)
Second mouvement, extrait de "Concerto"
Bethena, extrait de "Elite Syncopations"
Pas de deux (Acte 1, Scène 2), extrait de "Manon"
Extrait de "Mayerling"

Christopher Wheeldon (1973-)
Extrait de "Alice aux pays des merveilles"
Pas de deux, extrait de "Limen"
Pas de deux (Acte 2), extrait de "The Winter's Tale"

Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-1856)
Pas de deux (Acte 2), extrait de "Gisèle"

Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917)
Le Royaume des Ombres, extrait de "La Bayadère"
Solo d'Espada, extrait de "Don Quichotte"

Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski (1840-1893)
Pas de deux de l'Acte 3, extrait de "Le Lac des cygnes"
Extraits de "Casse-Noisette"
Extraits de "La Belle au bois dormant"

Ferdinand Hérold (1791-1833)
Danse des sabots, extrait de "La fille mal gardée"

John Lanchbery (1923-2003)
Pas de deux, extrait de "the Dream"

Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Extrait de "Roméo et Juliette"

The Royal Ballet
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Boris Gruzin, direction
Martin Yates, direction
Koen Kessels, direction
Anthony Twiner, direction
Emmanuel Plasson, direction
Pavel Sorokin, direction
Barry Wordsworth, direction
Daniel Capps, direction
Marius Petipa, chorégraphie
Natalia Makarova, chorégraphie
Peter Wright, chorégraphie
Frederick Ashton, chorégraphie
Kenneth McMillan, chorégraphie
Christopher Wheeldon, chorégraphie
Wayne McGregor, chorégraphie

In feature-length documentary Essential Royal Ballet, Katie Derham introduces carefully curated excerpts from productions spanning the history of ballet, going behind the scenes as the dancers prepare to take to the stage. With stunning solos, passionate pas de deux and jaw-dropping numbers for the corps de ballet, it is a chance to see the Company’s much-loved dancers past and present up close, including Carlos Acosta, Marianela Nuñez, Natalia Osipova, Steven McRae, Francesca Hayward and Matthew Ball, who share stories of their life on the stage and thoughts on what these ballets mean to them. In Pas de Deux: the ‘steps for two’ so central to the form of ballet are celebrated further in 16 exceptional examples from The Royal Ballet’s repertory. A collection from across the Company’s heritage and contemporary classics, Pas de Deux demonstrates the choreographic diversity, technical brilliance, show-stopping spectacle and artistry for which The Royal Ballet is acclaimed around the world.