Christopher Wheeldon (1973-)
Within the Golden Hour, ballet sur des musiques d'Antonio Vivaldi et d'Ezio Bosso

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (1976-)
Medusa, ballet sur des musiques d'Henry Purcell et d'Olga Wojciechowska

Crystal Pite (1970-)
Flight Pattern, ballet sur des musiques d'Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki

Danseurs du The Royal Ballet

Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Francesca Hayward
Sarah Lamb
Vadim Muntagirov
Valentino Zucchetti
Alexander Campbell

Jasper Conran, costumes
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Jonathan Lo, direction
Christopher Wheeldon, chorégraphie
(Within the Golden Hour)

Danseurs du Royal Ballet

Natalia Osipova (Medusa)
Olivia Cowley (Athéna)
Matthew Ball (Persée)
Ryoichi Hirano (Poséidon)

Ailish Tynan, soprano
Tim Mead, contreténor
Olivia Pomp, costumes
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Andrew Griffiths, direction
Sidi Larbi Serkaoui, chorégraphie
(Medusa)

Danseurs du Royal Ballet

Kristen McNally
Marcelino Sambé

Francesca Chiejina, soprano
Nancy Bryant, costumes
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Jonathan Lo, direction
Crystal Pite, chorégraphie
(Flight Pattern)

The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today's leading choreographers. Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour is based around seven couples separating and intermingling, to music by Vivaldi and Ezio Bosso and lit with the rich colours suggested by sunset. In Flight Pattern, Crystal Pite combines Górecki's haunting “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” with a large dance ensemble to create a poignant and passionate reflection on migration. Between them, Medusa is new work inspired by the Greek myth, created for The Royal Ballet by the acclaimed choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, which juxtaposes Purcell arias with an electronic score by Olga Wojciechowska.