WELCOME It is a great thrill for the Company to be reunited on the Royal Opera House stage in the first of three programmes celebrating celebrating the breadth of our repertory and the return of live theatre. It is also an occasion for the essential spark of connection between audience and performer to be reignited and we are so excited to have you back with us. What better way to resume this communion than with the life-affirming Within the Golden Hour by Artistic Associate Christopher THE ROYAL BALLET Wheeldon. Director Following his appearance in the Linbury Theatre seven KEVIN O’HARE CBE years ago, it has been a delight to welcome back celebrated Founder American choreographer Kyle Abraham to get to know our DAME NINETTE DE VALOIS OM CH DBE fantastic dancers and create a short new work ahead of his Founder Choreographer one-act commission next Season. SIR FREDERICK ASHTON OM CH CBE Lockdown offered a rewarding opportunity for the dancers to Founder Music Director immerse themselves in the work of Crystal Pite with the unique CONSTANT LAMBERT theatricality of The Statement and her beautifully poignant Solo Echo which completes the programme in a moment of Prima Ballerina Assoluta reflection that feels right for this time. DAME MARGOT FONTEYN DBE As The Royal Ballet marks its 90th anniversary, we are immensely grateful for the support our wonderful ballet community has shown us this past year and we look forward to beginning a new chapter.

KEVIN O’HARE CBE 21ST-CENTURY Director of The Royal Ballet CHOREOGRAPHERS ROYAL OPERA HOUSE RECOVERY CAMPAIGN Live performance is a shared experience, and our audiences are at the heart of what we do on our stages, backstage, online, in cinemas and in our communities. Since March 2020 we have Conductor KOEN KESSELS lost £3 in every £5 of our income and we are hugely grateful for all the support we have received, including from Arts ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Council England and government, and from you, our generous Concert Master SERGEY LEVITIN audiences. In September we launched our fundraising Recovery Campaign, which continues to form a vital part of our long Season Principal MRS ALINE FORIEL-DESTEZET journey back to a fully functioning and sustainable theatre. Generous support from JULIA AND HANS RAUSING Please consider making a donation to help us secure the future Within the Golden Hour of ballet and opera. Generous support from MR AND MRS EDWARD ATKIN CBE, roh.org.uk/donate KENNETH AND SUSAN GREEN AND THE FRIENDS OF COVENT GARDEN Solo Echo / The Statement Generous support from VICTORIA ROBEY OBE The 2020/21 Ballet Season is generously supported by WITHIN THE GOLDEN HOUR The 24th performance by The Royal Ballet AUD JEBSEN at the Royal Opera House

Choreography CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Music and MONDAY 24 MAY 2021 7PM EZIO BOSSO ANTONIO VIVALDI The sky seen from the moon, Le Notti…, Of the Thunders, Dance of the Tree, Worried and African Skies used by arrangement with Ezio Bosso, sole copyright holder. Costume designer JASPER CONRAN APPROXIMATE TIMINGS Lighting designer PETER MUMFORD This performance will last approximately 2 hours and 25 Staging CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS minutes with one 30-minute interval. Assistant Ballet Mistress SIAN MURPHY

Dancers MEAGHAN GRACE HINKIS, JAMES HAY, FUMI KANEKO, REECE CLARKE, SAFETY INFORMATION YASMINE NAGDHI RYOICHI HIRANO We want to welcome you back into the building in a way that LETICIA DIAS, HANNAH GRENNELL, CHARLOTTE keeps you, our staff and our artists safe. All visitors must wear TONKINSON, MARIKO SASAKI, JOSHUA JUNKER, AIDEN a face covering over their nose and mouth unless exempt for O'BRIEN, JOSEPH SISSENS, FRANCISCO SERRANO medical reasons. Staff will be wearing face coverings at all times. There is a one-way system in place. Visitors with tickets can enter via Bow Street. Regular cleaning is taking place, with particular attention to high-touch areas such as bannisters and toilets. Hand gel will be available throughout the building. 'Lines for Winter', by Mark Strand for Ros Krauss OPTIONAL FAMILY: A DIVERTISSEMENT Tell yourself as it gets cold and gray falls from the air The 4th performance by The Royal Ballet that you will go on at the Royal Opera House walking, hearing Choreography and text KYLE ABRAHAM the same tune no matter where Music NÍDIA BORGES and GRISCHA LICHTENBERGER you find yourself— ‘Intro’ from Não Fales Nela Que A Mentes – Nídia Borges, inside the dome of dark courtesy Principe Discos. ‘snt 2cx’ from Kamilhan: il y a péril or under the cracking white en la demeure – Grischa Lichtenberger, ©2020 raster – artistic of the moon's gaze in a valley of snow. platform. Published by Edition Raster c/o Budde Music Tonight as it gets cold Costume designer ILARIA MARTELLO tell yourself Lighting designer DAN SCULLY what you know which is nothing Assisted by SIMON BENNISON but the tune your bones play Principal coaching EDWARD WATSON as you keep going. And you will be able Dancers CLAIRE CALVERT, BRAYDEN GALLUCCI, JOSEPH for once to lie down under the small fire AUMEER of winter stars. And if it happens that you cannot go on or turn back and you find yourself INTERVAL where you will be at the end, tell yourself in that final flowing of cold through your limbs that you love what you are.

THE STATEMENT from Selected Poems. Copyright © 1979 Mark Strand The 4th performance by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House.

Choreography CRYSTAL PITE Tex t JONATHON YOUNG THE ROYAL BALLET Music OWEN BELTON Director KEVIN O'HARE Set design JAY GOWER TAYLOR Music Director KOEN KESSELS Costume design CRYSTAL PITE and JOKE VISSER Resident Choreographer WAYNE MCGREGOR Lighting design TOM VISSER Artistic Associate CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Staging SPENCER DICKHAUS Administrative Director HEATHER BAXTER Senior Ballet Master GARY AVIS Rehearsal Director CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Clinical Director Ballet Healthcare SHANE KELLY Dancers AMELIA TOWNSEND, JOSHUA JUNKER, KRISTEN MCNALLY, MATTHEW BALL Voice actors MEG ROE, ANDREW WHEELER, PRODUCTION CREDITS COLLEEN WHEELER, JONATHON YOUNG Senior Stage Manager JOHANNA ADAMS FARLEY Deputy Stage Manager SARAH WOODWARD Assistant Stage Manager JACLYN FULTON SOLO ECHO Production Manager COLIN MAXWELL Lighting Associate SIMON BENNISON The 4th performance by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. Lighting Programmer JOHN LAWRENCE Sound Engineer GIUSEPPE LUBRANO Choreography CRYSTAL PITE Model Room Draughtsperson SOPHIE MOSBERGER Music JOHANNES BRAHMS Costume Production Managers GIUSY COVIELLO and Allegro non Troppo from Sonata for Cello and Piano in ILARIA MARTELLO E Minor, Opus 38 and Adagio Affettuoso from Sonato for Assistant Costume Production Manager SOPHIE O’CONNOR Cello and Piano in F Major, Opus 99. Costumes MOREEN CORDWELL, MADELEINE FRY, PHIL Scenic design JAY GOWER TAYLOR REYNOLDS, STEN VOLLMULLER Costume design CRYSTAL PITE and JOKE VISSER Footwear BLOCH, FREED, GAYNOR MINDEN, GRISHKO, Lighting design TOM VISSER PRINCIPAL, REPETTO, SANSHA, SO DANCA Staging ERIC BEAUCHESNE Table and monolith (The Statement) Guest Ballet Mistress DEIRDRE CHAPMAN NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER Music preparation JULIE COOK, HANNAH GRAY, Dancers LUCA ACRI, MADISON BAILEY, LEO DIXON, ROBIN GORDON-POWELL, TONY RICKARD, EMMA SYRUS BENJAMIN ELLA, NADIA MULLOVA-BARLEY, MAYARA and JOANNA TAYLOR MAGRI, FRANCISCO SERRANO Rehearsal pianists ROBERT CLARK, KATE SHIPWAY, Solo cello CHRISTOPHER VANDERSPAR MICHAEL PANSTERS and TIM QUALTROUGH Solo piano ROBERT CLARK ROYAL OPERA HOUSE PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL STAFF

The Statement – Created for NDT. Premiere 4 February 2016, Thank you to Mark Strand for the inspiration of his poem Lucent Danstheater, The Hague (NL). 'Lines for Winter'. Solo Echo – Created for NDT. Premiere 9 February 2012, Lucent Danstheater, The Hague (NL).