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SUMMER PERFORMANCE 2021 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE I SATURDAY 10 JULY

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Dedicated to all the staff and students in recognition of their tireless work and commitment throughout this difficult year.

PLAYFULLY SO I Valentino Zucchetti Sponsored by Richard & Jennie Cunis and Sir David & Lady Clementi

DON QUIXOTE I Carlos Acosta, after Marius Petipa Sponsored by The Hon Anna Birkett

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY | Peter Wright, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov Sponsored by The Hon Anna Birkett

SWINGLE STEPPING I Morgann Runacre-Temple Sponsored by Jan and Linda Pethick

MEPHISTO WALTZ I Ashley Page Sponsored by Nishi Somaiya and Philip Grose

ELITE SYNCOPATIONS I Kenneth MacMillan Sponsored by Charles Holloway

MOZART SUITE I Mikaela Polley Sponsored by Charles Holloway

IS TO BE I Didy Veldman Sponsored by Nigel and Candida Hurst-Brown

THREE PRELUDES I Ben Stevenson Sponsored by Zita Saurel

WHITE LODGE FILM I BalletBoyz Sponsored by London Biggin Hill Airport

GRAND DÉFILÉ I Gailene Stock and the staff of The Royal Ballet School Sponsored by Jane van Ammel

CONDUCTOR Paul Murphy ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE CONCERT MASTER Sergey Levitin WELCOME

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to our Summer Performance at the Royal Opera House.

This has been an extraordinary and unforgettable year of challenge and adaptation for The Royal Ballet School. Today’s performance is a tribute to the resilience and creativity shown by our students and staff throughout that time.

Seeing their determination to succeed, separated from each other for so much of the year and unable to train or teach in the studios they love, has been a powerful inspiration. I am delighted that following the sadness of cancelled performances in 2020, we finally have the chance to come together to celebrate their work. I wanted our students to enjoy dancing in front of an audience again, and the best way to do this was to give them as many chances to perform on stage as possible. The School’s teams have, with spectacular effort, put together nine different programmes over 32 performances. Each of the eight year groups will have the chance to dance in their own dedicated performances, culminating in a final collective, socially distanced, performance at the Royal Opera House.

I am proud to say that the dedication and hard work of our remarkable community of dancers and teachers mean we can continue to call the School one of the very best in the world.

Across this season, dancers of all ages are performing a range of work that shows off the skills they have learnt through their training. Each year the School is fortunate to work with and perform pieces from renowned choreographers and rehearsal directors in preparation for our Summer Performances. We are hugely grateful this year for choreography, direction and kind permissions from: Deborah MacMillan, Peter Wright, Carlos Acosta, Kevin O’Hare, Jiří Kylián, Paul Murphy, Ashley Page, Didy Veldman, Julie Lincoln, Carmen Thomas, Michael Nunn, Billy Trevitt, Anthony Russell-Roberts, Mikaela Polley, Valentino Zucchetti, Mark Annear, Justine Berry, Matt Nicholson, Denis Bonner, Ben Stevenson, Dawn Scannell, Morgann Runacre-Temple and many more.

This year, in which collaboration has been so vital, I would like to highlight the invaluable support of the Royal Opera House staff and its superlative orchestra.

As always, I wish to convey my gratitude to our Chairman, Christopher Rodrigues CBE, the Board of Governors, our hard-working volunteers and of course our remarkable sponsors whose generosity is the reason we are able to be here today.

An extra special thank you to creative agency Imagination for sponsoring our performances and for their continued support of the School.

I hope you enjoy and appreciate our students’ much longed-for return to the stage.

CHRISTOPHER POWNEY Artistic Director PRE-PERFORMANCE WARM UP CLASS CHOREOGRAPHY Anita Young MUSIC PERFORMED BY Michael Moloney YEAR GROUP Upper School 3rd Year

PLAYFULLY SO CHOREOGRAPHY Valentino Zucchetti MUSIC Sergei Prokofiev,Symphony no.1 in D major, op.25 COSTUME DESIGNER Suzie Holland, Valentino Zucchetti LIGHTING DESIGNER Adam King REHEARSED BY Daria Klimentová, Zhanat Atymtayev PERFORMED BY Upper School 2nd Year

Dancers Victoria Ellwood, Scarlett Harvey, Arisu Hirata, Frieda Kaden, Ella Newton Severgnini Madison Penney, Jessica Templeton Jack Bruce, Aidan Buss, Jack Easton, Oscar Kempsey-Fagg, Isaac Martin, Francesco Venturi

2nd Year student in Playfully So, choreographed by Valentino Zucchetti ©2021 The Royal Ballet School/Photography by ASH DON QUIXOTE ACT III, BASILIO’S SOLO CHOREOGRAPHY Carlos Acosta, after Marius Petipa MUSIC Ludwig Minkus REHEARSED BY Ricardo Cervera PERFORMED BY Upper School 3rd Year

Dancer Yuma Matsuura

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY ACT I, GARLAND DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY Peter Wright, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov PRODUCTION Peter Wright MUSIC Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky COSTUMES Courtesy of Birmingham Royal Ballet LIGHTING DESIGNER Adam King REPÉTITÉUR Denis Bonner REHEARSED BY Nicola Tranah, Paul Lewis PERFORMED BY Upper School 1st Year

Dancers Ariana Allen, Bethany Bartlett, Seung Hee Han, Chae Yeon Kang, Taeryeong Kim Alexandra Manuel, Isabella Shaker, Tilly Wightman Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Vitor Augusto Da Silva, George Edwards, Theo Greenfield Caspar Lench, Alfie Shacklock, Blake Smith, Max Steele

SWINGLE STEPPING CHOREOGRAPHY Morgann Runacre-Temple MUSIC Music for the Peter Gunn TV series, Tribute to Johann Sebastian, Ode to Joy, Swingle Singers and Peter Gunn Theme, The Blue Brothers REHEARSED BY Belinda Hatley, Kenta Kura PERFORMED BY White Lodge Year 11

Dancers Yasemin Caynak, Grace Donovan, Georgia Dunn, Catherine Fenton, Liberty Fergus Rosanna Fernback, Harriet Gibson, Tianie-Finn Grainger, Lucy Harrower, Florence Lane Marta Monesi, Charlotte Parbery, Katie Robertson, Phusanisa Sapchartanan Sophie-Leigh Sill Axel Arvidsson, Joseph Birtles Clarke, Sigurd Blystad, Joe Bratko-Dickson Ravi Cannonier-Watson, Jules Chastre, Jack Fielding, Leo Godfrey, Emile Gooding Ruben Mariner Barbeito, Alejandro Munoz, Joe Parker, Mason Pye, Edoardo Savini Sacha Venkatasawmy MEPHISTO WALTZ CHOREOGRAPHY Ashley Page MUSIC Johann Strauss II, Mephistos Höllenrufe, op.101 TUTU DESIGNER Jon Morrell TUTUS Courtesy of Scottish Ballet MALE COSTUME DESIGNER Suzie Holland LIGHTING DESIGNER Adam King REHEARSED BY Ashley Page, Ricardo Cervera PERFORMED BY Upper School 3rd Year

Dancers Grace Carroll, Olivia Findlay, Ava May Llewellyn, Viola Pantuso, Julie Petanova Max Dawe, Clark Eselgroth, Yuma Matsuura, Eric Pinto Cata, Alejandro Valera Outlaw

INTERVAL

3rd Year students in Mephisto Waltz, choreographed by Ashley Page ©2021 The Royal Ballet School/Photography by ASH ELITE SYNCOPATIONS Slight adjustments due to COVID-19 social distancing CHOREOGRAPHY Kenneth MacMillan MUSIC Scott Joplin COSTUME DESIGNER Ian Spurling ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN BY John B Read LIGHTING DESIGNER William Bundy STAGED AND REHEARSED BY Julie Lincoln PERFORMED BY Upper School 3rd Year

Sunflower Slow Rag Whole cast Elite Syncopations Whole cast The Cascades Olivia Findlay, Tara Millard, Rimi Nakano Hot-house Rag Yuma Matsuura, Eric Pinto Cata, Elijah Trevitt, Amiruddin Shah Calliope Rag Olivia Findlay Nightingale Principal characters and soloists The Golden Hours Rimi Nakano, Elijah Trevitt Stop Time Rag Viola Pantuso The Alaskan Rag Tara Millard, Amiruddin Shah Bethena (Concert Waltz) Viola Pantuso, Raffaello Barbieri Friday Night Yuma Matsuura Cataract Rag Whole cast Two Soloist Ladies Eleonora Ancona, Ava May Llewellyn Two Soloist Men Louis Dobbs, Luca Massara Corps de ballet Grace Carroll, Florence Joffre, Julie Petanova, Annabel Pickering Clark Eselgroth, Thomas Gerhardt, Josh Nagaoka, Alejandro Valera Outlaw

MOZART SUITE CHOREOGRAPHY Mikaela Polley MUSIC Wolfgang Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K.364: III: Presto ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS Sergey Levitin (Violin), Konstantin Boyarsky (Viola) LIGHTING DESIGNER Adam King REHEARSED BY Nicola Tranah, Paul Lewis PERFORMED BY Upper School 1st Year

Dancers Ariana Allen, Bethany Bartlett, Seung Hee Han, Chae Yeon Kang, Taeryeong Kim Milda Luckute, Alexandra Manuel, Ana Luisa Negrao, Isabella Shaker, Tilly Wightman Jacob Alvarado, Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Vitor Augusto Da Silva, George Edwards Theo Greenfield, Caspar Lench, Kaito Matsuoka, Noah Seidl, Alfie Shacklock, Blake Smith Max Steele

IS TO BE CHOREOGRAPHY Didy Veldman MUSIC Arvo Pärt, Tabula Rasa: I. Ludus ORCHESTRA SOLOISTS Sergey Levitin, Jan Schmolck (Violins) COSTUME DESIGNER Didy Veldman LIGHTING DESIGNER Adam King REHEARSED BY Daria Klimentová, Zhanat Atymtayev PERFORMED BY Upper School 2nd Year

Duet one Frieda Kaden, Stanley Young Solo one Skya Powney Solo two Jack Easton Duet two Scarlett Harvey, Oscar Kempsey-Fagg Duet three Martin Diaz, Luc Foskett Dancers Isabella Boyd, Alicia Rose Couvrette, Ruby Cross, Victoria Ellwood, Annalee Melton Ella Newton Severgnini, Julia Shugart, Jessica Templeton, Tia Wenkman, Marta Zabirynnyk Aidan Buss, Jack Bruce, Arnon Herring, Mason King, Jacob Lainchbury Ishan Mahabir-Stokes, Isaac Martin, Francesco Venturi THREE PRELUDES, FIRST MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHY Ben Stevenson MUSIC Sergei Rachmaninoff,op.32, no.10 MUSIC PERFORMED BY Tracey Renwick DESIGNER Ben Stevenson LIGHTING DESIGNER Chenault Spence REPÉTITÉUR Dawn Scannell REHEARSED BY Nicola Tranah, Ricardo Cervera PERFORMED BY Upper School 3rd Year

Dancers Julie Petanova, Alejandro Valera Outlaw

GRAND DÉFILÉ

CONCEIVED BY Gailene Stock in 2001 CHOREOGRAPHY Jacquelin Barrett, Mary Goodhew, Anatole Grigoriev Hope Keelan, Patricia Linton, Valentina Moukhanova Gary Norman, David Peden, Christopher Powney Anthony Sewell, Diane van Schoor Katerina Zvelebilova COMPOSER Carl Czerny MUSIC Études no.13 and no.14 (By kind permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited) ARRANGED BY Knudåge Riisager ORCHESTRATED BY Knudåge Riisager PERFORMED BY The whole School

Is to Be, choreographed by Didy Veldman, 2019 ©Prix de Lausanne 2019 – Gregory Batardon Year 11 students in Morgann Runacre-Temple’s Swingle Stepping ©2021 The Royal Ballet School. Photography by Rachel Cherry WHITE LODGE STUDENTS

YEAR 7 Charlotte Parrish Kaitlyn Moore Adam Pearce Shani Moran-Simmonds Yulia Antipina Isla Petty-Fitzmaurice Elena Navikaite Kanoko Aoyama Luca Phoenix Ruri Nonami Amelie Askew Hattie Stocks Ailey Osaki Eva Bell Fletcher Thomas Joe Parkinson Mario Betteridge-Jimenez Danny Wallington George Ring Elizabeth Caffa Billy Wilson Harry Sills Lewis Chan Harry Withers George Stevens Alfie Ewens Paris-Renée Street Oliver Fitton YEAR 9 Krista Vaitkeviciute Grace Giles Luke Wragg Sophia Hannford Sam Astbury Pietro Zironi Maiya Hristov Chloé Bone Aurelia Ingleson Laur Alya Cogur YEAR 11 Logan James Anissia Divnina Eli Mathias Annabel Foster Axel Arvidsson Rose Milner Lauren Godfrey Joseph Birtles Clarke Ella Mitchell Flynn Hallworth Sigurd Blystad Isaac Morgan Marcus Harvey Joe Bratko-Dickson Tatiana Muravitskaya Emma Lucano Ravi Cannonier-Watson Audrey Nataf-Personen Elliott Martin Yasemin Caynak Nathan Newman Archie Mathias Jules Chastre Taesha Patterson Alexandra Melsom Grace Donovan Filip Prasnal Ebony Merritt Georgia Dunn Mia Thomas Margarita Pigorini Catherine Fenton Billy Tucker Nadia Popczyk Liberty Fergus Wilfred Urwin Nanoha Shiegeoka Rosanna Fernback Charlie Valentine-Marsh Caitlin Simms Jack Fielding Toby Walker Kingston Taylor Harriet Gibson Oscar Wall Denis Tiexeira Leo Godfrey Alec West Robin Ward Emile Gooding Dylan Williams Tianie-Finn Grainger YEAR 8 Lucy Harrower YEAR 10 Florence Lane Winifrid Bain Ruben Mariner Barbeito Esme Beckett William Ashraf Marta Monesi Bree Anna Bowles Olivia-Senay Bayram Alejandro Munoz Stella Chambaud Beatriz Cardoso Charlotte Parbery Soren Chisholm Amos Child Joe Parker Alexander Dobrynin-Lait Ptolemy Gidney Mason Pye Ariel Forster Layla Hotham Katie Robertson Florence Fraser Lydia Hough Phusanisa Sapchartanan Ruben Garcia Chiyo Kameda Edoardo Savini Justine Grantham Piper King Sophie-Leigh Sill Thomas Hellewell Malvina Kolb Sacha Venkatasawmy Jade Johnstone Nan Xin Gina Kung Theodore King Keira McCulloch Chiara Paesano Noah Mitchell UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS

1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR 3RD YEAR

Ariana Allen Isabella Boyd Eleonora Ancona Jacob Alvarado Jack Bruce Raffaello Barbieri Bethany Bartlett Aidan Buss Grace Carroll Guillem Cabrera Espinach Alicia Rose Couvrette Max Dawe Vitor Augusto Da Silva Ruby Cross Louis Dobbs George Edwards Martin Diaz Clark Eselgroth Theo Greenfield Jack Easton Olivia Findlay Seung Hee Han Victoria Ellwood Thomas Gerhardt Thomas Hazelby Luc Foskett Arthur Henderson Chae Yeon Kang Scarlett Harvey Basil James Taeryeong Kim Arnon Herring Florence Joffre Alexander Larsson Arisu Hirata Ava May Llewellyn Caspar Lench Frieda Kaden Luca Massara Milda Luckute Oscar Kempsey-Fagg Yuma Matsuura Alexandra Manuel Mason King Tara Millard Kaito Matsuoka Jacob Lainchbury Josh Nagaoka Ana Luisa Negrao Ishan Mahabir-Stokes Rimi Nakano Caterina Perego Isaac Martin Viola Pantuso Noah Seidl Annalee Melton Julie Petanova Alfie Shacklock Takumi Miyake Annabel Pickering Isabella Shaker Meg Newton Eric Pinto Cata Erin Siebert Ella Newton Severgnini Amiruddin Shah Blake Smith Madison Penney Elijah Trevitt Max Steele Skya Powney Alejandro Valera Outlaw Tilly Wightman Julia Shugart Alix Van Tiggelen Jessica Templeton Francesco Venturi Tia Wenkman Stanley Young Marta Zabirynnyk GRADUATE CONTRACTS 2021

OLIVIA FINDLAY The Royal Ballet Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme

AVA MAY LLEWELLYN The Royal Ballet Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme

VIOLA PANTUSO The Royal Ballet Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme

ALIX VAN TIGGELEN The Royal Ballet Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme

ERIC PINTO CATA Birmingham Royal Ballet

YUMA MATSUURA American Ballet Theatre Studio Company

ALEJANDRO VALERA OUTLAW American Ballet Theatre Studio Company

GRACE CARROLL The Australian Ballet

ELIJAH TREVITT The Australian Ballet

ARTHUR HENDERSON Ballett Dortmund

FLORENCE JOFFRE Bayerisches Junior Ballett München

LUCA MASSARA Bayerisches Junior Ballett München

RIMI NAKANO Boston Ballet II

CLARK ESELGROTH Finnish National Ballet 2

BASIL JAMES Hong Kong Ballet

RAFFAELLO BARBIERI Hungarian National Ballet

LOUIS DOBBS ICK Dans Amsterdam

MAX DAWE Joffrey Studio Company

AMIRUDDIN SHAH Joffrey Studio Company

ELEONORA ANCONA The National Moravian – Silesian Theatre

TARA MILLARD The Norwegian National Ballet 2

JOSH NAGAOKA The Norwegian National Ballet 2

JULIE PETANOVA The Norwegian National Ballet 2

THOMAS GERHARDT Orlando Ballet Second Company

THANK YOU

With special thanks to the Artistic staff of The Royal Ballet School: Zhanat Atymtayev, Justine Berry, Ricardo Cervera, Jessica Clarke, Elisabetta D’Aloia Andre De Villiers, Simon Ford, Belinda Hatley, Valeri Hristov, Nicola Katrak, Hope Keelan Daria Klimentová, Kenta Kura, Paul Lewis, Jason Mabana, Bim Malcomson, Carol-Anne Millar Mikaela Polley, Kate Swainston, Nicola Tranah, Angela Towler, Anita Young

Pianists Domenica Cardullo, Stefano Curina, Christine Evans, Elvira Gavrilova, Olga Mazour Michael Moloney, Beatrice Nicholas, Tracey Renwick, Elizabeth Sluman, David Smith Constant van Dorp

Costume department Suzie Holland, Caroline Hume, Emilie Juteau

Thanks to all the staff at The Royal Ballet School and the Royal Opera House

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