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Elite Syncopations THE ROYAL BALLET Director KEVIN O’HARE CBE Founder DAME NINETTE DE VALOIS OM CH DBE Founder Choreographer SIR FREDERICK ASHTON OM CH CBE Founder Music Director CONSTANT LAMBERT Prima Ballerina Assoluta DAME MARGOT FONTEYN DBE THE ROYAL BALLET: LIVE ELITE SYNCOPATIONS Conductor JONATHAN LO ELITE SYNCOPATIONS Piano Conductor ROBERT CLARK ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Concert Master SERGEY LEVITIN WEDNESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2020 The 2020/21 Ballet Season is generously supported by AUD JEBSEN RUNNING TIMES This performance will last approximately 2 hours 15 minutes including one 20 minute interval SAFETY INFORMATION Please note that all ROH performances and participating artists are subject to change due to COVID-19 restrictions. In order to ensure the safety of the artists and prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, mitigations have included strict social distancing in the studio alongside testing for those artists in physical contact during rehearsals. Please do not use mobile devices during the performance. RHAPSODY PAS DE DEUX Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON Music SERGEY RACHMANINOFF Costumes WILLIAM CHAPPELL recreated by NATALIA STEWART Dancers AKANE TAKADA and ALEXANDER CAMPBELL Solo piano ROBERT CLARK MONOTONES II THE 102ND PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON Music ERIK SATIE orchestrated by CLAUDE DEBUSSY, ROLAND-MANUEL and JOHN LANCHBERY Costume designer FREDERICK ASHTON Dancers GINA STORM-JENSEN, DAVID DONNELLY and TÉO DUBREUIL IN OUR WISHES THE 2ND PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Choreography CATHY MARSTON Music SERGEY RACHMANINOFF Costume designer ROKSANDA Dancers FUMI KANEKO and REECE CLARKE Solo piano KATE SHIPWAY SWAN LAKE ACT II PAS DE DEUX Choreography LEV IVANOV Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY Costume designer JOHN MACFARLANE Odette FRANCESCA HAYWARD Prince Siegfried WILLIAM BRACEWELL LE CORSAIRE PAS DE DEUX Choreography after MARIUS PETIPA Music RICCARDO DRIGO and LUDWIG MINKUS Dancers MAYARA MAGRI and MATTHEW BALL MANON ACT I PAS DE DEUX Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN Music JULES MASSENET orchestrated by MARTIN YATES Costume designer NICHOLAS GEORGIADIS Manon LAURA MORERA Des Grieux FEDERICO BONELLI WOOLF WORKS FROM ‘I NOW, I THEN’ THE 2ND PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Choreography WAYNE MCGREGOR Music MAX RICHTER Costume designer MORITZ JUNGE Dancers EDWARD WATSON, AKANE TAKADA and CALVIN RICHARDSON DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS THE 3RD PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Choreography FREDERICK ASHTON Music CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK Dancer JOSEPH SISSENS Solo flute MARGARET CAMPBELL THE DYING SWAN Choreography MIKHAIL FOKINE Music CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Dancer CLAIRE CALVERT Solo piano KATE SHIPWAY Solo cello TIM HUGH TCHAIKOVSKY PAS DE DEUX THE 29TH PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Choreography GEORGE BALANCHINE © The George Balanchine Trust Music PYOTR IL’YICH TCHAIKOVSKY Costume designer ANTHONY DOWELL Dancers MARIANELA NUÑEZ and VADIM MUNTAGIROV ELITE SYNCOPATIONS THE 113TH PERFORMANCE BY THE ROYAL BALLET AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Choreography KENNETH MACMILLAN Music SCOTT JOPLIN and other Ragtime composers Costume designer IAN SPURLING Dancers Sunflower Slow DragTHE COMPANY Elite Syncopations THE COMPANY The Cascades LAURA MORERA, MELISSA HAMILTON and MEAGHAN GRACE HINKIS Hot-House Rag BENJAMIN ELLA, LUCA ACRI, TÉO DUBREUIL and PAUL KAY Calliope Rag LAURA MORERA The Golden Hours MEAGHAN GRACE HINKIS and LUCA ACRI Stop Time Rag SARAH LAMB The Alaskan Rag MELISSA HAMILTON and PAUL KAY Bethena (Concert Waltz) SARAH LAMB and RYOICHI HIRANO Friday Night BENJAMIN ELLA Cataract Rag THE COMPANY SOPHIE ALLNATT, GRACE BLUNDELL, MICA BRADBURY, ANNETTE BUVOLI, ASHLEY DEAN, LETICIA DIAS, ISABELLA GASPARINI, HANNAH GRENNELL, NATHALIE HARRISON, BOMIN KIM, ISABEL LUBACH, SAE MAEDA, NADIA MULLOVA-BARLEY, KATHARINA NIKELSKI, HANNA PARK, MADDISON PRITCHARD, MARIKO SASAKI, SUMINA SASAKI, CHARLOTTE TONKINSON, MARIANNA TSEMBENHOI, YU HANG and GINEVRA ZAMBON JOSEPH AUMEER, HARRIS BELL, LIAM BOSWELL, LUKAS BJØRNEBOE BRÆNDSRØD, HARRY CHURCHES, LEO DIXON, DAVID DONNELLY, BRAYDEN GALLUCCI, DAICHI IKARASHI, JOSHUA JUNKER, JAMES LARGE, TAISUKE NAKAO, MARCO MASCIARI, AIDEN O’BRIEN, GIACOMO ROVERO, FRANCISCO SERRANO and STANISŁAW WĘGRZYN Violin 1 MELISSA CARSTAIRS Violin 2 ANNA BLACKMUR Viola AMELIE ROUSSEL Cello CHRISTOPHER VANDERSPAR Bass TONY HOUGHAM Flute CHRISTOPHER GREEN Clarinet MARINA FINNAMORE Trumpets NICHOLAS BETTS and DANIEL NEWELL Trombone LINDSAY SHILLING Tuba BEN THOMPSON Drum Kit NIGEL CHARMAN ARTISTIC STAFF Rehearsal Director CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Senior Ballet Master GARY AVIS Senior Ballet Mistress SAMANTHA RAINE Assistant Ballet Mistress SIAN MURPHY Principal Coaching ALEXANDER AGADZHANOV, LESLEY COLLIER and EDWARD WATSON Benesh Choreologist GREGORY MISLIN PRODUCTION Lighting Designer SIMON BENNISON Senior Stage Manager JOHANNA ADAMS FARLEY Deputy Stage Manager SARAH WOODWARD Assistant Stage Manager PETER SAUNDERS Production Managers SARAH O’CONNOR and CLÍONA NI MHOCHÁIN Costume Supervisor NATALIA STEWART Music Preparation MARTIN GEORGIEV AND THE ROH MUSIC LIBRARY, JULIE COOK, HANNAH GRAY, ROBIN GORDON-POWELL, TONY RICKARD, EMMA SYRUS and JOANNA TAYLOR Rehearsal Pianists ROBERT CLARK, KATE SHIPWAY, MICHAEL PANSTERS and TIM QUALTROUGH ROYAL OPERA HOUSE PRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL STAFF THE ROYAL BALLET Director KEVIN O’HARE Music Director KOEN KESSELS Resident Choreographer WAYNE MCGREGOR Artistic Associate CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON Administrative Director HEATHER BAXTER Clinical Director Ballet Healthcare SHANE KELLY WITH THANKS TO THE NUMEROUS STAFF BEHIND THE SCENES FOR THEIR INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE WITH THIS EVENING’S PERFORMANCE 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. This year’s global pandemic has affected all arts organisations across the world. We have lost £3 in every £5 of our income, and any Government loan will take us only part of the way. We need your help to bring artists back to our stages. Please consider making a donation to the Royal Opera House Recovery Campaign. roh.org.uk/donate Rhapsody, Monotones II and Dance of the Blessed Spirits are just three of over one hundred works created by Frederick Ashton™ (1904–88). The Frederick Ashton Foundation, a registered charity working independently of, but in close association with, The Royal Ballet, exists to enrich the legacy of Frederick Ashton™ and his ballets. For further information, visit frederickashton.org.uk The performance of the Tchaikovsky Pas de deux, a Balanchine Ballet, is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique®. Choreography George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust The performances of the Manon Act I pas de deux and Elite Syncopations are presented by kind permission of Kenneth MacMillan and Partner. Music Credits Woolf Works Composed by Max Richter. Published by Mute Song Limited .
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