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Next Generation: the Royal Ballet School Linden Theatre I 1St Year I Monday 28 June Welcome NEXT GENERATION: THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL LINDEN THEATRE I 1ST YEAR I MONDAY 28 JUNE WELCOME It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Next Generation: The Royal Ballet School at the Linbury Theatre. 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 PROGRAMME CLASS DEMONSTRATION CHOREOGRAPHY Nicola Tranah and Paul Lewis MUSIC PERFORMED BY Liz Sluman MUSIC ARRANGED BY Liz Sluman LIGHTING DESIGNER Adam King PAS DE SIX VARIATION, NAPOLI CHOREOGRAPHY August Bournonville MUSIC Edvard Helsted, Holger Simon Paulli and Niels W. Gade Dancer Kaito Matsuoka VARIATION, GISELLE, ACT I CHOREOGRAPHY Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot MUSIC Adolphe Adam Dancer Alexandra Manuel SPEECH Thomas Hazelby GARLAND DANCE, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Sponsored by The Hon Anna Birkett 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 Dennis Bonner Dancers Ariana Allen, Bethany Bartlett, Seung Hee Han, Ana Luisa Negrao, Isabella Shaker Tilly Wightman Jacob Alvarado, Vitor Augusto Da Silva, Theo Greenfield, Caspar Lench, Kaito Matsuoka Noah Seidl SPEECHES Caterina Perego and Erin Siebert PEASANT PAS DE DEUX VARIATION, GISELLE CHOREOGRAPHY Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot MUSIC Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller Dancer Alfie Shacklock ODÉLISQUE VARIATION, LE CORSAIRE CHOREOGRAPHY Marius Petipa MUSIC Adolphe Adam Dancer Isabella Shaker CZARDAS, COPPÉLIA CHOREOGRAPHY Ninette de Valois after Lev Ivanov and Enrico Cecchetti MUSIC Léo Delibes COSTUMES Courtesy of the Royal Opera House LIGHTING DESIGNER Adam King Dancers Ariana Allen, Bethany Bartlett, Chaeyeon Kang, Taeryeong Kim, Milda Luckute Ana Luisa Negrao, Tilly Wightman Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Vitor Augusto Da Silva, George Edwards, Noah Seidl Blake Smith, Max Steele VIDEO CREATED BY 1ST YEAR STUDENTS MOZART SUITE CHOREOGRAPHY Mikaela Polley MUSIC Wolfgang Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K.364: III: Presto LIGHTING DESIGNER Adam King Dancers Ariana Allen, Bethany Bartlett, Seung Hee Han, Chaeyeon 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, Alexander Larsson, Caspar Lench, Kaito Matsuoka, Noah Seidl Alfie Shacklock, Blake Smith, Max Steele 1ST YEAR STUDENTS Ariana Allen Milda Luckute Jacob Alvarado Alexandra Manuel Bethany Bartlett Kaito Matsuoka Guillem Cabrera Espinach Ana Luisa Negrao Vitor Augusto Da Silva Caterina Perego George Edwards Noah Seidl Theo Greenfield Alfie Shacklock Seung Hee Han Isabella Shaker Thomas Hazelby Erin Siebert Chaeyeon Kang Blake Smith Taeryeong Kim Max Steele Alexander Larsson Tilly Wightman Caspar Lench THANK YOU With special thanks to the Artistic team at Upper School: 1st Year Nicola Tranah, Paul Lewis 2nd Year Daria Klimentová, Zhanat Atymtayev 3rd Year Jessica Clarke, Ricardo Cervera Contemporary Angela Towler Choreographic Elisabetta D’Aloia, Mikaela Polley Character Justine Berry Pianists Domenica Cardullo, Elvira Gavrilova, Michael Moloney, Tracey Renwick Elizabeth Sluman Costume department Suzie Holland, Emilie Juteau Technical team Bethany Alexander, Gareth Stevens Find out more about the School at royalballetschool.org.uk and join the conversation on social media using #RBSSummer OUR SUPPORTERS CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Roderick and Elizabeth Jack HEALTHY DANCER PROGRAMME Lynda Beresford Jones Doug and Ceri King The Band Charitable Trust Deborah Brice Kinoshita Holdings Co Ltd Henry C Beck Jr Charitable Lead Sir Damon and Lady Buffini Ida Levine Trust Susan Burns Sarah Lewis Justin and Celeste Bickle Stephen and Caroline Butt The Philip Loubser Foundation John and Susan Burns Lord and Lady Cruddas (Nadia Nerina Scholarship) Sarah Dorfman Dr Genevieve Davies The McGinley Foundation EBM Charitable Trust Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Anna Melluish Richard and Janeen Sir Lloyd and Lady Dorfman Rudolph Nureyev Foundation Haythornthwaite Dame Vivien Duffield Kevin O’Hare Scholarship The Headley Trust Malcolm Gammie Martine Olsen Joanna Kaye Kenneth and Susan Green Prix de Lausanne Maaike McInnes Lady Hobson Rothschild Foundation David and Wendy Meller Charles Holloway David Rymer Mercers’ Company Imagination Benjamin Schapiro Tony and Sonja Page Elizabeth and Roderick Jack Graeme and Sue Sloan The Royal Opera House Aud Jebsen Nishi Somaiya Benevolent Fund Joanna Kaye St Baker Family Foundation 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Riesco The Eranda Rothschild Foundation Kerry and Dimity Rubie Malcolm Gammie Sarah Scrope Charles and Analida Graham Patsy Seddon Jayne Gray Tara Stotesbury Marguerite Griffith-Jones Sophie Stovin The Hobson Charity Alison Titchmarsh Charles Holloway Alexandra Williams ESSENTIAL SUPPORT ALSO ‘CORPS’ DONORS SUPPORTING We remain most grateful to the PROVIDED BY CORE COSTS following for their gifts to the Frederick Ashton Foundation Rose Atfield Royal Ballet School Endowment The Ballet Association Peter and Sally Cadbury Fund which
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