June 2019 The Royal Ballet tours to Japan and Los Angeles this summer, presenting signature work from the Company’s repertory, a world premiere by Wayne McGregor and community engagement projects. Tokyo, Bunka Kaikan - Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote, 21 – 26 June Yokohama, Kanagawa Kenwin Hall, Royal Ballet Gala, 29 – 30 June Los Angeles, The Music Center Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling, 5 – 7 July Thomas Adès and Wayne McGregor A Dance Collaboration 12 – 13 July This summer The Royal Ballet will tour to Japan and Los Angeles for the annual international tour. The Royal Ballet will perform in The Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo between 21 – 26 June, presenting Carlos Acosta’s vibrant production of Don Quixote. The Company will also perform a special gala of signature works from the repertory at the Kanagawa Kenwin Hall, Yokohama on 29 and 30 June. After an absence of 24 years the Company makes a welcome return to L.A from 5 – 12 July with Kenneth MacMillan’s dramatic masterpiece Mayerling and a special collaboration between conductor, composer Thomas Adès and Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor with Adès and McGregor: A Dance Collaboration. Adès and McGregor: A Dance Collaboration includes two world premieres by Wayne McGregor, his latest work for The Royal Ballet, The Dante Project Part 1 (Inferno) and a new yet-to-be- named work for Company Wayne McGregor. Inferno is set to Adès’ new score of the same name which premiered at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in May, in a performance by the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The music was commissioned by For all Royal Opera House press releases visit www.roh.org.uk/for/press- and-media the LA Phil and The Royal Ballet. The Dante Project Part 1 (Inferno) is an epic journey through the afterlife, inspired by Dante’s The Divine Comedy. The new work features set and costumes by celebrated artist, Tacita Dean, renowned for her pioneering and poetic work across film and multiple mediums. The creative team for this work includes lighting design by Lucy Carter and Simon Bennison and dramaturgy by Uzma Hameed. Inferno is the first act of this new ballet; The Royal Ballet will present the full three-act ballet as a complete work at the Royal Opera House in London in May 2020. Co-commissioned by The Music Center and LA Phil, McGregor’s second new work for this program will be danced by Company Wayne McGregor and choreographed to Adès’ In Seven Days, a seven-movement piece for piano and orchestra from 2008. Fascinated in how Artificial Intelligence might foster conversations about dance and the potential of choreographing through technology, McGregor is collaborating with the Google Arts & Culture Lab in Paris to develop “Living Archive.” The “Living Archive” AI choreographic tool has been trained using hundreds of hours of video dance footage from McGregor’s previous work. It then uses machine learning to generate entirely new movements and choreography in his style, creating a new “living” dialogue with his extensive archive. This piece will feature video installations designed by Ben Cullen Williams, who collaborated on the award-winning set and projection design for Company Wayne McGregor’s Autobiography. The Royal Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor will perform together in the West Coast premiere of McGregor’s Outlier, which was choreographed to Adès’ 2005 violin concerto, Concentric Paths. Outlier features Bauhaus-inspired design by McGregor and Lucy Carter (lighting design), and costumes by Moritz Junge. McGregor created Outlier, informed by the minimalist notions of simplicity and colour theory, for New York City Ballet’s Architecture of Dance Festival in 2010. As part of the tour The Royal Ballet will engage with local dance schools and community groups. The Royal Ballet in partnership with Bunka Kaikan will host a series of Don Quixote themed workshops with a local deaf school in Tokyo and a school for people with disabilities in Kyoto. In Los Angeles The Royal Ballet will work with students from Colburn School in an intensive two-day creative ballet project and deliver a masterclass in partnership with The Music Center for local dance schools, all themed around Mayerling. Royal Ballet artists will work with Los Angeles-based Straight Up Abilities, which provides dance opportunities to children and adults with intellectual or physical disabilities. Participants will engage in a week-long residency with The Royal Ballet exploring the themes from Wayne McGregor’s new ballet, Inferno, culminating in a public performance at The Music Center. Page 2 of 7 Notes to Editors Tokyo, Bunka Kaikan - Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote Casting Friday 21 June 2019, 18:30pm Kitri Marianela Nuñez Basilio Vadim Muntagirov Mercedes Laura Morera Espada Ryoichi Hirano Queen of the Dryads Fumi Kaneko Saturday 22 June 2019, 13:00pm Kitri Mayara Magri Basilio Alexander Campbell Mercedes Itziar Mendizabel Espada Nicol Edmonds Queen of the Dryads Yuhui Choe Saturday 22 June 2019, 18:00pm Kitri Yasmine Naghdi Basilio Marcelino Sambé Mercedes Laura Morera Espada Ryoichi Hirano Queen of the Dryads Fumi Kaneko Sunday 23 June 2019, 13:00pm Kitri Lauren Cuthbertson Basilio Matthew Ball Mercedes Claire Calvert Espada Reece Clarke Queen of the Dryads Yuhui Choe Page 3 of 7 Tuesday 25 June 2019, 18:30pm Kitri Yasmine Naghdi Basilio Marcelino Sambé Mercedes Laura Morera Espada Ryoichi Hirano Queen of the Dryads Fumi Kaneko Wednesday 26 June 2019, 18:30pm Kitri Natalia Osipova Basilio Vadim Muntagirov Mercedes Beatriz Stix-Brunell Espada Valentino Zucchetti Queen of the Dryads Claire Calvert Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Ballet Gala, Yokohama, Kanagawa Kenwin Hall, 29 - 30 June 2pm Casting tbc Orchestra Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra Page 4 of 7 LA, The Music Center Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling 5 – 7 July Casting Friday 5 July 7.30pm Crown Prince Rudolf Ryoichi Hirano Baroness Mary Vetsera Natalia Osipova Countess Marie Larisch Sarah Lamb Empress Elizabeth Kristen McNally Princess Stephanie Francesca Hayward Mitzi Marianela Nunez Bratfisch Alexander Campbell Emperor Franz Josef Christopher Sanders Bay Middleton Gary Avis Saturday 6 July at 7.30pm Crown Prince Rudolf Matthew Ball Baroness Mary Vetsera Sarah Lamb Countess Marie Larisch Laura Morera Empress Elizabeth Itziar Mendizabal Princess Stephanie Meaghan Grace Hinkis Mitzi Mayara Magri Bratfisch James Hay Emperor Franz Josef Gary Avis Bay Middleton Nehemiah Kish Sunday 7 July at 2pm Crown Prince Rudolf Thiago Soares Baroness Mary Vetsera Lauren Cuthbertson Countess Marie Larisch Itziar Mendizabal Empress Elizabeth Lara Turk Princess Stephanie Anna Rose O’Sullivan Mitzi Claire Calvert Bratfisch Paul Kay Emperor Franz Josef Alastair Marriott Bay Middleton Gary Avis Page 5 of 7 The Royal Ballet and Company Wayne McGregor – Adès & McGregor: A Dance Collaboration Part 1 (Inferno), July 12–13 Co-presentation by Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center and LA Phil The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Royal Ballet world premiere - The Dante Project (Inferno) Inferno commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Music and Artistic Director; and The Royal Ballet, choreographer Wayne McGregor Choreography Wayne McGregor Music Thomas Adès’ Inferno Design Tacita Dean Lighting Design Lucy Carter and Simon Bennison Dramaturgy Uzma Hameed Dancers The Royal Ballet Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Thomas Adès Casting TBC Company Wayne McGregor world premiere - New work by Wayne McGregor Choreography co-commissioned by The Music Center and Los Angeles Philharmonic In Seven Days music commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic, 2008 Produced by Studio Wayne McGregor Direction: Wayne McGregor Choreography Wayne McGregor, in collaboration with the dancers Music Thomas Adès’ In Seven Days Video Installation Ben Cullen Williams Lighting Consultant Lucy Carter Dancers Company Wayne McGregor AI choreography tool developed in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture Lab Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Thomas Adès Page 6 of 7 Outlier West Coast premiere Choreography Wayne McGregor Music: Thomas Adès’ Concentric Paths Set Design Wayne McGregor and Lucy Carter Lighting Design Lucy Carter, recreated by Simon Bennison Costume Design Moritz Junge Dancers: Company Wayne McGregor and dancers from The Royal Ballet Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Thomas Adès Casting TBC For further information or interview requests please contact Ashley Woodfield, Head of Ballet Press Tel – 0207 212 9165 / Mobile – 07984513676 [email protected] About The Royal Ballet Under the directorship of Kevin O’Hare, The Royal Ballet unites tradition and innovation in world-class performances, and is a driving force in the development of ballet as an art form. Based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, it brings together today’s most dynamic and versatile dancers with a world-class orchestra and leading choreographers, composers, conductors, directors and creative teams to share awe-inspiring theatrical experiences with diverse audiences worldwide. The Company’s extensive repertory embraces 19th-century classics, the singular legacy of works by Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton and Principal Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and the compelling new canon of work including pieces by Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon and Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett. Page 7 of 7 .