THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL SUMMER PERFORMANCES WHITE LODGE | 23 JUNE - 10 JULY 2021 WELCOME It is my great pleasure to welcome you to White Lodge for The Royal Ballet School Summer Performances. 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, Morgann Runacre-Temple, 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 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 YEAR 7 Programme to be selected from the following CLASS DEMONSTRATION CHOREOGRAPHY Hope Keelan and Anita Young THE SLEEPLESS CHOREOGRAPHY Tianie-Finn Grainger, Year 11 MUSIC Insomnia, 2Wei TALK WITH YEAR 7 STUDENTS THE BIRTHDAY SURPRISE CHOREOGRAPHY Kate Swainston MUSIC Hungarian Dances, no.1, Johannes Brahms DYSTOPIA CHOREOGRAPHY Rosanna Fernback, Year 11 MUSIC Utopia Overture, Cristobal Tapia de Veer YEAR 7 CHAMBER CHOIR MUSIC Skye Boat Song ARRANGED BY Alexander L’Estrange YEAR 7 CHOIR MUSIC Auld Lang Syne ARRANGED BY Alexander L’Estrange INTRODUCTION TO DANCING GUESTS FROM ANITA YOUNG DANCING GUESTS – CAST ONE AND TWO CHOREOGRAPHY Anita Young MUSIC Swan Lake, Act III, Pytor Il’yich Tchaikovsky INTERVIEW WITH HOPE KEELAN AND ANITA YOUNG YEAR 8 Programme to be selected from the following CLASS DEMONSTRATION CHOREOGRAPHY Nicola Katrak and Kenta Kura TALK WITH YEAR 8 STUDENTS FRIENDLY RIVALRY CHOREOGRAPHY Kate Swainston MUSIC Krakowiak, Moritz Moszkowski CAPERCALLIE CHOREOGRAPHY Angela Towler MUSIC Bizzy Lizzy, Clann An Drumma THE NUTCRACKER, ACT I: CHILDREN’S DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY Peter Wright MUSIC Pytor Il’yich Tchaikovsky LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE, ACT II: MAYPOLE DANCE & STORM CHOREOGRAPHY Frederick Ashton MUSIC Ferdinand Hérold ARRANGED BY John Lanchbery THOUGHTS ON LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE Nicola Katrak YEAR 8 CHOIR MUSIC Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen ARRANGED BY Roger Emerson SOREN CHISHOLM, PIANO MUSIC Holiday in Paris, William Gillock RUBEN GARCIA, CELLO MUSIC Sicilienne, Maria von Paradis STELLA CHAMBAUD, VOICE MUSIC Ave Maris Stella, Edward Grieg YEAR 9 Programme to be selected from the following CLASS DEMONSTRATION CHOREOGRAPHY Carol-Anne Millar and Valeri Hristov TALK WITH YEAR 9 STUDENTS LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE, ACT II: MAYPOLE DANCE & STORM CHOREOGRAPHY Frederick Ashton MUSIC Ferdinand Hérold ARRANGED BY John Lanchbery CELLIDH CHOREOGRAPHY Angela Towler MUSIC Castle Of The Stars, Clann An Drumma MOLDOVA TO UKRAINE, A FUSION OF STYLES CHOREOGRAPHY Kate Swainston MUSIC A selection of traditional folk music O INDEFINIDO CHOREOGRAPHY Beatriz Cardoso, Year 10 MUSIC Allegro leggiero from Lieder ohne Worte, op.67, no.2, Felix Mendelssohn NOT SO SWEET SIXTEEN FROM HEARTLESS CHOREOGRAPHY Matt Nicholson MUSIC Alice in Wonderland: Act II: Coda (Pas de Sept), The White Rabbit II, The Queen (furioso) COMPOSER Pytor Il’yich Tchaikovsky ARRANGED BY Carl Davis DENIS TEIXEIRA, VIOLIN MUSIC Romanian Dances 4, 5 and 6, Béla Bartók KINGSTON TAYLOR, VOICE MUSIC Silent Noon, Ralph Vaughan Williams LUKE WRAGG, YEAR 10, CELLO MUSIC Élégie, Gabriel Fauré YEAR 10 Programme to be selected from the following CLASS DEMONSTRATION CHOREOGRAPHY Carol-Anne Millar and Valeri Hristov TALK WITH YEAR 10 STUDENTS DVORAK ’21 Sponsored by Brian and Janice Capstick, Thomas and Elsebeth Gatacre, Johnny and Sarah van Haeften CHOREOGRAPHY Mark Annear MUSIC Serenade For Strings in E major, op.22, Antonín Dvořák DANCERS Year 10 and 11 students AUXILLIUM CHOREOGRAPHY Piper King, Year 10 MUSIC The Prologue/This Place Is a Shelter COMPOSER Halsey/Ólafur Arnalds O INDEFINIDO CHOREOGRAPHY Beatriz Cardoso, Year 10 MUSIC Allegro leggiero from Lieder ohne Worte, op.67, no.2, Felix Mendelssohn MOLDOVA TO UKRAINE, A FUSION OF STYLES CHOREOGRAPHY Kate Swainston MUSIC A selection of traditional folk music DANCERS Year 9 students TARANTELLA FROM NAPOLI CHOREOGRAPHY August Bournonville MUSIC Edvard Helsted, Holger Simon Paulli and Niels W. Gade LUKE WRAGG, CELLO MUSIC Élégie, Gabriel Fauré KAITLYN MOORE, VOICE MUSIC Dein Blaues Auge, Johannes Brahms PARIS-RENÉE STREET, VOICE MUSIC Stormy Weather, Harold Arlen OLIVIA-SENAY BAYRAM, VOICE MUSIC Fly me to the Moon, Bart Howard DENIS TEIXEIRA, YEAR 9, VIOLIN MUSIC Romanian Dances 4, 5 and 6, Béla Bartók YEAR 11 Programme to be selected from the following TALK WITH YEAR 11 STUDENTS CLASS DEMONSTRATION CHOREOGRAPHY Belinda Hatley and Kenta Kura HARRIET GIBSON, PIANO MUSIC Nocturne, op.9, no.2, Frédéric Chopin THE SLEEPLESS CHOREOGRAPHY Tianie-Finn Grainger, Year 11 MUSIC Insomnia, 2Wei DYSTOPIA CHOREOGRAPHY Rosanna Fernback, Year 11 MUSIC Utopia Overture, Cristobal Tapia de Veer JOE PARKER, VOICE MUSIC Where’s The Girl? from The Scarlett Pimpernel, Frank Wildhorn SWINGLE STEPPING Sponsored by Jan and Linda Pethick 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 EDOARDO SAVINI, PIANO MUSIC Mia and Sebastian’s Theme from La La Land, Justin Hurwitz KATIE ROBERTSON, VOICE MUSIC On My Own from Les Misérables, Claude-Michel Schönberg DVORAK ’21 Sponsored by Brian and Janice Capstick, Thomas and Elsebeth Gatacre, Johnny and Sarah van Haeften CHOREOGRAPHY Mark Annear MUSIC Serenade For Strings in E major, op.22, Antonín Dvořák DANCERS Year 10 and 11 students STUDENTS YEAR 7 Chiara Paesano Keira McCulloch Charlotte Parrish Noah Mitchell Yulia Antipina Adam Pearce Kaitlyn Moore Kanoko Aoyama Isla Petty-Fitzmaurice Shani Moran-Simmonds Amelie Askew Luca Phoenix Elena Navikaite Eva Bell Hattie Stocks Ruri Nonami Mario Betteridge-Jimenez Fletcher Thomas Ailey Osaki Elizabeth Caffa Danny Wallington Joe Parkinson Lewis Chan Billy Wilson George Ring Alfie Ewens Harry Withers Harry Sills Oliver Fitton George Stevens Grace Giles Paris-Renée Street Sophia Hannford YEAR 9 Krista Vaitkeviciute Maiya Hristov Sam Astbury Luke Wragg Aurelia Ingleson Laur Chloé Bone Pietro Zironi Logan James Alya Cogur Eli Mathias Anissia Divnina Rose Milner Annabel Foster YEAR 11 Ella Mitchell Lauren Godfrey Axel Arvidsson Isaac Morgan Flynn Hallworth Joseph Birtles Clarke Tatiana Muravitskaya Marcus Harvey Sigurd Blystad Audrey Nataf-Personen Emma Lucano Joe Bratko-Dickson Nathan Newman Elliott Martin Ravi Cannonier-Watson Taesha Patterson Archie Mathias Yasemin Caynak Filip Prasnal Alexandra Melsom Jules Chastre Mia Thomas Ebony Merritt Grace Donovan Billy Tucker Margarita Pigorini Georgia Dunn Wilfred Urwin Nadia Popczyk Catherine Fenton Charlie Valentine-Marsh Nanoha Shigeoka Liberty Fergus Toby Walker Caitlin Simms Rosanna Fernback Oscar Wall Kingston Taylor Jack Fielding Alec West Denis Tiexeira Harriet Gibson Robin Ward Leo Godfrey YEAR 8 Dylan Williams Emile Gooding Winifrid Bain Tianie-Finn Grainger Esme Beckett YEAR 10 Lucy Harrower Florence Lane Bree Anna Bowles William Ashraf Ruben Mariner Barbeito Stella Chambaud Olivia-Senay Bayram Marta Monesi Soren Chisholm Beatriz Cardoso Alejandro Munoz Alexander Dobrynin-Lait Amos Child Charlotte Parbery Ariel Forster Ptolemy Gidney Joe Parker Florence Fraser Layla Hotham Mason Pye Ruben Garcia Lydia Hough Katie Robertson Justine Grantham Chiyo Kameda Phusanisa Sapchartanan Thomas Hellewell Piper King Edoardo Savini Jade Johnstone Malvina Kolb Sophie-Leigh Sill Theodore King Nan Xin Gina Kung Sacha Venkatasawmy With special thanks to our Artistic team at White Lodge Ballet Valeri Hristov, Belinda Hatley, Nicola Katrak, Hope Keelan, Kenta Kura, Carol-Anne Millar Anita Young Character Justine Berry Modern Andre De Villiers Gymnastics Simon Ford Contemporary Jason Mabana, Angela Towler Creative Bim Malcomson Character Kate Swainston Scottish Angela Towler Pianists Stefano Curina, Christine Evans, Olga Mazour, Beatrice Nicholas, David Smith Constant van Dorp Costume department Caroline Hume Technical team Ethan Bailey, Tom Bradshaw, Oli Young.