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Performance

VenueRoyal Opera House
Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
TownWest End
CountyGreater London
From13th January 2003
To28th January 2003
WhenJan03 13, 16, 17, 22, 24, 28 at 19:30
Royal Opera House (V377)
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Royal Ballet - Triple Bill - Scenes de Ballet/Winter Dreams/Sinfonietta

Royal Ballet - Triple Bill

Work:: Royal Ballet - Triple Bill (S988099856)


Production:: Scenes de Ballet/Winter Dreams/Sinfonietta (T234363268)

Frederick Ashton described Sc?nes de ballet as 'just an exercise in pure dancing'. This one-act ballet set to Stravinsky's score of the same title is a complex and lively piece. Choreographed to the geometric studies of Euclid, Ashton intended that this ballet could be viewed from any angle and still 'work'. A homage to 19th-century classicism. Yearnings for escape and fulfilment turn to resignation in Winter Dreams, the second of five ballets by Kenneth MacMillan in the Season that marks the 10th anniversary of his death. Completed in 1991 and set to Tchaikovsky and traditional Russian music, the ballet is an evocation of Chekhov's The Three Sisters, in which the hope that Lt Colonel Vershinin seems to offer becomes bitter melancholy as Masha, Olga and Irina realize the inevitability of their isolation, exiled from the Moscow of their youth. Sinfonietta has become one of the best-known works of its Czech choreographer, Jir? Kyli?n, since its premiere at the Spoleto Festival in 1978, and now becomes an uplifting addition to The Royal Ballet repertory. Set to the resonant music of his fellow countryman Leos Jan?cek, Kyli?n's modern classic is a virtuoso display which matches the score's dramatic contours with choreography that is truly exhilarating in its celebration of the joyousness of life.
Conductor Charles Barker
Choreographer Frederick Ashton (Scenes de Ballet)
Music Stravinsky (Scenes de Ballet)
Design Andre Beaurepaire (Scenes de Ballet)
Choreographer Kenneth MacMillan (Winter Dreams)
Music Tchaikovsky (Winter Dreams)
Design Peter Farmer (Winter Dreams)
Lighting John B Read (Winter Dreams)
Choreographer Jiri Kylian (Sinfonietta)
Music Janacek (Sinfonietta)
Design Walter Nobbe (Sinfonietta)

Listing:: L02108473865




Scenes de Ballet/Winter Dreams/Sinfonietta

Frederick Ashton described Sc?nes de ballet as 'just an exercise in pure dancing'. This one-act ballet set to Stravinsky's score of the same title is a complex and lively piece. Choreographed to the geometric studies of Euclid, Ashton intended that this ballet could be viewed from any angle and still 'work'. A homage to 19th-century classicism. Yearnings for escape and fulfilment turn to resignation in Winter Dreams, the second of five ballets by Kenneth MacMillan in the Season that marks the 10th anniversary of his death. Completed in 1991 and set to Tchaikovsky and traditional Russian music, the ballet is an evocation of Chekhov's The Three Sisters, in which the hope that Lt Colonel Vershinin seems to offer becomes bitter melancholy as Masha, Olga and Irina realize the inevitability of their isolation, exiled from the Moscow of their youth. Sinfonietta has become one of the best-known works of its Czech choreographer, Jir? Kyli?n, since its premiere at the Spoleto Festival in 1978, and now becomes an uplifting addition to The Royal Ballet repertory. Set to the resonant music of his fellow countryman Leos Jan?cek, Kyli?n's modern classic is a virtuoso display which matches the score's dramatic contours with choreography that is truly exhilarating in its celebration of the joyousness of life.

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