Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	14th May 2014
To	26th May 2014
When	May14 14, 21 at 19:30. May14 17 at 12:00. May14 24, 26 at 19:00
Royal Opera House (V377)
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Date of change: 22 Jul 13 - T02070842140
Date of change: 13 Jun 13 - T02070842140

The Royal Ballet - Serenade/Sweet Violets/DGV Danse a grande vitesse

Work:: The Royal Ballet (S909)

Production:: Serenade/Sweet Violets/DGV Danse a grande vitesse (T02070842140)

The opening of George Balanchine's Serenade is unforgettable: on a blue-lit stage, women stand motionless in filmy blue dresses with single arms held high. Balanchine's ethereal choreography is the perfect complement to Tchaikovsky's soaring Serenade for Strings, both atmospheric and emotionally subtle. A seedy Victorian underworld provides the setting for Liam Scarlett's Sweet Violets. His inspiration is the work of artist Walter Sickert, whose ?Camden Town Murder' paintings were based on the gruesome murders of Jack the Ripper. Scarlett's classical sensibility teamed with a deep emotional punch makes Sweet Violets a disturbing and enthralling experience. Hurtling forward into a 21st-century aesthetic, Christopher Wheeldon's award-winning DGV: Danse ? grande vitesse brings the programme to an exhilarating close. The ballet was inspired by the French high-speed train line TGV and is set to a propulsive score by Michael Nyman. Wheeldon's choreography is a modern paean to our hi-tech age - brittle and brilliant.

Choreographer	George Balanchine (Serenade)
Music	Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Serenade)
Costume	Barbasra Karinska (Serenade)
Lighting	Ronald Bates (Serenade)
Choreographer	Liam Scarlett (Sweet Violets)
Music	Sergey Rachmaninoff (Sweet Violets)
Design	John Macfarlane (Sweet Violets)
Lighting	David Finn (Sweet Violets)
Choreographer	Christopher Wheeldon (DGV)
Music	Michael Nyman (DGV)
Design	Jean-Marc Puissant (DGV)
Costume	Jean-Marc Puissant (DGV)
Lighting	Jennifer Tipton (DGV)

Listing:: L01508032177

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Serenade/Sweet Violets/DGV Danse a grande vitesse

The opening of George Balanchine's Serenade is unforgettable: on a blue-lit stage, women stand motionless in filmy blue dresses with single arms held high. Balanchine's ethereal choreography is the perfect complement to Tchaikovsky's soaring Serenade for Strings, both atmospheric and emotionally subtle. A seedy Victorian underworld provides the setting for Liam Scarlett's Sweet Violets. His inspiration is the work of artist Walter Sickert, whose ?Camden Town Murder' paintings were based on the gruesome murders of Jack the Ripper. Scarlett's classical sensibility teamed with a deep emotional punch makes Sweet Violets a disturbing and enthralling experience. Hurtling forward into a 21st-century aesthetic, Christopher Wheeldon's award-winning DGV: Danse ? grande vitesse brings the programme to an exhilarating close. The ballet was inspired by the French high-speed train line TGV and is set to a propulsive score by Michael Nyman. Wheeldon's choreography is a modern paean to our hi-tech age - brittle and brilliant.

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