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Watch morning class with The Royal Ballet in London, focussing on the centre. Class is taken by Jacquelin Barrett and accompanied by Grant Green, with commentary from Kristen McNally and Ore Oduba. Find out more about World Ballet Day at http://www.roh.org.uk/worldballetday
Watch the full morning class from The Royal Ballet in London. Class is taken by Brian Maloney and accompanied at the piano by Paul Stobart. Find out more about World Ballet Day at http://www.roh.org.uk/worldballetday
The Royal Ballet School is one of the greatest centres of classical ballet training in the world. Admission to the School is based purely on talent and potential. Find out more at www.royalballetschool.org.uk The Royal Ballet School trains and educates outstanding classical ballet dancers for The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and other top international dance companies. Currently, more than 70% of members of The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet are alumni of The Royal Ballet School. For the ninth consecutive year all graduating students have secured a contract with a national or international ballet company. Through its outreach programmes, the School engages with more than 4,500 aspiring young dancers in the UK each year. Video producer: Justin Jones. With thanks to ...
Join dancers from The Royal Ballet LIVE in rehearsal as they prepare for Peter Wright's production of The Nutcracker. Featuring Principals Lauren Cuthbertson and Matthew Golding with Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O'Hare. Also featuring First Soloist James Hay and Soloist Fumi Kaneko with Guest Principal Ballet Master Christopher Carr. Presented by Kirsten O'Brien. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker score was commissioned by the director of the Russian Imperial Theatres, following the resounding success of The Sleeping Beauty in 1890. Marius Petipa created the scenario, which is based on a fairytale by E.T.A. Hoffmann, and Lev Ivanov provided the choreography. The Nutcracker was first performed in 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersb...
Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae and Alexander Agadzhanov on how technically demanding the two lead roles are in The Sleeping Beauty. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/sleepingbeauty The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet's repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, announcing its move from Sadler's Wells to Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund. Sixty years later, in 2006, the original 1946 staging was revived, returning Oliver Messel's wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage once again. Marius Petipa's classic 19th-century choreography is combined with newly created sections by ...
State-of-the-art facilities and techniques used by Premier League footballers ensure that Royal Ballet dancers have long and successful careers. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk In 2013 The Royal Ballet's Mason Healthcare Suite was opened, providing healthcare facilities for over 100 dancers in the Company. Named after former Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason, the facility helps dancers avoid and recover from injury. The team of healthcare professionals dedicated to supporting the dancers' fitness and wellbeing through therapies including massage, physiotherapy, Pilates and Gyrotonic training. Ensuring that every dancer achieves a long and full career is at the core of The Royal Ballet Healthcare team's work and is essential for the continued success of the Company.
Young Choreographer Charlotte Edmonds reveals what life is like as a young choreographer working with The Royal Ballet. Find out more at www.roh.org.uk English choreographer Charlotte Edmonds joins the inaugural Royal Ballet Young Choreographer Programme for the 2015/16 Season. She trained at The Royal Ballet School and as a student performed with The Royal Ballet in roles including Duck (Peter and the Wolf). She made her Royal Ballet choreographic debut in 2014 with the film The Indifferent Beak for Deloitte Ignite 2014. Charlotte is filmed during the creation of a new ballet commissioned by The Royal Ballet School for their student summer performances at Holland Park.’ www.royalballetschool.org.uk/event/summer-season-performances Edmonds was born in Banbury. At The Royal Ballet Schoo...
On Friday 23 March 2012, The Royal Ballet broadcast over 9 hours of live rehearsals and interviews from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on our YouTube channel. Join presenter George Lamb and guests Kristen McNally, Jonathan Cope and Wayne McGregor as the Company warm up for the day. Ballet Mistress - Olga Evreinoff, Piano - Kate Shipway
Join choreographer Liam Scarlett in the rehearsal studio just weeks before the world premiere of his latest ballet, Frankenstein. Featuring rehearsals and interviews with the cast and creative team including designer John Macfarlane. Co-production with San Francisco Ballet. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/frankenstein Sign up for your digital programme, free with promo code 'FREEFRANK': http://www.roh.org.uk/publications
A clip from the Royal Ballet's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, coming to cinemas nationwide starting May 5. Find information, theaters and schedules at www.emergingpictures.com/titles/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-royal-ballet
Five of the world's leading ballet companies including The National Ballet of Canada will again come together for World Ballet Day on October 4, 2016. This year the live-stream via Facebook will go behind the scenes like never before showing more rehearsals, giving more interviews and greater insights. Like our Facebook page to be notified when we go live: https://www.facebook.com/nationalballet/ The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco Ballet will again partner to provide viewers around the world with an inside look at professional ballet companies in the studio, on tour, and in performance. Live from Toronto, The National Ballet of Canada’s stream features the company in rehearsal for Cinderella and Onegin, which open th...
Five of the world's leading ballet companies including The Royal Ballet will again come together for World Ballet Day on 4 October 2016. This year the live-stream via Facebook will go behind the scenes like never before, showing more rehearsals, giving more interviews and providing even greater insights. Like our Facebook page to be notified when we go live: https://www.facebook.com/royaloperahouse/ The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco Ballet will again partner to provide viewers around the world with an inside look at professional ballet companies in the studio, on tour and in performance. In addition to behind-the-scenes streaming from Melbourne, Moscow, London, Montreal and San Francisco, the day will feature pre-rec...
Five of the world's leading ballet companies including The Australian Ballet will again come together for World Ballet Day on 4 October 2016. This year the live-stream via Facebook will go behind the scenes like never before showing more rehearsals, giving more interviews and greater insights. Like our Facebook page to be notified when we go live: https://www.facebook.com/theaustralianballet/ The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, and San Francisco Ballet will again partner to provide viewers around the world with an inside look at professional ballet companies in the studio, on tour, and in performance. The Australian Ballet will again kick off World Ballet Day LIVE from its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. This footage will b...
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Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet in “Dracula” The ballet is complete with flying bats, dancing gargoyles and mysterious transformations! Sunday, November 13th, 2016 at 6 PM The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is Canada’s premier ballet company and one of the oldest ballet companies in North America. Versatility, technical excellence and a unique style are their trademark. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company has performed in over 581 cities and 44 countries worldwide. “Dracula” is brought to life as Royal Winnipeg Ballet appears at Lehman Center for the first time! A legend, a classic novel, the subject of countless movies and burnt into the public psyche over the past one hundred years, the Dracula name evokes dread and horror but, most of all, fascination. Set to a glorious score by Gustav Mahler, wi...
Alexandra Lo Sardo, Alban Lendorf, Benjamin Buza, Holly Dorger, Cedric Lembrette, Mads Blangstrup
Join répétiteurs Jonathan Cope and Lesley Collier as they coach Royal Ballet dancers Fumi Kaneko and Nehemiah Kish in the Sugar Plum Fairy pas de deux from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. With Philip Cornfield at the piano. Find out more about Royal Opera House Insights at: http://www.roh.org.uk/insights Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker score was commissioned by the director of the Russian Imperial Theatres, following the resounding success of Sleeping Beauty in 1890. Marius Petipa created the scenario – based on a fairytale by E. T. A. Hoffman – and Lev Ivanov provided the choreography. The Nutcracker was first performed in 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. It initially had a poor reception, but its combination of enchanting choreography and an unforgettable score have...
Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor rehearses and introduces his latest work for The Royal Ballet, with dancers Matthew Ball, Calvin Richardson and Edward Watson, and composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen. Find out more at www.roh.org.uk/productions/obsidian-tear-by-wayne-mcgregor Obsidian Tear is the latest work from The Royal Ballet’s award-winning Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor. McGregor has won renown for exploring the limits of what the body can do, through a unique language of movement. One-act works such as Infra, Chroma and Live Fire Exercise and the magnificent full-length ballet Woolf Works combine this virtuoso style with an insatiable curiosity about the role of dance today and its interaction with arts and science in the wider world. In Obsidian Tear...
This Insight event features Sarah Lamb and Ryoichi Hirano rehearsing pas de deux, and Alexander Campbell being coached through Mercutio's solos. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/romeo-and-juliet-by-kenneth-macmillan The event — one of a number of upcoming live-streams from the Royal Opera House — will feature members of the Company rehearsing both pas de deux and solos, as well as being interviewed. Sarah Lamb and Ryoichi Hirano will rehearse the act one and three pas de deux, and Alexander Campbell will be coached through Mercutio's solos from acts one and two. The session will be led by Senior Ballet Master Christopher Saunders. MacMillan's ballet celebrates its 50th anniversary this Season and — as well as this streamed Insight — the production will be one of the foc...
1990s documentary of the Royal Ballet School. Some well known names: Christopher Hampson, Christopher Wheeldon (Tony award winner), Edward Watson MBE, Bennett Gartside, Christina Arestis, Laura Morera, Jonathan Howells, Daniel De Bourg (x-factor fame!) ... to name a few. See part two for the second half of the documentary
BRING FORTH THE CROWN
THE ROYAL IS IN TOWN....
ALL RISE, HERE YE!
THIS IS THE FIRST DECREE:
NEW ERA! THE NEW REIGN....
BLUE BLOOD IS IN MY VEINS
HEAR YE! LET IT BE KNOWN-
WE CAME TO CLAM THE THRONE
WE ARE THE ROYAL....
OUR SCHEME SO GRAND;
WE COME TO MAKE A STAND....
NO GOLD
NO RINGS