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ROH:MacMillan Celebrated (12A)

ROH:MacMillan Celebrated

The Royal Ballet Encore - MACMILLAN CELEBRATED

Choreography Kenneth Macmillan


Danses Concertantes, commissioned by Ninette de Valois in 1955, was MacMillan’s first major work. An early sign of the incredible artistic output that would follow, the work’s critical success spurred MacMillan to abandon performing in favour of choreography. It is followed by Different Drummer, MacMillan’s complex and haunting balletic interpretation of Woyzeck, Georg Büchner's play about a soldier’s descent into madness. The mixed programme concludes with Requiem, his 1976 work for Stuttgart Ballet, created in memory of its late artistic director, MacMillan’s friend and former Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer John Cranko.  

Danses Concertantes

Music Igor Stravinsky

Designer Nicholas Georgiadis

Lighting Designer John B. Read

Cast TBC

Different Drummer

Music Anton Webern/ Arnold Schoenberg

Set designs Kenneth Macmillan

Costume designs Yolanda Sonnabend in association with Peter Farley

Lighting design John B. Read

Cast TBC

Requiem

Music Gabriel Fauré

Designs Yolanda Sonnabend in association with Peter Farley

Lighting design John B. Read

Cast TBC

Conductor Koen Kessels

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Live in cinemas: Tuesday 9 April 2024, 7.15pm BST. Encore Broadcast - 14 April, 2pm.

Running time 195 minutes (including two intervals)


BBFC Guidance rating 12A


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