The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet) (2020)
Music
The Royal Ballet presents the world premiere of Cathy Marston's first work for the Company on the Main Stage alongside a revival of Jerome Robbins’s timeless classic of pure dance. The Cellist is a one-act ballet about British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, from her discovery of the cello through her celebrity as one of the most extraordinary players of the instrument to her frustration and struggle with multiple sclerosis. Jerome Robbins's Dances at a Gathering is a fluid exercise in pure dance for five couples, set to piano music by Fryderyk Chopin.
Cast
The Instrument
The Conductor
Her Cello Teacher
Her Musical Friend / Dancer
Her Musical Friend
Her Musical Friend
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
The Cellist
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
The Cellist (as a young girl)
Her Sister (as a young girl)
Her Mother
Her Father
Her Sister
Her Cello Teacher
Her Cello Teacher
Crew
Choreographer
Music
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Design
Dramaturgy
Choreographer
Original Music Composer
Costume Design
Director