Photo Album: first look at tonight’s premiere of Medusa with The Royal Ballet

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui new work, Medusa, opens at The Royal Ballet this evening, together with revivals of  Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour and Crystal Pite's ballet exploring the refugee crisis, Flight Pattern.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa is his first work for The Royal Ballet.

Medusa

Choreography: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Music: Henry Purcell

Electronic music: Olga Wojciechowska

Costume director: Olivia Pomp

Lighting designer: Adam Silverman

Set concept and design: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Cast

Medusa

Natalia Osipova

Athena

Olivia Cowley

Perseus

Matthew Ball

Poseidon

Ryoichi Hirano

Medusa. Artists of The Royal Ballet. ©ROH, 2019. Ph by Tristram Kenton. (5)

Medusa. Artists of The Royal Ballet. ©ROH, 2019. Ph by Tristram Kenton. (3)

Within the Golden Hour

Christopher Wheeldon's ballet to a specially written score by Ezio Bosso has been acclaimed as one of his finest works.

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Music: Ezio Bosso and Antonio Vivaldi

Costume designer: Jasper Conran

Lighting designer: Peter Mumford

Cast

Beatriz Stix-Brunell

Lauren Cuthbertson

Sarah Lamb

Vadim Muntagirov

Ryoichi Hirano

Alexander Campbell

Within the Golden Hour. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (6)

Within the Golden Hour. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (4)

Within the Golden Hour. ©ROH, 2019. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (2)

Flight Pattern

Crystal Pite's ballet is a moving exploration of the refugee crisis, from the plight of millions of displaced people to individual human relationships.

Choreography: Crystal Pite

Music: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

Set designer: Jay Gower Taylor

Costume designer: Nancy Bryant

Lighting designer: Tom Visser

Cast

Kristen McNally

Marcelino Sambé

Flight Pattern. Artists of the Royal Ballet. ROH, 2017. Ph. Tristram Kenton. (4)

Flight Pattern. Artists of The Royal Ballet. ©ROH, 2017. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (4)

Flight Pattern. Artists of The Royal Ballet. ©ROH, 2017. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (3)

Flight Pattern. Artists of The Royal Ballet. ©ROH, 2017. Photographed by Tristram Kenton. (2)

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