[Photo Album] Royal Ballet in THE WEATHERING/SOLO ECHO/DGV
Three of the world’s most exciting contemporary choreographers come together in an extraordinary showcase of dance today that includes the world premiere of a new work, The Weathering by Kyle Abraham, an innovative new voice in ballet.
Love, loss and acceptance are at the heart of Crystal Pite‘s moving and poetic Solo Echo, inspired by Mark Strand’s poem ‘Lines for Winter’, and set to Brahms’s sonatas for cello and piano.
Royal Ballet Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon‘s energetic DGV: Danse à grande vitesse, created for The Royal Ballet in 2006, is a mesmerising blend of movement and metaphor set to a compelling score by Michael Nyman.
THE WEATHERING
35 minutes
This is the 1st performance by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House.
Choreography KYLE ABRAHAM
Music RYAN LOTT
Costume designer KAREN YOUNG
Lighting designer DAN SCULLY
Conductor JONATHAN LO
Dancers ANNA ROSE O’SULLIVAN, FUMI KANEKO, LIAM BOSWELL, WILLIAM BRACEWELL, NICOL EDMONDS, BRAYDEN GALLUCCI, DAICHI IKARASHI, JOSHUA JUNKER, AIDEN O’BRIEN, CALVIN RICHARDSON, JOSEPH SISSENS
SOLO ECHO
25 minutes
This is the 9th performance by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House.
Choreography CRYSTAL PITE
Music JOHANNES BRAHMS
Scenic design JAY GOWER TAYLOR
Costume design CRYSTAL PITE, JOKE VISSER
Lighting design TOM VISSER
Dancers LUCA ACRI, LUKAS B. BRÆNDSRØD, HARRY CHURCHES, ASHLEY DEAN, BENJAMIN ELLA, ISABELLA GASPARINI, HANNAH GRENNELL
Solo Cello CHRISTOPHER VANDERSPAR
Solo Piano ROBERT CLARK
DGV: DANSE À GRANDE VITESSE
30 minutes
This is the 24th performance by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House.
Choreography CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
Music MICHAEL NYMAN
Designer JEAN-MARC PUISSANT
Lighting JENNIFER TIPTON
Conductor JONATHAN LO
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
Dancers GINA-STORM JENSEN, MATTHEW BALL, YASMINE NAGHDI, WILLIAM BRACEWELL, MARIANELA NUÑEZ, RYOICHI HIRANO, MAYARA MAGRI, JOSEPH SISSENS and ARTISTS OF THE ROYAL BALLET
Graham Spicer, aka ‘Gramilano’, is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman’s Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.
Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.
He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.
