The Royal Ballet 2024/25 - Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works

Director: Christopher Wheeldon (choreographer)

Componists: Joby Talbot, Joni Mitchell, Keaton Henson, George Gershwin
Costume designer: Narciso Rodriguez
Conducted: Koen Kessels
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Dancers: Fool’s Paradise: Akane Takada, William Bracewell, Marianela Núñez, Lukas B. Brændsrød, Viola Pantuso, Liam Boswell Téo Dubreuil, Annette Buvoli, Giacomo Rovero
The Two of Us: Lauren Cuthbertson, Calvin Richardson
Us: Matthew Ball, Joseph Sissens
An American in Paris: Francesca Hayward (Lise), César Corrales (Jerry)

Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon.

FOOL’S PARADISE
Luminescent and shimmering, Fool’s Paradise marked the first of Wheeldon’s many collaborations with composer Joby Talbot. It was created in 2007 for Wheeldon’s own company, Morphoses, and first performed in 2012 by The Royal Ballet.

THE TWO OF US
The wistful songs of Joni Mitchell set the scene for the UK premiere of The Two of Us, a duet of deep intimacy and yearning. It was created in 2020 for the Fall for Dance Festival in New York, and had American ballet dancers Sarah Mearns and David Hallberg in its original cast.

US (DUET)
Us is a tender duet danced by two men. It was created in 2017 for BalletBoyz and is set to Keaten Henson’s music.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (BALLET)
The Royal Ballet celebrates Wheeldon’s extraordinary success in musical theatre by performing the ballet scene from his Tony Award-winning musical An American in Paris. Set to Gershwin’s jazzy melodies in 2014, the musical is inspired by the 1951 film of the same name starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. The musical went on to win four Tony awards. The full musical depicts a blossoming romance between the American G.I. Jerry Mulligan and a French ballerina, Lise Dassin. The ballet excerpt was Wheeldon’s take on one of the most memorable scenes from the film – an extended sequence in which the two central characters dance through Paris.

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Ticket information

Tickets are available at the Cassa of the Urania National Filmtheater and in the Ticket Sale System of Interticket.

Ticket price: 4900 HUF
Discounted tickets are available at the price of 4500 for those purchasing tickets for at least 4different performances for the season at the same time.

Please note that after the start of the screening, you can only take a seat on the floor side.

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