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The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
The Dream: Frederick Ashton’s delightful interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. Symphonic Variations: Ashton was inspired to create a ballet on the four seasons – but as he began to choreograph he refined and purified until the ballet shook off its original meaning, emerging as an abstract celebration of movement and physicality. Marguerite and Armand: Marguerite, a Parisian courtesan, lies on her deathbed. She recalls her …
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The Dream: Frederick Ashton’s delightful interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. Symphonic Variations: Ashton was inspired to create a ballet on the four seasons – but as he began to choreograph he refined and purified until the ballet shook off its original meaning, emerging as an abstract celebration of movement and physicality. Marguerite and Armand: Marguerite, a Parisian courtesan, lies on her deathbed. She recalls her tragic love affair with Armand in a series of feverish flashbacks.
Cast
Akane TakadaTitania
Steven McRaeOberon
Ambrose BartlettChangeling Indian Boy
Valentino ZucchettiPuck
Bennet GartsideBottom
Benjamin EllaRustic
Kevin EmertonRustic / Admirer
Solomon GoldingRustic
Erico MontesRustic / Admirer
Calvin RichardsonRustic
Itziar MendizabalHelena
Tomas MockDemetrius / Admirer
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Claire CalvertHermia
Matthew BallLysander
Gemma Pitchley-GalePeaseblossom
Emma MaguireCobweb
Elizabeth HarrodMoth
Romany PajdakMustardseed
Marianela NúñezDancer
Vadim MuntagirovDancer
Yasmine NaghdiDancer
James HayDancer
Yuhui ChoeDancer
Tristan DyerDancer
Paul StobartPiano
Roberto BolleArmand
Christopher SaundersArmand's Father
Gary AvisDuke
Reece ClarkeAdmirer
David DonnellyAdmirer
Nicol EdmondsAdmirer
Fernando MontañoAdmirer
Mica BradburyMaid
Robert ClarkPiano
Zenaida YanowskyMarguerite
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