The Royal Ballet rehearse The Sleeping Beauty #WorldBalletDay 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dbGkETQnlQ
The Royal Ballet rehearse The Sleeping Beauty as part of #WorldBalletDay 2019. Fumi Kaneko as the Lilac Fairy and Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Luca Acri, Anna Rose O'Sullivan, James Hay, Mayara Magri, Benjamin Ella, Yuhui Choe, Kevin Emerton, Claire Calvert, Calvin Richardson, Nicol Edmonds as Fairies and Cavaliers rehearse The Sleeping Beauty with coaching from Christopher Carr, Gary Avis and Samantha Raine and accompanied by pianist Paul Stobart. The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful Princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund. Sixty years later, in 2006, the original 1946 staging was revived by then Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason and Christopher Newton, returning Oliver Messel’s wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage.
The masterful 19th-century choreography of Marius Petipa is combined with sections created for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon. Together they create an enchanting sequence of gems in the ballet repertory – from the iconic Rose Adage, when Aurora meets her four royal suitors, and the lilting Garland Waltz to the Vision Pas de deux, as Florimund sees Aurora for the first time, and the celebratory divertissements and final pas de deux that bring the ballet to its glorious close. Throughout, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s masterful score takes ballet music to a height of passion, sophistication and intensity that arguably has never been surpassed. Enjoy this video? Subscribe to our channel to receive notifications about new ballet and opera clips. To book tickets or find out more about the Royal Opera House, head to www.roh.org.uk
Fumi Kaneko rehearses The Sleeping Beauty Rose Adage #WorldBalletDay 2019 (The Royal Ballet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Argw1SzEFk
Fumi Kaneko rehearses The Sleeping Beauty Rose Adage with Darcey Bussell, Kevin O'Hare, Joseph Aumeer, Téo Dubreuil, Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød and Tomas Mock accompanied by pianist Paul Stobart as part of #WorldBalletDay 2019. Enjoy this video? Subscribe to our channel to receive notifications about new ballet and opera clips. The Sleeping Beauty holds a special place in The Royal Ballet’s repertory. It was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful Princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund. Sixty years later, in 2006, the original 1946 staging was revived by then Director of The Royal Ballet Monica Mason and Christopher Newton, returning Oliver Messel’s wonderful designs and glittering costumes to the stage. The masterful 19th-century choreography of Marius Petipa is combined with sections created for The Royal Ballet by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon. Together they create an enchanting sequence of gems in the ballet repertory – from the iconic Rose Adage, when Aurora meets her four royal suitors, and the lilting Garland Waltz to the Vision Pas de deux, as Florimund sees Aurora for the first time, and the celebratory divertissements and final pas de deux that bring the ballet to its glorious close. Throughout, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s masterful score takes ballet music to a height of passion, sophistication and intensity that arguably has never been surpassed.
Kevin O'Hare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_O%27Hare
Joseph Aumeer
http://www.roh.org.uk/people/joseph-aumeer
Téo Dubreuil
http://www.roh.org.uk/people/teo-dubreuil
Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød
http://www.roh.org.uk/people/lukas-bjrneboe-brndsrd
Tomas Mock
http://www.roh.org.uk/people/tomas-mock
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fKxzQ8ARTQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TLSrI_hXEw
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