The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)

Marston / Robbins

The Royal Ballet presents the world premiere of Cathy Marston's first work for the Company on the Main Stage alongside a revival of Jerome Robbins’s timeless classic of pure dance. The Cellist is a one-act ballet about British cellist Jacqueline du Pré, from her discovery of the cello through her celebrity as one of the most extraordinary players of the instrument to her frustration and struggle with multiple sclerosis. Jerome Robbins's Dances at a Gathering is a fluid exercise in pure dance for five couples, set to piano music by Fryderyk Chopin.

Cast

Marcelino Sambé

The Instrument

Matthew Ball

The Conductor

Lauren Cuthbertson

The Cellist

Emma Lucano

The Cellist (as a young girl)

Lauren Godfrey

Her Sister (as a young girl)

Kristen McNally

Her Mother

Thomas Whitehead

Her Father

Anna Rose O'Sullivan

Her Sister

Gary Avis

Her Cello Teacher

Nicol Edmonds

Her Cello Teacher

Benjamin Ella

Her Cello Teacher

Luca Acri

Her Musical Friend / Dancer