Jane Simpson Posted April 19, 2009 Share Posted April 19, 2009 The Royal Ballet has mailed details of next season to its Friends supporters, some days ahead of the scheduled press announcement: Mayerling Sleeping Beauty Agon/Sphinx(Tetley)/New McGregor Nutcracker Les Patineurs/Beatrix Potter Romeo and Juliet New Watkins/Rushes(Brandstrup)/Infra(McGregor) La Fille mal Gardee Concerto/The Judas Tree/Elite Syncopations Cinderella Electric Counterpoint(Wheeldon)/New Scarlett/Carmen Chroma(McGregor)/Tryst(Wheeldon)/Symphony in C There will be 22 performances of Sleeping Beauty, with 8 different casts. Jonathan Watkins and Liam Scarlett are company members given their first choreographic opportunities on the main stage. There are some new casts in Mayerling - Thiago Soares and Rupert Pennefather get the leading role - and an interesting Agon, with Melissa Hamilton and Eric Underwood doing the pas de deux. Link to comment
Jane Simpson Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 Full details of ballets and dates (but no casting) are now available on the RB website. The big mystery for me is why they are putting on Tetley's Sphinx. They're throwing talent at it (casts are Nunez/ Pennefather/ Watson and Cojocaru/ Polunin/McRae) but I will take some convinving that it's worth it. Link to comment
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