Film

The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern

2019 · 1h 47m · Music

The contemporary face of The Royal Ballet is shown in works from three of today's leading choreographers.

Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour is based around seven couples separating and intermingling, to music by Vivaldi and Ezio Bosso and lit with the rich colours suggested by sunset. In Flight Pattern, Crystal Pite combines Górecki's haunting “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” with a large dance ensemble to create a poignant and passionate reflection on migration. Between them, Medusa is new work inspired by the Greek myth, created for The Royal Ballet by the acclaimed choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, which juxtaposes Purcell arias with an electronic score by Olga Wojciechowska.

Beatriz Stix-Brunell

Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)

Francesca Hayward

Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)

Sarah Lamb

Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)

Vadim Muntagirov

Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)

Valentino Zucchetti

Principal Dancer (Golden Hour) / Dancer (Flight Pattern)

Alexander Campbell

Principal Dancer (Golden Hour)

Hannah Grennell

Dancer (Golden Hour) / Priestess (Medusa)

Fumi Kaneko

Dancer (Golden Hour)

Mayara Magri

Dancer (Golden Hour)

Anna Rose O'Sullivan

Dancer (Golden Hour)

Luca Acri

Dancer (Golden Hour) / Dancer (Flight Pattern)

David Donnelly

Dancer (Golden Hour)

Téo Dubreuil

Dancer (Golden Hour) / Dancer (Flight Pattern)

Calvin Richardson

Dancer (Golden Hour)

Natalia Osipova

Medusa

Olivia Cowley

Athena

• Ross MacGibbonDirector
• Antonio VivaldiOriginal Music Composer
• Henryk Mikolaj GoreckiOriginal Music Composer
• Henry PurcellOriginal Music Composer

Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern (The Royal Ballet) – trailer

Release date

May 16, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Music

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