Mixed Programme - Les Painteurs / Tales of Beatrix Potter
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Event location: Royal Opera House.
 Two ballets by Frederick Ashton make for a sparkling double treat from The Royal Ballet for any family to start the New Year. Ashton got his idea for Les Patineurs from the graceful movements and virtuoso skills of skaters and set them to music by Meyerbeer, itself originally written to accompany skating scenes on stage. Ashton's choreography suggests the effortless actions of skaters as they sway, glide, turn " and even fall over!
Tales of Beatrix Potter was created in 1971 for a film, bringing alive with astonishing accuracy the famous images and stories of Beatrix Potter: to a score specially created from popular Victorian and Edwardian melodies, such colourful figures as Jemima Puddleduck, Jeremy Fisher, Mrs Tiggywinkle and the irrepressible Peter Rabbit come to vibrant life on stage.
Credits
Designs
William Chappell
Christine Edzard
Catherine Goodley
Music
Giacomo Mayerbeer
John Lanchbery
Lighting
John B Read
Mark Jonathan
Choreography
Frederick Ashton
Masks
Rostislav Doboujinsky
Performers
Conductor
Paul Murphy
Les Patineurs
Paul Kay
José Martin
Steven McRae
Michael Stojko
Yuhui Choe
Sarah Lamb
Lauren Cuthbertson
Christina Elina Salerno
Mara Galeazzi
Laura Morera
Celisa Diuana
Isabel McMeekan
Alexandra Ansanelli
Valeri Hristov
Rupert Pennefather
David Makhateli
Tales of Beatrix Potter
Company
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