Ballet and Dance 2016/17
(27 September–22 October 2016)
La Fille mal gardée
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Music: Ferdinand Hérold, arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
(26 October–12 November 2016)
Anastasia
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky and Bohuslav Martinů, with electronic music by Fritz Winckel and Rüdiger Rüfer
Conductor: Simon Hewett
Live cinema relay: 2 November 2016
(10–19 November 2016)
Chroma / New Wayne McGregor / Carbon Life
Choreography: Wayne McGregor
Music: Joby Talbot and Jack White III / Steve Reich / Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
Conductor: Koen Kessels
NEW (10–19 November 2016)
Charlotte Edmonds and Robert Binet
Choreography: Charlotte Edmonds/ Robert Binet
(23 November 2016–12 January 2017)
The Nutcracker
Choreography: Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov
Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Boris Gruzin (Nov, Dec, except 31 Dec) / Dominic Grier (31 Dec, Jan)
Live cinema relay: 8 December 2016
(December 2016–January 2017)
The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party(Roundhouse)
Direction and writer: Kate Prince
ZooNation Dance Company
(27–29 January 2017)
Les Enfants Terribles (Barbican)
Direction and choreography: Javier De Frutos
Music: Philip Glass
(21 December 2016–14 March 2017)
The Sleeping Beauty
Choreography: Marius Petipa , with additional choreography by Frederick Ashton, Anthony Dowell and Christopher Wheeldon
Music: Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Koen Kessels (Feb, 1 Mar) / Valeriy Ovsyanikov (Dec, Jan, Mar, except 1 Mar)
Live cinema relay: 28 February 2017
(21 January–14 February 2017)
Woolf Works
Choreography: Wayne McGregor
Music: Max Richter
Conductor: Koen Kessels
Live cinema relay: 8 February 2017
(16 March–24 March 2017)
The Human Seasons / After the Rain / NEW Crystal Pite
Choreography: David Dawson / Christopher Wheeldon / Crystal Pite
Music: Greg Haines / Arvo Pärt / Henryk Górecki
Conductor: Koen Kessels
(1 April–21 April 2017)
Jewels
Choreography: George Balanchine
Music: Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Pavel Sorokin
Live cinema relay: 11 April 2017
(28 April–13 May 2017)
Mayerling
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Franz Liszt, arranged and orchestrated by John Lanchbery
Conductor: Martin Yates
(18 May–31 May 2017)
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude / Tarantella / Strapless / NEW Liam Scarlett
Choreography: William Forsythe / George Balanchine / Christopher Wheeldon / Liam Scarlett
Music: Franz Schubert / Louis Moreau Gottschalk, reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay / Mark-Anthony Turnage / TBC
Conductor: Koen Kessels
(2–10 June 2017)
The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
Choreography: Frederick Ashton
Music: Felix Mendelssohn / César Franck / Franz Liszt
Conductor: Emmanuel Plasson
Live cinema relay / BP Big Screen: 7 June 2017
(9 July 2017)
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
Conductor: Paul Murphy