The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet) (2020)
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.
- Released
- 2020-02-25
- Genres
- Music
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Ross MacGibbon
Cast
- Marcelino Sambé as The Instrument
- Matthew Ball as The Conductor
- Lauren Cuthbertson as The Cellist
- Emma Lucano as The Cellist (as a young girl)
- Lauren Godfrey as Her Sister (as a young girl)
- Kristen McNally as Her Mother
- Thomas Whitehead as Her Father
- Anna Rose O'Sullivan as Her Sister
- Gary Avis as Her Cello Teacher
- Nicol Edmonds as Her Cello Teacher
- Benjamin Ella as Her Cello Teacher
- Luca Acri as Her Musical Friend / Dancer