Elite Syncopations

Composer: Joplin, Scott

Ballet Company: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Choreographer: MacMillan, Kenneth

Staging: Lincoln, Julie

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Dancer: Hristov, Valeri

Dancer: Lamb, Sarah

Dancer: McRae, Steven

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Corps de Ballet: Royal Ballet, Covent Garden

Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Conductor: Clark, Robert

Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross

Lighting Designer: Read, John B.

Costumer Designer: Spurling, Ian

The Judas Tree

Composer: Elias, Brian

Choreographer: MacMillan, Kenneth

Staging: Burnett, Karl

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Dancer: Acosta, Carlos

Dancer: Benjamin, Leanne

Dancer: Watson, Edward

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Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Conductor: Wordsworth, Barry

Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross

Lighting Designer: Henderson, Mark

Set Designer: McFadyen, Jock

Costumer Designer: McFadyen, Jock

Concerto

Composer: Shostakovich, Dmitry

Choreographer: MacMillan, Kenneth

Staging: Carr, Christopher

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Dancer: Choe, Yuhui

Dancer: McRae, Steven

Dancer: Nunez, Marianela

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Orchestra: Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

Conductor: Grier, Dominic

Television Director: MacGibbon, Ross

Lighting Designer: Read, John B.

Set Designer: Rose, Jurgen

Costumer Designer: Rose, Jurgen

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Date of Production: 24-03-2010

Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London

Playing Time: 01:46:05

Catalogue Number: OA1038D

UPC: 809478010388

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MacMillan's vision has been vital in shaping The Royal Ballet's style and repertory, and what better way to appreciate his art than with this rare chance to experience three contrasting works in a single performance. Abstract, dramatic, humorous – this programme gives a wonderfully varied introduction not just to MacMillan's work but to the beauty and dramatic power of ballet itself. Concerto, to Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto, contrasts moments of exuberance and elegiac reflection. The Judas Tree places a single woman among 13 men to enact a harrowing event that is recognizably contemporary but with biblical overtones. Elite Syncopations completes the programme with a sparkling evocation of a dance hall that brings ragtime rhythms to the dance, and a ragtime band to the stage.

Bonus features:

- Introductions by Deborah MacMillan