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

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

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 16, 2019

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Music

Original Title

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

Production Companies

Royal Opera House

Director

Ross MacGibbon

Description

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.