The Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet presents the first of two mixed programmes this Season. Monotones I and II are arguably Ashton’s most modernist and abstract creations. Set to the gentle sounds of Erik Satie’s Trois Gnossiennes and Trois Gymnopédies, these otherworldly pas de trois move through serene patterns that mirror the harmonic and rhythmic shifts of the music.

In sharp contrast is The Two Pigeons, a romantic, narrative ballet which returns to The Royal Ballet repertory for the first time since 1985. Set in Bohemian Paris at the end of the 19th Century, The Two Pigeons is a fable about love and lost innocence.

Monotones I And II
* Choreography - Frederick Ashton.
* Music - Erik Satie.
* Designs - Frederick Ashton.
* Lighting Design - John B. Read.

The Two Pigeons
* Choreography - Frederick Ashton.
* Music - André Messager.
* Arranged by John Lanchbery.
* Designer - Jacques Dupont.