Backdrop image for movie The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)

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.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Marcelino SambéMarcelino SambéThe Instrument
  • Photo of Matthew BallMatthew BallThe Conductor
  • Photo of Lauren CuthbertsonLauren CuthbertsonThe Cellist
  • Photo of Emma LucanoEmma LucanoThe Cellist (as a young girl)
  • Photo of Lauren GodfreyLauren GodfreyHer Sister (as a young girl)
  • Photo of Kristen McNallyKristen McNallyHer Mother
  • Photo of Thomas WhiteheadThomas WhiteheadHer Father
  • Photo of Anna Rose O'SullivanAnna Rose O'SullivanHer Sister
  • Photo of Gary AvisGary AvisHer Cello Teacher
  • Photo of Nicol EdmondsNicol EdmondsHer Cello Teacher

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