| Main Performers | Scottish Ballet (Javier Andreu, Thomas Edwards, Grace Horler, Evan Loudon, Sophie Martin, Rimbaud Patron, Claire Souet, Kayla-Maree Tarantolo, Aaron Venegas, Anna Williams)
Ballet Black (Jose Alves, Isabela Coacy, Alexander Fadayiro, Sayaka Ichikawa, Marie Astric Mence, Mthuthuzeli November, Cira Robinson, Ebony Thomas))
Birmingham Royal Ballet (Momoko Hirata, Cesar Morales)
English National Ballet (Emma Hawes, Francesco Gabriele Frola, Alison McWhinney, Isaac Hernandez)
New Adventures (Harrison Dowzell, Paris Fitzpatrick, Glenn Graham, Andrew Monghan, Dominic North, Danny Reubens)
Northern Ballet (Minju Kang, Kevin Poeung, Lorenzo Trossello)
Rambert2 (Loic Ayme, Pierre-Antoine Bardot, Caiti Carpenter, D'Angelo Castro, Comfort Kondehson, Judy Luo, Emma Spinosi, Jonathan Wade, Archie White, Seren Williams, Verity Wright)
The Royal Ballet (Madison Bailey, Sophie Allnatt, Leticia Dias, Bomin Kim, Sae Maeda, Mariko Sasai, Gina Storm-Jensen, Yu Hang, Jospeh Aumeer, Liam Boswell, Lukas Bjorneboe Braendsrod, Harry Churches, Leo Dixon, Taisuke Nakao, Giacomo Rovero, Francisco Serrano) |
| Orchestra or Band | Royal Ballet Sinfonia,
Orchestra of Birmingham Royal Ballet |
| Set List | Dance - 'Dextera', choreo. Sophie Laplane - Music 'Gran Partita' and 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik', Mozart (Scottish Ballet),
Dance - 'Then Or Now' choreo. Will Tuckett - Music 'Passacaglia for Solo Violin', D Pioro, H Ignaz Franz von Biber (Black Ballet),
Dance - '1984 (Duet, Act 1)' - Music, A Baranowski (Joseph Taylor, Abigail Prudames - Northern Ballet),,
Dance - 'Bitter Earth', choreo. Jonathan Watkins - Music 'On the Nature of Daylight', M Richter, 'This Bitter Earth', D Washington (Minju Kang, Kevin Poeung, Lorenzo Trossello - Northern Ballet),
Dance - 'Cinderella (Pas de Deux, Act II)', D Bintley (Cesar Morales, Momoko Hirata - Birmingham Royal Ballet)
INTERVAL
Dance - 'New Adventures' from 'Spitfire', choreo. Matthew Bourne - Music, Excerpts from 'Don Quixote' and 'La Bayadere', L Minkus, and 'The Seasons, Op.67', A Glazunov (New Adventtures),
Dance - 'Senseless Kindness', choreo. Yuri Posokhov - Music 'Piano Trio No.1, Op.8', D Shastakovich (Isaac Hernandez, Francesco Gabriele Frola - English National Ballet),
Dance - 'Sama', choreo. Andrea Sama - Music 'John the Revelator', N Jaar (Rambert2),
Dance - 'Scherzo', choreo. Valentino Zucchetti - Music '2nd Symphony, 2nd Movement', S Rachmaninoff (The Royal Ballet),
Finale on Film: Thank You - Music, Overture from 'The Marriage of Figaro', Mozart (Dancers from all eight companies) |
| Performance Notes | Join us for a unique evening of ballet at the Royal Albert Hall hosted by none other than Dame Darcey Bussell and the wonderful Ore Oduba.
For the very first time, 65 dancers from all eight of Britains main ballet companies Ballet Black, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, New Adventures, Northern Ballet, Rambert, Scottish Ballet and The Royal Ballet will perform pieces from their repertoire on the same stage.
Accompanied by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia under the direction of conductor Paul Murphy, this extraordinary performance will be a powerful, beautiful and purposeful act of solidarity by Britains ballet industry to raise awareness of and funds for their art. Between the acts come short films about some of the chosen charities.
The event was filmed and made available to stream online from 18 June 2021 at 19:00 via the English National Ballet's website and Royal Opera House's website to audiences at home in Canada, UK and USA.
In accordance with government regulations and legal requirements every audience member had to wear a face covering, the audience was socially-distanced with people keeping to 'bubbles' of up to six people, and comprised less than 1,000 people.
Guests at the event included Carlos Acosta (dancer), Elizabeth Hurley (actress, entrepreneur), David Walliams (author, comedian), Tania Bryer, Minnie Driver (actress), Lulu (singer), AJ Pritchard (dancer), Emma Weymouth Marchioness of Bath, Annabel Croft (commentator) |
| Related Archival Material | Digital Programme (RAHE/1/2021/1),
Digital photographs |
| Ticket Prices | £240-£245 (Boxes £994-£1491) |