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CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR THE ROYAL BALLET TOUR TO AUSTRALIA 2017

Queensland Performing Arts CentreBrisbane, 29 June – 9 July

Woolf Works Thursday 29 June – Sunday 2 July 

The Winter’s Tale Wednesday 5 – Sunday 9 July

 

The Royal Ballet tours to Australia this summer for an exclusive residency at Queensland Performing Arts Centre from Thursday 29 June to Sunday 9 July. Two award-winning productions, Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works and Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale will showcase the extraordinary breadth of the Company’s modern repertory, and the virtuosity and theatricality of its dancers.

 

Casting for the tour includes Principals Federico Bonelli, Alexander Campbell, Lauren Cuthbertson, Francesca Hayward, Ryoichi Hirano, Sarah Lamb, Steven McRae, Laura Morera, Marianela Nuñez, Natalia Osipova, Thiago Soares, Akane Takada, Edward Watson and Zenaida Yanowsky. Alessandra Ferri and Mara Galeazzi return to dance the roles of Mrs Dalloway and Virginia Woolf in Woolf WorksAustralian Company members include Principals Steven McRae and Alexander Campbell, First Artist Benjamin Ella, and Artists Harry Churches and Calvin Richardson.

 

Kevin O’Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, comments 'It’s a real privilege for us to be invited to QPAC as part of the International Series which has welcomed so many wonderful companies in recent years. Everyone in the Company is very much looking forward to performing in Brisbane, especially as it is the first time we have taken these two very exciting works outside of the Royal Opera House.’

 

Woolf Works by Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor is composed of three acts inspired by three of Virginia Woolf’s landmark novels; Mrs DallowayOrlandoand The Waves, as well as a selection of her autobiographical writings that echo aspects of her famously eventful life. Renowned for his ground-breaking style and cross-discipline collaborations, McGregor’s choreography reflects Woolf’s modernist rejection of neatly ordered narrative, in favour of heightened, startling and poignant perspectives. Set to an especially commissioned score by acclaimed British composer Max Richter, the ballet was McGregor’s first full-length work for The Royal Ballet and won the 2015 Critics’ Circle Award for Best Classical Choreography and the 2016 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production.

 

The Winter’s Tale by Royal Ballet Associate Artist Christopher Wheeldon was The Royal Ballet’s first three-act adaptation of William Shakespeare’s work since Kenneth MacMillan’s 1965 production of Romeo and Juliet. The story follows the destruction of a marriage through consuming jealousy, the abandonment of a child and a seemingly hopeless love. Yet, through remorse and regret, the ending is one of forgiveness and reconciliation. Regarded as one of his finest works and with powerful designs by Bob Crowley and an original score by Joby TalbotThe Winter’s Tale was nominated for an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance and won the 2015 Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Best Classical Choreography.

 

The Company’s first visit to Australia took place in 1958 with a six-month tour covering Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. Performances included Swan Lake and Les Sylphides with ballet luminaries, Svetlana Beriosova, Lynn Seymour and Robert Helpmann. The Company’s most recent tour was in 2002. Fifteen years on, The Royal Ballet makes a welcome return with two new masterpieces each receiving their Australian premiere.

The residency also includes an extensive outreach project with community groups culminating in a public performance on Sunday 2 July. There will also be a free Royal Ballet exhibition, Made on the Body, focusing on the art of choreography and the works that comprise the lifeblood of The Royal Ballet. Photographs of the Company by Rick Guest will also be on display. 

 

 

Woolf Works
29 June 7.30pm / 30 June 7.30pm† / 1 July 1pm & 7.30pm / 2 July 1pm

The Winter’s Tale

5 July 7.30pm / 6 July 1pm & 7.30pm / 7 July 7.30pm† 8 July 1pm & 7.30pm / 9 July 1pm

 

 

CREATIVE TEAM

Woolf Works

Concept, Choreography and Direction         Wayne McGregor

Music                                                               Max Richter

Designers                                                        Wayne McGregor, Ciguë, We Not I

Costume Designer                                          Moritz Junge

Lighting Designer                                           Lucy Carter

Film Designer                                                 Chris Ekers

Make-up Designer                                           Kabuki

Dramaturgy                                                    Uzma Hameed

 

CASTING

Woolf Works

29 June / 30 June /                  Alessandra Ferri, Sarah Lamb, Natalia Osipova, 
1 July (eve)                              Akane Takada, Beatriz Stix-Brunell,

                                                Francesca Hayward, Federico Bonelli, Steven McRae

                                                Edward Watson, Gary Avis, Tristan Dyer, Paul Kay,

Eric Underwood, Matthew Ball

 

1 July (mat) / 2            July      Mara Galeazzi, Itziar Mendizabal, Olivia Cowley,

                                                Yuhui Choe, Yasmine Naghdi, Mayara Magri,

                                                Ryoichi Hirano, Alexander Campbell, Nicol Edmonds,

Tomas Mock, Calvin Richardson, James Hay,

David Donnelly, Benjamin Ella, Fernando Montano

 

CREATIVE TEAM

 

The Winter’s Tale

Choreography                                                 Christopher Wheeldon

Music                                                               Joby Talbot

Designer                                                          Bob Crowley

Lighting                                  Designer          Natasha Katz

Projection                               Designer          Daniel Brodie

Silk Effects                              Designer          Basil Twist

 

The Winters’s Tales is a co-production with The National Ballet of Canada

 

CASTING

 

The Winter’s Tale

5 July / 7 July (eve) 9 July (mat)        

Hermione                  Lauren Cuthbertson

Leontes                       Edward Watson

Perdita                        Sarah Lamb,

Florizel                      Steven McRae

Paulina                        Zenaida Yanowsky

Polixenes                     Federico Bonelli

                                               

6 July / 8 July   (mat)              

Hermione                  Claire Calvert

Leontes                       Thiago Soares

Perdita                        Francesca Hayward

Florizel                      James Hay 

Paulina                        Christina Arestis

Polixenes                     Ryoichi Hirano 

 

6 July / 8 July   (eve)

Hermione                  Marianela Nuñez

Leontes                       Bennet Gartside

Perdita                        Beatriz Stix-Brunell

Florizel                      Vadim Muntagirov

Paulina                        Laura Morera

Polixenes                     Valeri Hristov

 

 

 

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Casting for the first two matinées of The Winter's Tale has changed again: Perdita, Florizel and Paulina are now A Takada, A Campbell and I Mendizabal for both performances.

 

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