

The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
DirectorRoss MacGibbon
“Marston / Robbins”
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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Cast

Marcelino Sambé
The Instrument

Matthew Ball
The Conductor

Lauren Cuthbertson
The Cellist
Emma Lucano
The Cellist (as a young girl)
Lauren Godfrey
Her Sister (as a young girl)

Kristen McNally
Her Mother

Thomas Whitehead
Her Father

Anna Rose O'Sullivan
Her Sister

Gary Avis
Her Cello Teacher

Nicol Edmonds
Her Cello Teacher

Benjamin Ella
Her Cello Teacher

Luca Acri
Her Musical Friend / Dancer
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