BALLET NIGHTS 005 - New Futures

Ballet Nights returns for another unmissable programme in the ballet calendar featuring world-class dancers, emerging artists, modern masterpieces, new creations, legacy works, and live music up close and personal at Lanterns Studio Theatre, Canary Wharf, London E14.

Our June programme celebrates Modern Voices in Ballet, continuing the new tradition of uniquely compèred evenings of Classical Ballet, Neo Classical & Contemporary Dance presented up close and without compromise, featuring:

SANGEUN LEE & GARETH HAW

Stars of English National Ballet in a Brand New Ballet Nights Commission by

JORDAN JAMES BRIDGE

MAYARA MAGRI & MATTHEW BALL

Principal Stars of The Royal Ballet Company

EVE MUTSO

Former Principal of Scottish Ballet

Celebrating The Legacy of Peter Darrell CBE

JAMES COUSINS COMPANY

Cutting Edge Voices

NICHOLAS SHOESMITH

A Ballet Nights Commission for Associate Choreographer of Scottish Ballet

MINJU KANG

Talent of the English National Ballet Up Close

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Part i

Verdi Rigoletto: Paraphrase de Concert

Performed by Viktor Erik Emanuel

Composer Franz Liszt

Act 1 Solo from Mary Skeaping’s Giselle

Performed by Minju Kang

Choreography by Mary Skeaping after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa

Music Adolphe Adam

Design David Walker

With Thanks To Irmgard Berry & English National Ballet

Jealousy

James Cousins Company

Dancers To Be announced

Music by Ben Frost

"Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"

Solo from Five Rückert Songs

Performed by Eve Mutso

Mezzo Soprano Dana Mays

Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel

Choreographer Peter Darrell CBE

Music Gustav Mahler

Restaged by Kristin Johnson

With Thanks to The Peter Darrell Trust

(Re)current

Performed by Mayara Magri & Matthew Ball

Choreographer Matthew Ball

Composer Jean Sibelius

With Thanks to The Royal Ballet

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INTERVAL

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Part ii

Gaspard De La Nuit, M. 55: I. Ondine

Performed by Viktor Erik Emanuel

Composer Maurice Ravel

New Creation

Performed by Minju Kang

Choreographed by Rentaro Nakaaki

Music Gabriel Fauré

With Thanks To English National Ballet

ONE

Performed by Kennedy Junior Muntanga

Live Music by Guy Salim

TERRA | ASTRA

Performed by Sangeun Lee & Gareth Haw

Piano Viktor Erik Emanuel

Choreographed by Jordan James Bridge

Design by Sara Mackenzie

Composer Hans Zimmer Arr. Viktor Erik Emanuel

Kindly Supported by The Howat Family

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Compère

Jamiel Devernay-Laurence

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