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.
Marcelino Sambé
as The Instrument
Matthew Ball
as The Conductor
Lauren Cuthbertson
as The Cellist
Emma Lucano
as The Cellist (as a young girl)
Lauren Godfrey
as Her Sister (as a young girl)
Kristen McNally
as Her Mother
Thomas Whitehead
as Her Father
Anna Rose O'Sullivan
as Her Sister
Gary Avis
as Her Cello Teacher
Nicol Edmonds
as Her Cello Teacher
Benjamin Ella
as Her Cello Teacher
Luca Acri
as Her Musical Friend / Dancer
