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Dance

The Royal Ballet, Live Fire Exercise Triple Bill, ROH

02 Apr 20 – 20 Apr 20, 19:30 Dur.: TBC two intervals

The Royal Ballet’s Spring Triple Bill brings together works by associate artists Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon, and a powerful vintage piece by George Balanchine

By Teresa Guerreiro on 16/1/2020

The Royal Ballet, Corybantic Games, dancers Matthew Ball, William Bracewell (c) ROH 2018 Andrej Uspenski
The Royal Ballet, Corybantic Games, dancers Matthew Ball, William Bracewell (c) ROH 2018 Andrej Uspenski
The Royal Ballet, Live Fire Exercise Triple Bill, ROH The Royal Ballet, Live Fire Exercise Triple Bill, ROH Teresa Guerreiro
The triple bill opens with Wayne McGregor’s 2011 Live Fire Exercise. A relatively short piece set to Michael Tippet’s Fantasia Concertante on a Theme by Corelli, it illustrates McGregor’s endless fascination with science, in this case the impact of live-fire military exercises on human physiology.


Set against slow-motion projections of explosions by John Gerrard and atmospherically lit by Lucy Carter, its choreography is, as in so many other McGregor’s works, highly demanding of the dancers. In this particular case, McGregor’s trademark hyperextensions and split-second militaristic coordination fit their subject to a T, graphically depicting the repercussions on the human body of nearby fiery explosions.


The second piece in the programme is Christopher Wheeldon’s supremely elegant Corybantic Games.



Created in 2018 as part of the commemorations of Leonard Bernstein’s centenary, and set to Bernstein’s Serenade after Plato’s 'Symposium', it goes back to ancient Greece, referencing classical athletes and lovers, presided over by a benign goddess.


Corybantic Games features an award-winning collaboration with the dress designer Erdem Moralioglu, and is framed by Jean-Marc Puissant’s set, an abstract classical temple structure.


It is a beautiful work, showing the Royal Ballet dancers at their best, and it alone is worth the price of a ticket.


The third piece of the evening is a Balanchine classic, Prodigal Son. Created in 1929 for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and set to music by Prokofiev, it is loosely based on the eponymous biblical parable, an intensely moving story that follows the path from rebellion to repentance and forgiveness.


The Royal Ballet last danced the work in 2004, Balanchine’s centenary year, so its return to the Covent Garden stage is to be welcomed. Its two central roles, that of the Prodigal Son and the Siren who entices him away, offer a new challenge to the Royal Ballet’s younger stars, such as Marcelino Sambé and Tierney Heap.


by Teresa Guerreiro

What The Royal Ballet, Live Fire Exercise Triple Bill, ROH
Where Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD | MAP
Nearest tube Covent Garden (underground)
When 02 Apr 20 – 20 Apr 20, 19:30 Dur.: TBC two intervals
Price £3-£60
Website Click here to book



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