
The Cellist / Dances at a Gathering (The Royal Ballet)
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.
Top Billed 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)
Featured Crew
Philip Feeney
Music

Cathy Marston
Choreographer
Bregje van Balen
Costume Designer
Jon Clark
Lighting Design
Edward Kemp
Dramaturgy
Hildegard Bechtler
Set Designer

Jerome Robbins
Choreographer
Joe Eula
Costume Design

Ross MacGibbon
Director

Frédéric Chopin
Original Music Composer