We are proud to present our 2024 season, featuring seven ballets choreographed by Matthew Ball, Daniela Cardim, Ashley Dean, Wayne Eagling, Kristen McNally and Valentino Zucchetti to music by Claudio Monteverdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Richter and Genesis.
Performance Schedule
Monteverdi to Genesis
Wed 12th June, 6.45pm
Aud Jebsen Studio Theatre, RAD
Special event by invitation only.
Baroque Encounters and other New Works
Thu 13th June, 7.30pm
Aud Jebsen Studio Theatre, RAD
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Next Generation Festival
Sat 15th June, 7pm & Sun 16th June, 2pm
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
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Melissa Hamilton’s Grand Ballet Gala
Sat 26th Oct, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Sun 27th Oct, 3pm
Grand Opera House Belfast
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Next Generation Festival
Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House, London
Sat 15th June, 7pm
Sun 16th June, 2pm
Choreography by Matthew Ball and Ashley Dean
We are delighted to be returning to the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House in June after successfully premiering our programme of female choreographers, Into the Spotlight, at the Next Generation Festival 2022.
This year, we are premiering two brand-new contemporary ballets, choreographed by members of the Royal Ballet, in a mixed programme with Norwegian National Ballet 2.
Royal Ballet Soloist Ashley Dean will create a piece for four dancers based on her 2022 duet Embers, set to Max Richter’s contemplative piano solo of the same name.
Royal Ballet Principal Matthew Ball has chosen to set his choreography for seven dancers to several pieces by Baroque master, Claudio Monteverdi.
“…the company look in fine fettle, maybe as good as I’ve ever seen them. It was an evening of varying colours, from emotionally intense and thoughtful to fizzing like the best English sparkling wine…”
David Mead on Into the Spotlight 2022 (Seeing Dance)
Monteverdi to Genesis
Aud Jebsen Studio Theatre, Royal Academy of Dance
Wed 12th June, 6.45pm | Private event
Choreography by Matthew Ball, Wayne Eagling, Kristen McNally and Valentino Zucchetti
We are looking forward to returning to the Royal Academy of Dance’s beautiful Aud Jebsen Studio Theatre with two different programmes.
The first programme is choreographed entirely by current and former members of the Royal Ballet. A preview of Matthew Ball’s new group work to Monteverdi will be complemented by four songs from our Genesis Dance Project
Created with the band’s generous permission, they span the band’s early ‘prog rock’ era to the later pop hits penned by Phil Collins: Watcher of the Skies by Wayne Eagling, Invisible Touch and I Can’t Dance by Kristen McNally and Firth of Fifth by Valentino Zucchetti.
Special event by invitation only. If you are interested in attending, please contact us at info@nebt.co.uk.
Baroque Encounters and other New Works
Aud Jebsen Studio Theatre, Royal Academy of Dance
Thu 13th June, 7.30pm
Tickets: £25 | £60
Choreography by Matthew Ball, Daniela Cardim and Ashley Dean
Our second programme at the Royal Academy of Dance features Daniela Cardim’s playful group work, Baroque Encounters, which premiered last year to great acclaim at Sadler’s Wells’ Lilian Baylis Studio.
We will also preview two brand-new pieces by Royal Ballet members Matthew Ball and Ashley Dean, choreographed to music by Monteverdi and Max Richter.
“Cardim … chose beautiful harpsichord music by Bach and her choreography for seven dancers was rich in imagery and musicality and elegantly layered with exquisite transitions.”
Graham Watts (Bachtrack)
Melissa Hamilton’s Grand Ballet Gala
Grand Opera House Belfast
Sat 26th Oct, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Sun 27th Oct, 3pm
Tickets: £55 – £36.50
Finally, we are thrilled to announce that we have been invited by our Patron Melissa Hamilton, First Soloist of the Royal Ballet, to perform at her Grand Ballet Gala at the Grand Opera House in Belfast alongside Melissa and established and rising stars of the international ballet and dance world.
The programme will be showcasing excerpts from much-loved ballet classics combined with innovative modern contemporary works.
2024 Season – All Works
New Work
Choreography: Ashley Dean
Music: Max Richter – Embers Alt Version 2014. Max Richter, Elfa Run Kristinsdottir,
Trey Chui-yee Lee.
Costume Design: tbc
Lighting Design: tbc
New Work
Choreography: Matthew Ball
Music: Claudio Monteverdi, L’Orfeo SV 318, Toccata; excerpts from Vespro Della Beata Vergine SV206, concerto ‘Audi Coelum’; Zefiro Torna SV 251, Arr Pluhar.
Costume Design: tbc
Lighting Design: tbc
Baroque Encounters
Choreography: Daniela Cardim
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Costume Design: April Dalton
Lighting Design: Andrew Ellis
Watcher of the Skies
Choreography: Wayne Eagling
Music: Genesis
Costume Design: Nina Kobiashvili
Lighting Design: Andrew Ellis
I Can’t Dance
Choreography: Kristen McNally
Music: Genesis
Costume Design: Nina Kobiashvili
Lighting Design: Andrew Ellis
Invisible Touch
Choreography: Kristen McNally
Music: Genesis
Costume Design: Nina Kobiashvili
Lighting Design: Andrew Ellis
Firth of Fifth
Choreography: Valentino Zucchetti
Music: Genesis
Costume Design: Nina Kobiashvili
Lighting Design: Andrew Ellis