Most recent performance
There are currently no scheduled performances of The Illustrated 'Farewell' / The Wind / Untouchable. It was last on stage 6–17 November 2017 as part of the Autumn 2017/18 season.
Background
New work is as central to the repertory of The Royal Ballet as revivals of the classics are. For Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare, contemporary choreographers and dancers are ‘creating the classics of the 21st century’. In this mixed programme, O’Hare invites two choreographers to create new works for the Company – one making her long-overdue return, the other making his main-stage debut – while reviving one of O’Hare’s earliest Royal Ballet commissions, first performed in 2015.
Trailblazer Twyla Tharp is one of the most prolific choreographers of our time. In The Illustrated ‘Farewell’ she expands her 1973 classic As Time Goes By into a new work for The Royal Ballet. Arthur Pita is a major force in British dance, best known at the Royal Opera House for his Metamorphosis based on Kafka’s short story. He now creates a new work, The Wind, for the Company. Hofesh Shechter’s Untouchable showed ballet taking an exciting new direction, pitting classical bodies against Shechter’s signature gravity-bound physicality.
News and features
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Watch: Royal Ballet rehearsals for The Wind
7 November 2017
Join the Company as they rehearse Arthur Pita's new ballet.
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Your Reaction: What did you think of The Illustrated 'Farewell' / The Wind / Untouchable?
7 November 2017
Audience reactions and press reviews to The Royal Ballet's hotly anticipated triple bill of works from Twyla Tharp, Arthur Pita and Hofesh Shechter.
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How a silent film from Hollywood's golden age inspired Arthur Pita's new ballet The Wind
27 October 2017
'The David Lynch of dance' has been inspired by an eerie movie starring early Hollywood icon Lillian Gish.
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Watch: A first glimpse of Twyla Tharp's new ballet The Illustrated 'Farewell'
26 October 2017
Join The Royal Ballet as they prepare for opening night.
