MacMillan Triple Bill: Elite Syncopations / The Judas Tree / Concerto DVD (The Royal Ballet)

MacMillan’s vision has been vital in shaping The Royal Ballet’s style and repertory, and what better way to appreciate his art than with this rare chance to experience three contrasting works in a single performance. Abstract, dramatic, humorous – this programme gives a wonderfully varied introduction not just to MacMillan’s work but to the beauty and dramatic power of ballet itself. Concerto, to Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto, contrasts moments of exuberance and elegiac reflection. The Judas Tree places a single woman among 13 men to enact a harrowing event that is recognizably contemporary but with biblical overtones. Elite Syncopations completes the programme with a sparkling evocation of a dance hall that brings ragtime rhythms to the dance, and a ragtime band to the stage.

CONCERTO

Music: Dmitri Shostakovich

Dancers: Yuhui Choe / Steven McRae / Marianela Nuñez / Rupert Pennefather / Helen Crawford

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Dominic Grier

ELITE SYNCOPATIONS

Music: Scott Joplin and others

Dancers: Sarah Lamb / Valeri Hristov / Mara Galeazzi / Steven McRae / Laura McCulloch / Iohna Loots / Paul Kay / Liam Scarlett

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Robert Clark

THE JUDAS TREE

Music: Brian Elias

Dancers: Carlos Acosta / Leanne Benjamin / Edward Watson / Bennet Gartside

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Barry Wordsworth

Plus: Introductions to each ballet piece by Deborah MacMillan

Picture: 16:9

Sound: LPCM 2.0/ DTS 5.1(5.0)

Format: NTSC

Region code: 0 (worldwide)

Duration: 104 mins

Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES