Oh Lord
Sometimes you are just glad that you made the effort with something unknown. The Royal Ballet's Dances at a Gathering proved to be a pared down and joyous Jerome Robbins journey into Chopin, with a bare stage allowing the dancers to show their skill and their personalities Stars Marianela Nuñez, Francesca Hayward and Alexander Campbell were real standouts and after an hour of watching them literally open mouthed We then had the fortune to sit through a brand new ballet, Cathy Marston's The Cellist. Being " back" at the Royal Opera House was always going to be a moving experience for me but I am so glad I was able to see something of so much depth and quality The ballet centres around the aclaimed Cellist Jacqueline Du Prè and through a series of set pieces we see how Jacqueline fell in love with the instrument which catapulted her to stardom. The cello is played with sublime skill by Marcelino Sambè who initially and magically becomes the instrument she obviously bon...
