Dvd
Two Ballet Favourites by Christopher Wheeldon (Danish National Ballet/The Royal Ballet)
Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice (Alice)); Sergei Polunin (Jack/The Knave of Hearts (Alice)); Edward Watson (Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit (Alice)); Zenaida Yanowsky (Mother/The Queen of Hearts (Alice)); Steven MacRae (Mad Hatter (Alice)); Anna Tsygankova (Cinderella (Cinderella)); Matthew Golding (Prince Guillaume (Cinderella)); Larissa Lezhnina (Stepmother Hortensia (Cinderella)); Megan Zimny Gray (Stepsister Edwina (Cinderella)); Nadia Yanowsky (Stepsister Clementine (Cinderella));
"What a treat this is - such an imaginative treatment of a favourite story. There are extraordinary, eccentric sets and special effects; colourful, larger-than-life, argumentative characters and extraordinary costumes. Lauren Cuthbertson, as Alice, is excellent, her every movement suggesting the actions and emotions of this curious, spirited pre-adolescent... Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography is very imaginative and fitting for every character." (Musicweb International (Alice))
Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern (The Royal Ballet)
Beatriz Stix-Brunell (Within the Golden Hour); Francesca Hayward (Within the Golden Hour); Sarah Lamb (Within the Golden Hour); Vadim Muntagirov (Within the Golden Hour); Valentino Zucchetti (Within the Golden Hour); Alexander Campbell (Within the Golden Hour); Natalia Osipova (Medusa); Olivia Cowley (Athena (Medusa)); Matthew Ball (Perseus (Medusa)); Ryoichi Hirano (Poseidon (Medusa)); Kristen McNally (Flight Pattern); Marcelino Sambé (Flight Pattern);
"A special word for the endlessly inventive, musical Golden Hour – pretty much a perfect ballet, danced with energy, brio and wit by all." (The Guardian ★★★★)