Tales of Beatrix Potter
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Runtime: 70 minutes
synopsis
The Royal Ballet bring to life Beatrix Potter’s famous animal characters with Frederick Ashton’s fantastic and spectacular choreography in this family-friendly performance. Mrs Tiggy-Winkle joins Peter Rabbit, Mr Jeremy Fisher and many more in this charming one-act ballet.
Tales of Beatrix Potter was created in 1971 for a film, bringing alive with astonishing accuracy the famous images and stories of Beatrix Potter. The dancers of The Royal Ballet are dressed and masked to look just as we know them from the illustrations.
Against the evocation of the countryside in the designs, to a score specially created from popular Victorian and Edwardian melodies, John Lanchbery's music is utterly captivating, inspiring spirited playing from the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Paul Murphy. Christine Edzard's designs conjure up a lost England of field mice and Berkshire black pigs, of foxgloves and shady groves. Swept up in the ballet's childlike exuberance, the entire cast delivers outstanding portrayals of such colourful figures as Jemima Puddle-duck, Mr Jeremy Fisher, Mrs Tiggy-winkle and the irrepressible Peter Rabbit come to vibrant life on stage and Ashtons warm and witty, yet demanding, choreography creates a piece of charm and grace for all ages.
credits
choreographer
Frederick Ashton
performers
Fox
Gary Avis
Johnny Town-Mouse
Ricardo Cervera
Mrs Tittlemouse
Victoria Hewitt
Mrs Tiggy-Winkle
Jonathan Howells
trailer
performers
Ricardo Cervera
Johnny Town-MouseRicardo was born in Malaga, Spain. He trained there at the Centro de Danza and then at the Royal Ballet School. He danced in Hans van Manen’s Five Tangos and Kenneth MacMillan’s Soirée musicale at the School’s 1992 performance. He joined The Royal Ballet in May 1993 and was promoted to First Artist in September 1996, Soloist in September 1999, and First Soloist in 2002. He dances a wide range of roles in the Company’s repertory, including Violente’s Cavalier in The Sleeping Beauty, the Peasant Pas de six in Giselle, Spanish Dance, Mazurka and Neopolitan Dance in Swan Lake, Don Quixote and Hans Peter in The Nutcracker.