The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand

• Rated 8.0 out of 10
• Movie
• 2017
• 2h 55m
• Music

The Dream: Frederick Ashton’s delightful interpretation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a classic of The Royal Ballet’s repertory. Symphonic Variations: Ashton was inspired to create a ballet on the four seasons – but as he began to choreograph he refined and purified until the ballet shook off its original meaning, emerging as an abstract celebration of movement and physicality. Marguerite and Armand: Marguerite, a Parisian courtesan, lies on her deathbed. She recalls her tragic love affair with Armand in a series of feverish flashbacks.

Starring

Akane Takada, Steven McRae, Ambrose Bartlett, Valentino Zucchetti