Three Ballets by Kenneth MacMillan Elite SyncopationsThe Judas TreeConcerto

MacMillans vision has been vital in shaping The Royal Ballets 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 MacMillans work but to the beauty and dramatic power of ballet itself Concerto to Shostakovichs 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