Interlude 2020

The Interlude will take place on Saturday February 8^th during the intermission, after the Finals and before the Award ceremony. It will include performances by the Royal Ballet School as well as the creation from the Partner School Choreographic Project 2020.

ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL

©2016 The Royal Ballet School / Johan Persson

The Royal Ballet School will perform with 13 of their best dancers including several Prix de Lausanne Prize Winners and Finalists.

First piece:

Larina Waltz
Choreography Ashley Page
Music Eugen Onegin, Opera, Act 2 Waltz, Tchaikovsky

Second piece:

An excerpt from Rhapsody
Choreography Frederic Ashton
Music Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

The Royal Ballet School students appear by kind permission of Artistic Director, Christopher Powney, sponsored by Andre Rzym.

About the Royal Ballet School

The Royal Ballet School is one of the world’s greatest centres of classical ballet training, which for generations has produced dancers and choreographers of international renown.

The school offers an eight-year carefully structured dance course, aligned with an extensive academic, pastoral and healthcare programme, giving the students the best possible education to equip them for a career in the world of dance.

Admission is based purely on talent and potential, regardless of academic ability or personal circumstances.

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CHOREOGRAPHIC PROJECT

©Lucie Maceczková

For the 3^rd and last year, the Interlude will end with a world premiere performance by the Choreographic Project’s participants. The Prix de Lausanne welcomes some of the best students from 13 of its Partner Schools to be part of this unique collaboration. In 2020, 26 dancers will work along with the fantastic Italian choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti for almost a week to learn and repeat his new creation.

More information on the Choreographic Project