Music Director – Koen Kessels, a Belgian conductor Resident Choreographer – Wayne McGregor CBE, an award-winning choreographer, most noted in the field of contemporary dance and as artistic director of Random Dance company Artistic Associate – Christopher Wheeldon OBE Principal dancers Principal character artists Christina Arestis Gary Avis (Ballet Master) Bennet Gartside Alastair Marriott Elizabeth McGorian Kristen McNally Christopher Saunders (Senior Ballet Master) Thomas Whitehead First soloists Luca Acri Claire Calvert Yuhui Choe Nicol Edmonds Melissa Hamilton James Hay Meaghan Grace Hinkis Itziar Mendizabal Calvin Richardson Joseph Sissens Valentino Zucchetti Soloists Lukas B. Brændsrød Annette Buvoli Olivia Cowley Ashley Dean Leticia Dias Leo Dixon David Donnelly Téo Dubreuil Tristan Dyer Benjamin Ella Isabella Gasparini Tomas Mock Romany Pajdak Mariko Sasaki Gina Storm-Jensen David Yudes First artists Sophie Allnatt Mica Bradbury Harry Churches Kevin Emerton Hannah Grennell Joonhyuk Jun Joshua Junker Chisato Katsura Isabel Lubach Sae Maeda Erico Montes Taisuke Nakao Julia Roscoe Giacomo Rovero Leticia Stock Charlotte Tonkinson Lara Turk Artists Denilson Almeida Madison Bailey Harris Bell Liam Boswell Brayden Gallucci Daichi Ikarashi Bomin Kim James Large Harrison Lee Marco Masciari Nadia Mullova-Barley Katharina Nikelski Aiden O’Brien Viola Pantuso Hanna Park Maddison Pritchard Sumina Sasaki Francisco Serrano Amelia Townsend Marianna Tsembenhoi Stanisław Węgrzyn Yu Hang Ginevra Zambon Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme Alicia Rose Couvrette Martin Diaz Olivia Findley Luc Foskett Scarlett Harvey Ava May Llewellyn Ella Newton Severgnini Alix Van Tiggelen Prix de Lausanne dancer Darrion Sellman Repertoire Swan Lake Giselle La fille mal gardée Onegin Sylvia The Sleeping Beauty Cinderella Manon Romeo and Juliet – (Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan)) Mayerling The Prince of the Pagodas A Month in the Country Winter Dreams The Tales of Beatrix Potter Peter and the Wolf The Nutcracker Les Patineurs La Valse Theme and Variations Invitus Invitam Rhapsody Sensorium The Rite of Spring Ballo della Regina DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse Scènes de ballet (Ashton) Voluntaries Still Life at the Penguin Cafe Alice's Adventures in Wonderland La Bayadère The Firebird Agon Symphony in C Ondine Concerto Elite Syncopations The Judas Tree Carmen Limen Chroma Asphodel Meadows Sphinx As One Electric Counterpoint Tryst Song of the Earth Anastasia The Dream Sweet Violets Carbon Life The Winter's Tale Frankenstein Sir Frederick Ashton Sir Frederick Ashton was the founder choreographer of the Royal Ballet. Previously a dancer with the Ballet Rambert, Ashton started his career as a choreographer under the direction of Dame Marie Rambert, before