Daphnis and Chloé
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XX , [Venue Details]Ravel’s sumptuous ballet is brought to life by the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s enchanted playing and Circa’s daring contemporary choreography and circus.
The sumptuous beauty of Daphnis et Chloé’s music, its bold rhythmic variety and stunning orchestration inspired Stravinsky to rightly declare it as ‘one of the most beautiful products of all French music’.
Yet Ravel’s orchestral masterpiece is a ballet that resists staging, rarely being performed as a ballet. Enter Circa’s powerful acrobatics and aerials.
The collaboration between orchestra and gravity-defying circus teases out a world as intriguing, sensual and strange as the music itself with dramatic group acrobatics, intimate duos and aerial solos.
Prepare to be transported by the sumptuous movement of the acrobats, gesturing at longing and our capacity for wonder and providing a physical analogue to the rich beauty of Ravel’s score.
Performed after the main ballet, La Valse is the opposite of Daphnis et Chloé – it is the carousel of Western culture centrifuging out of control; like World War I, it shatters the idyll of romanticism. Its energy transfers with abandon and fury to the bodies of Circa’s acrobats.
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Admission: £18.50
Performer name: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner - conductor, BBC Singers
Other key names: Circa
Age restriction: For ages 12+. Under-14s must be accompanied by an adult
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Daphnis and Chloé
Wednesday, 23 Apr 2025 @6.30pm
Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XXMore Information
Ravel’s sumptuous ballet is brought to life by the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s enchanted playing and Circa’s daring contemporary choreography and circus.
The sumptuous beauty of Daphnis et Chloé’s music, its bold rhythmic variety and stunning orchestration inspired Stravinsky to rightly declare it as ‘one of the most beautiful products of all French music’.
Yet Ravel’s orchestral masterpiece is a ballet that resists staging, rarely being performed as a ballet. Enter Circa’s powerful acrobatics and aerials.
The collaboration between orchestra and gravity-defying circus teases out a world as intriguing, sensual and strange as the music itself with dramatic group acrobatics, intimate duos and aerial solos.
Prepare to be transported by the sumptuous movement of the acrobats, gesturing at longing and our capacity for wonder and providing a physical analogue to the rich beauty of Ravel’s score.
Performed after the main ballet, La Valse is the opposite of Daphnis et Chloé – it is the carousel of Western culture centrifuging out of control; like World War I, it shatters the idyll of romanticism. Its energy transfers with abandon and fury to the bodies of Circa’s acrobats.
Admission: £18.50
Performer name: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner - conductor, BBC Singers
Other key names: Circa
Age restriction: For ages 12+. Under-14s must be accompanied by an adult
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