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Festive Firebird – A Tribute To Ballet

Name: Festive Firebird – A Tribute To Ballet
Start: 2021-11-24T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Venue: 3c Carlisle Place, London SW1P 1NP

November 24, 2021

£40

November 24, 7.30pm

£40 (£35 Tait Friends)

A spectacular tribute to ballet with music from the great Russian ballets, featuring artwork by Ann Seddon, inspired by Stravinsky’s Firebird, and Prokofiev’s Cinderella.

With a special guest appearance by one of Australia’s greatest pianists, Piers Lane AO, the evening will include a conversation with celebrated Australian portrait painter, June Mendoza OBE, while Royal Opera House music lecturer Ross Alley will review ballet dancer Leanne Benjamin OBE’s new book Built for Ballet, which follows her sparkling career from her beginnings in Australia to playing principal roles with The Royal Ballet, London.

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Details

Date:: November 24, 2021
Cost:: £40
Event Category:: Dance
Event Tags:: Ballet, Built for Ballet, Cinderella, dance, Festive Firebird, Firebird, Leanne Benajmin, Prokofiev, Stravinsky

Organiser

: Tait Memorial Trust
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Venue

: Venue: 3c Carlisle Place, London SW1P 1NP
: London, United Kingdom + Google Map

Tagged Ballet Built for Ballet Cinderella dance Festive Firebird Firebird Leanne Benajmin Prokofiev Stravinsky