Tickets for Birmingham Royal Ballet - Spring Pasions
13 March 2012 - 14 March 2012
£13.00 to £84.00
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Daphnis and Chloë / The Two Pigeons
An island paradise in ancient Greece: lost in their love for each other, Daphnis and Chloë struggle against jealous rivals and marauding pirates to be together. Considered by many to be Maurice Ravel’s greatest orchestral score and with choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton, Daphnis and Chloë is one of the many great ballets from the outstanding legacy left by Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes.
Sir Frederick Ashton’s poignant Parisian idyll, The Two Pigeons, tells of a young man as he experiences frustration, excitement, love and loss. He flies the nest, leaving his fiancée and falls in love with a wild, beautiful gypsy only to be pursued by her jealous lover. Realising what he has lost, he returns to his apartment in Paris and falls into the forgiving arms of his sweetheart.
‘One of the choreographer’s tenderest and most poignant love stories’
— The Sunday Times
Created shortly after his hit comedy La Fille mal gardée, Ashton's 1961 version of this romantic classic, The Two Pigeons features some of his best choreography. The closing reconciliation pas de deux is a true tear-jerker and a favourite gala piece worldwide as the lush romantic score by Andre Messager perfectly compliments the drama and emotion of the dance.
