The Royal Ballet 2023 - 24 Season

The Royal Ballet announced its 2023-24 Season at the Royal Opera House today. Public booking opens on Wednesday 2 August 2023.

DON QUIXOTE
Main Stage
30 September – 17 November 2023
Production and choreography Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa
Music Ludwig Minkus
Arranged and orchestrated by Martin Yates
Designer Tim Hatley
Lighting Designer Hugh Vanstone

The Royal Ballet
WINTER DRAFT WORKS
Clore Studio
11 – 13 December 2023
Choreography Various

The Royal Ballet
MANON
Main Stage
17 January – 8 March 2024
Part of MacMillan Celebrated
Choreography Kenneth MacMillan
Music Jules Massenet Orchestration Martin Yates
Designer Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting designer Jacopo Pantani

Northern Ballet
TORTOISE & THE HARE
Linbury Theatre
27 – 29 January 2024
Choreographer Dreda Blow/ Sebastian Loe
Set Design Ali Allen 

The Royal Ballet
FESTIVAL OF NEW CHOREOGRAPHY
Various venues
12 – 21 February 2024
Choreography Various

The Royal Ballet
SWAN LAKE
Main Stage
6 March – 11 May 2024
12 – 28 June 2024
Choreography Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Additional Choreography Liam Scarlett and Frederick Ashton Music Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Production Liam Scarlett
Designer John Macfarlane
Lighting designer David Finn

The Royal Ballet
DANSES CONCERTANTES/ DIFFERENT DRUMMER/ REQUIEM
Main Stage
20 March – 13 April 2024
Part of MacMillan Celebrated
Choreography Kenneth MacMillan
Danses Concertantes
Music Igor Stravinsky
Designer Nicholas Georgiadis
Lighting Designer John B. Read
Different Drummer
Music Anton Webern/ Arnold Schoenberg
Set designs Kenneth MacMmillan
Costume designs Yolanda Sonnabend in association with Peter Farley
Lighting design John B. Read
Requiem
Music Gabriel Fauré
Designs Yolanda Sonnabend in association with Peter Farley
Lighting design John B. Read

Yorke Dance Project
CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS: THREE PIONEERING WOMEN
Linbury Theatre
20 – 21 March 2024
Part of MacMillan Celebrated
El Penitente
 Choreography Martha Graham
Music Louis Horst
Set Isamu Noguchi
Meta 4
Choreography Bella Lewitzky
Music Robert Xavier Rodriguez
Isadora
Choreography Kenneth MacmMillan
Music Richard Rodney Bennett

Sydney Dance Company
ASCENT
Linbury Theatre
25 – 28 March
I Am–ness
Choreography Rafael Bonachela
Music Pēteris Vasks
Costume Designer Rafael Bonachela
Costume Designers Realisation Aleisa Jelbart
Lighting Designer Damien Cooper
The Shell, A Ghost, The Host & The Lyrebird
Choreography Marina Mascarell in collaboration with Sophie Jones/ Jesse Scales/ Lucy Angel/ Coco Wood/ Liam Green/ Dean Elliott/ Emily Seymour/ Jacopo Grabar/ Luke Hayward
Music Nick Wales
Set and Costume Designers Lauren Brincat/ Leah Giblin
Lighting Designer Damian Cooper
Forever & Ever
Choreography Antony Hamilton
Music Julian Hamilton
Costume Designer Paula Levis
Lighting Designer Ben Cisterne

he Royal Ballet and Guest Companies
INTERNATIONAL DRAFT WORKS
Linbury Theatre
10 – 13 April 2024
Choreography Various

The Royal Ballet
THE WINTER’S TALE
Main Stage
3 May – 1 June 2024
A co-production between The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada
Choreography Christopher Wheeldon Scenario Christopher Wheeldon and Joby Talbot
Music Joby Talbot
Designer Bob Crowley
 Lighting Designer Natasha Katz
Projection Designer Daniel Brodie
Silk Effects Designer Basil Twist

THE SARASOTA BALLET
Main Stage
4 – 9 June 2024
Part of Ashton Celebrated
Choreography Frederick Ashton
Two programmes to include: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Music Maurice Ravel
Design Sophie Fedorovitch
Dante Sonata
Music Franz Liszt
Design Sophie Fedorovitch
Sinfonietta
Music Malcolm Williamson
Design after Peter Rice
Façade
Music William Walton
Design John Armstrong
Part of Ashton Worldwide, the Frederick Ashton Foundation’s international festival 2024 — 2028

The Royal Ballet
LES RENDEZVOUS/ THE DREAM/ RHAPSODY
Main Stage
6 – 19 June 2024
Part of Ashton Celebrated
Choreography Frederick Ashton
Les Rendezvous
Music Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Musical arrangement Constant Lambert
The Dream
Music Felix Mendelssohn
Musical arrangement John Lanchbery
Designer David Walker
Lighting designer John B. Read
Rhapsody
Music Sergey Rachmaninoff
Set designer Frederick Ashton
Original costume designer William Chappell
Costume designs re-created by Natalia Stewart
Lighting designer Peter Teigen

The Royal Ballet
THE DREAM/SHORT WORKS/ RHAPSODY
Main Stage
7 – 22 June 2024
Part of Ashton Celebrated
Choreography Frederick Ashton
The Dream
Music Felix Mendelssohn
Musical arrangement John Lanchbery
Designer David Walker
Lighting designer John B. Read
Five Brahms Waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan
Music Johannes Brahms
Costume designs David Dean
Lighting design John B. Read
The Sarasota Ballet
The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Music Frederick Delius
Hamlet and Ophelia
Music Franz Liszt Recreated and staged by Wayne Eagling
Painter and Designer Sarah Armstrong-Jones
Costumes realized by James Kelly
Rhapsody Music Sergey Rachmaninoff
Set designer Frederick Ashton
Original costume designer William Chappell Costume designs re-created by Natalia Stewart
Lighting designer Peter Teigen

The Royal Ballet and Guest Companies
NEXT GENERATION FESTIVAL
Linbury Theatre
11 – 29 June 2024

The Royal Ballet School
THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL SUMMER PERFORMANCE
Main Stage
6 July 2024