TV Standard: NTSC

Credits:

Royal Ballet Covent Garden, Francesca Hayward, Vadim Muntagirov, Natalia Osipova, Kristen McNally

Description:

[Experience the cutting edge of contemporary dance from the Royal Balleta trilogy of uniquely distinct workson video!]Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, known for his pop-inspired style, has boldly reimagined his 2008 work *Within the Golden Hour* for The Royal Ballet. Beatrice Styx-Brunell, Francesca Hayward, Sarah Lamb, and Vadim Muntagirov, among other star dancers of the Royal Ballet, perform a dazzling dance set to music by Vivaldi and others.Medusa, created by Sidi Larbi Cherkaouiwho continues to present stimulating works centered on the themes of intercultural encounters and dialoguewas his first commission for the Royal Ballet. Drawing deeply on the story of Medusa from Greek mythology, the Royal Ballets prima ballerina, Natalia Osipova, passionately portrays a woman tossed