Royal Ballet in Rehearsal: Images of Love, The

Alternative title: Images of Love
Synopsis: Royal Ballet dress rehearsal of the revised 1964 version with piano. Prologue. 1. Twelfth Night (II iv) : Beriosova, Macleary, Parkinson, Bergsma, Mason. 2. Two Gentlemen of Verona (II iv): Nerina, Doyle, Rosson, Rencher. 3. Taming of the Shrew (I i): Parkinson, Doyle, Mason, Bergsma & others. 4. Two Gentlemen of Verona (II i): Seymour, Gable . 5. Two Gentlemen of Verona (II vi): Nerina, Grant. 6. Julius Caesar (IV ii): When love begins to sicken: Beriosova, Macleary. 7. Sonnet 144: Two loves have I: Nureyev, Seymour, Gable . 8. Two Gentlemen of Verona (IV ii): Grant, Parkinson, Bergsma, Mason, Derman, Eyre, Needham . 9. Twelfth Night (I i): If music be the food of love: Full company in which Nureyev, Seymour and Gable all lose their place.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release: 1964
Duration: 1,636 (16mm) feet

Cinematographer

Edmee Wood

Music

Peter Tranchell

Production Design

Barry Kay

Choreographer

Kenneth MacMillan

Cast

Notes: Filmed with theatre lighting (i.e. poorly lit for film purposes).
General: Kenneth MacMillan created IMAGES OF LOVE as part of a triple bill staged by the Royal Ballet to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Shakespeare. The ballet had nine separate sections, each introduced by a recording of some lines by Shakespeare, spoken by actor Derek Godfrey. Each quotation included the word ‘love’, and MacMillan’s choreography reflected what each one suggested to him.
History: The ballet was first performed April 2 1964 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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