Product Review

This unique collection celebrates the pas de deux: the steps for two or partner dances so central to ballets both modern and classical. It brings together 16 exceptional pas de deux from The Royal Ballet's unequalled repertory, in outstanding performances by Company dancers past and present. Representing The Royal Ballet's heritage works and recent creations, as well as 19th-century classics, Pas de Deux demonstrates the choreographic diversity, technical brilliance, show-stopping spectacle and artistry for which The Royal Ballet is acclaimed around the world.

Included in this collection are Frederick Ashton's Voices of Spring and pas de deux from his La Fille mal gardée; from Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet, Concerto, Elite Syncopations, Manon and Mayerling; from Wayne McGregor's Limen; from Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter's Tale; and from the 19th-century classics Giselle, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker. All captured in high definition and recorded in true surround sound.

Works
Works: Voices of Spring - Pas de deux; La Fille Mal Gardee - Act II Pas de deux; Manon - Act I Scene 2 Pas de deux; , Mayerling - Act II Scene 5 Pas de deux; Elite Syncopations - Bethena; Concerto - 2nd Movement; Romeo & Juliet - Act I Scene 6 Pas de deux; The Winter's Tale - Act II Pas de deux; Limen - Pas de deux; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Act III Pas de deux; Swan Lake - Act II and Act III Pas de deux; The Nutcracker - Act II Pas de deux; Don Quixote - Act III Pas de deux; Giselle - Act II Pas de deux and Conclusion

Cast
Marianela Nuñez (Odette (Swan Lake); Kitri (Don Quixote); Myrtha (Giselle))
Edward Watson (Rudolf (Mayerling))
Sergei Polunin (Jack/Knave of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland))
Sarah Lamb (Elite Syncopations; Limen; Perdita (The Winter's Tale))
Mara Galeazzi (Mary Vetsera (Mayerling)
Tamara Rojo (Manon (Manon))
Carlos Acosta (Des Grieux (Manon); Basilio (Don Quixote))
Alina Cojocaru (Giselle (Giselle))
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Production
Company: The Royal Ballet

Disc Information
Catalogue Number: OA1118D
Running Time: 133 minutes
Sound: LPCM & DTS 5.1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Label: Opus Arte