The third duet could be called the main pas de deux. Hayward, a star in everything she undertakes, is the as yet uncrowned, new prima ballerina of the company - at least to me.
Of note here is the scary off-point off-balance near the end. The second duet, the one with the folksy violin, is taken by Francesca Hayward and (an utmost skilled partnering) Valentino Zuchetti. Both give a spot-on musical performance with just the right zaniness. Interwoven are three duets: the first is danced by Beatriz Stix-Brunell, always a joy to watch, and a surprisingly contemporary Vadim Muntagirov.
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A ballet like Within The Golden Hour proves that a plotless series of dances benefits from that as well. The Royal Ballet's tableau boasts great actor-dancers with strong personalities. Within The Golden Hour highlights the academic style and quality of the Royal Ballet today, emphasising turn-out (without over-pushing it) and clear upper-body movement. Though in places a little over-choreographed, with finicky port-de-bras, the overall thought is very positive. Created for San Francisco Ballet in 2008, it shows Christopher Wheeldon handling the academic ballet technique, adding some fluid, contemporary twists. The evening begins with Within The Golden Hour, an attractive ballet, with champagne-coloured costumes, set to a lovely score of selected works by Ezio Bosso and Vivaldi.
The 2019 performance captured on this DVD/Blu-ray is in that category: a triple bill as diverse as they come, boasting an abstract ballet, a story-telling one, and a work with the hint of a theme - in that order. Happily, the Royal Ballet is committed to not only honour the classics like Giselle, The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and its heritage works by Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan, but keep on investing in new works and recordings of them too. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 February 2020
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