Still Life at the Penguin Cafe - David Bintley, Simon Jeffes and the Royal Ballet 1988 Laserdisc Dub

[@noravineyard5163]

I used to watch this all the time as a little girl, and dance with them at my grandparents! So moving and such beautiful dances and music!

[@KateEllis-eb8xk]

Sir David Bintley is a wonderful Choreographer. We need another one of him! The music takes you to another world, so perfectly matched with the dance.

[@empty-sky]

This was my whole childhood.

[@hadidi1]

This story is heartbreaking…We humans are insatiable…The music is captivating

[@kristinhouser3886]

Honestly this is one of my top 5 favorite ballets of all time. An under-appreciated treasure. Every detail is just so perfect.

[@johnpalgrave9331]

Superb choreography producing perfectly appropriate ballet for some of the most cheerful and heart-warming music of the last century!

[@baharisistersinc.7355]

I heard this music on my classical radio station. Google to purchase and discovered it was a ballet. This is perfection and my now favorite ballet. Vicki

[@empty-sky]

It wasn't always a ballet, the pieces started out as musical compositions by Simon Jeffes (and the Penguin Cafe Orchestra).

[@salt_cots]

Thanks for this high quality upload. I have the original VHS which I bought immediately (25+ years ago) on leaving Sadlers Wells, London where the Birmingham Royal Ballet had just performed this. . Tower Records was open till midnight, and I simply had to have this. The first two dances are my especial favourites.

[@TheDarrenLock]

I saw them perform at Sadler’s Wells in late 2001 too!

[@isabellebrant6057]

At high school, I got to watch this as part of our dance GCSE. It's super interesting to learn how these animals become extinct due to our hand.

[@gillschmid5267]

Saw this magnificent ballet in Birmingham last night. What a treat to watch it again on utube. Thank you.

[@TheDarrenLock]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jillpark5186]

Why have I never heard of this wonderful ballet before?

[@empty-sky]

@@jillpark5186 You weren't watching Channel 4 one night in the late 80s?

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

Brilliant