The Royal Ballet rehearse The Unknown Soldier - World Ballet Day 2018

Matthew Ball and The Royal Ballet rehearse Alistair Marriott’s The Unknown Solider, filmed as part of #WorldBalletDay 2018. Find out more at www.roh.org.uk...
Alastair Marriott has created numerous works for The Royal Ballet, including Being and Having Been, Tanglewood and Sensorium. His pieces are inspired by a wide range of sources, from Children of Adam, a response to Walt Whitman's poems, to Connectome, a visually stunning collaboration with designer Es Devlin, inspired by theories of neuroscience. Marriott's new ballet The Unknown Soldier, another collaboration with Devlin, imagines the story of individuals caught up in the turmoil of war. Set to a commissioned score from Dario Marianelli (Darkest Hour, Anna Karenina, Atonement), it will commemorate the centenary of the end of World War I.

[@mojovr5003]

The men in this video are Matthew Ball (soloist in the white vest) Calvin Richardson (black shirt grey pants) Joseph Sissens (white shirt with grey sleeves) Tomas Mock (white shirt with print) Lukas Bjarneboe Braensrod (all black, blue headband) Leo Dixon (black V neck) Harry Churches (dark grey shirt with yellow bits) Teo Dubreuil (white vest) David Yudes (grey tights) Francisco Serrano (black pants with white stripes) Luca Acri (green/khaki tights) David Donnelly (all black, blue hairband)

[@juanestebanacostagutierrez8950]

It's so stunning to see the complexity of every coreohraphy. How can they memorize all those movements?

[@amandinemaury25]

they are used to learn choreos like these. but yeah, as a dancer, i'm kinda impressed too. But more about the boy's technique.

[@erod97]

Mathew Ball is a dream 💛

[@desaulnes2887]

gosh ballet dancers are so beautiful!! 😭

[@antoniomoreno3392]

Wow, Lukas, the guy from Norway is amazing . Come on, i invite you to see his movie BALLET BOYS. He was 15 in it, and was incredible.

[@iris_dire]

why does matthew look like edward from twilight?

[@nikorucupcake2499]

Every time they jump, for a second I forget they’re just leaping. For a good second, I think they’re flying. Brilliant! 👏

[@paulinethompson7156]

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[@pastarena]

Matt ball... gives off this nic Patterson feel

[@oonajohnson109]

Thank you so much to the Royal Ballet for sharing this wonderful rehearsal video. Powerful, gorgeous.

[@TMT-4869]

Matt is a dream!

[@anneschillaci22]

Totally

[@nicksobotka971]

ballet boys😍

[@alexandranewman4223]

Very much looking forward to the Opening Night of "Unknown Soldier" on 20th November, danced by RB Principals Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball.

[@mairwright2806]

Storytelling with their movements so eloquently told.

[@antoniomoreno3392]

IT´S INCREDIBLE. i DON´T KNOW FROM WHERE THEY GET ALL THAT ENERGY. CONGRATS

[@appleblossom1976]

A flood of feelings... I always get that from dancing. So beautifull! 🥰

[@hamamaha6854]

I wanna dance this so badly!!

[@geminixoxo2903]

Do it,no one is stopping you

[@icefireobsidian7490]

Is this for Remembrance day? If so very cool :) if not still cool :)

[@sitcomchristian6886]

1 Timothy 4:7-8 Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

[@hrh4961]

What brainless drivel. Life to come? What evidence to you have of that? None, and you know it. Just hormonal fantasizing. How embarrassing for you.

[@ゴンゴン-f6c]

美しすぎる😭💕💕

[@mpluftikuss]

I would forget step 1 after talking so much about step 8. How can they remember all these steps

[@stellahackl2040]

I absolutely love matty!

[@paulinethompson7156]

Wonderful love this live coverage of the Royal ballet. I still have great interest as .grandson Louis a student at Royal ballet some time ago x

[@Littlfrek]

Q boys bonitos kk

[@Aikidobear129]

Blood sweat and many tears goes into achieving perfection- Bravo! keep up the good work.

[@nilaydin3960]

Fantastic.

[@anoukdc]

I see Matthew and I don't hesitate clicking

[@lynnegunn3478]

Great to see an ensemble of men

[@tito2678]

Hell of a Music...uffff!!!!!!

[@bailarinaconsciente]

Lindo d+

[@soydecayohueso]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@catherinem-b4699]

❤️

[@2424D]

Greate)

[@elleplaudite]

So nothing to do with the book (1954) or the movies (1955, 1985, 2017) by the same name?

[@MxDandy]

It is a work commissioned for the centenary of the end of WWI, based on various sources, not in the book.

[@elleplaudite]

I just find it unfortunate that they chose to use a name that has so much meaning to a whole nation outside their own. The book is part of Finnish national legacy, and if it was even an inspiration, I wish they would credit it. Using the title with a totally unrelated piece would be in such a bad taste, if not plain rude.

[@MxDandy]

@@elleplaudite :( well, it would be great to see another ballet inspired by such a book, or is it related to WWI? It might be one of the sources, I don't know. I'm not sure about the title be in good or bad taste since I'm not Finnish, but in English this particular phrase is generally related to WWI soldiers (andaybe also WWII? I'm not sure), because of the great ammount of young lives lost, many of then of names unknown. But your coment definitely made me want to read that book.

[@Jayjen35]

The "unknown soldier" is a worldwide concept. So many many people have heard of this without knowing about a connection with this book. So perhaps its the concept alone they were interested in, along with the general notion of what it means. Nearly every nation has a place to honor the "unknown soldier".

[@vivienwinterburn3850]

​@@elleplaudite This is very well known in the UK - The grave of the Unknown Soldier is in Westminster Abbey in London and is always marked by Poppies at Remembrance time - he was buried on the 11th November 1920 simultaneously with an unknown soldier being buried at the Arc de Triomphe in France - and these were the first known graves to honour all the dead of the First World War

[@wynter2644]

Cool!