Royal Ballet dancers rehearse Deloitte Ignite dance film

Royal Ballet dancers Claire Calvert and Eric Underwood rehearse with Charlotte Edmonds for her Greek myth-inspired dance film for Deloitte Ignite 2014. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/about/deloitte-ignite The film will be shown as part of Sampling the Myth, and will be streamed live on the ROH website and YouTube channel on 6 September at 6.50pm BST. Join us for a month of Myth with the award-winning Deloitte Ignite, the annual contemporary arts festival at the Royal Opera House. Curated by The Royal Ballet and The National Gallery’s Minna Moore Ede, this year s festival is a feast of dance and visual art. Charlotte Edmond s dance film is based on W.B. Yeats s poetic take on the myth of Leda and the Swan. The month-long festival celebrates and explores the origin of myth and creation through dance, visual art, film, music and movement. The festival focusses on two archetypal myths: Prometheus, the Titan who creates man from clay and steals fire from the Gods, and Leda and the Swan, the mysterious conjunction of a mortal woman and the god Zeus, disguised as a swan. Deloitte Ignite 2014 begins with a weekend filled with free and ticketed events and continues over four weeks with performance, film, art installations, discussion and live-streaming, culminating in a free Deloitte Ignite Family Day offering a wide variety of family activities and workshops, as well as space to relax.