The Rite of Spring in rehearsal (The Royal Ballet)

In 1962, a 20-year-old Monica Mason was plucked from the corps de ballet to dance The Chosen One in Kenneth MacMillan s The Rite of Spring. In 2013, a 20-year-old Claudia Dean finds herself in the same situation. Watch Monica and Claudia explore the final solo from the ballet which sees The Chosen One dance herself to death. With pianists Rob Clark and Philip Cornfield