Trailer: Stream Elite Syncopations from Friday 12 March

Yasmine Naghdi, Nicol Edmonds and The Royal Ballet perform Kenneth MacMillan s colourful Ragtime ensemble one-act ballet. Available to watch via ROH Stream until 11 April 2021 https://stream.roh.org.uk/packages/elite-syncopations-2020/videos/elite-syncopations-2020 In 1974, Kenneth MacMillan set out to create ‘something short and light and funny’, as he told the New Yorker magazine at the time. The resulting 35-minute ballet, featuring music by Scott Joplin, is regarded as one of the most joyous and uplifting pieces in the Royal Ballet repertory. The joyous nature of the work is fitting for this recording, taken from the celebrated The Royal Ballet: Back on Stage performance which took place in October 2020 as it marked the first time that the Company had performed on stage together in seven months. Enjoy this video? Subscribe to our channel to receive notifications about new ballet and opera clips.