Name: Anatomy of a Passing Cloud: Royal New Zealand Ballet, Linbury Studio
Start: 2015-11-17
End: 2015-11-21
Location: Royal Opera House

Anatomy of a Passing Cloud, Javier de Frutos

Royal New Zealand Ballet is renowned for its contemporary work, and this eclectic mixed programme is designed to showcase the dancers at their dynamic best.
On the bill is a premiere by former company member turned dance maker Andrew Simmons. His offering is inspired by New Zealand’s efforts during the First World War, as is Neil Ieremia’s contribution, Passchendaele.
Meanwhile, Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis uses choral dancing to explore the contrast between the elevated spirits of heaven and the grounded earth in Selon Désir.
Completing the line-up is Javier de Frutos’s The Anatomy of a Passing Cloud. This is the acclaimed Venezuelan-born choreographer’s love letter to the Pacific, written in dance. Especially created for Royal New Zealand Ballet’s 60^th anniversary in 2013, it draws on Pasifika imagery, culture and rhythms. The result is an intense, colourful and intricate ensemble work which is a vibrant celebration of New Zealand as a unique and joyful nation.

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What	Anatomy of a Passing Cloud: Royal New Zealand Ballet, Linbury Studio
Where	Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD \| MAP
Nearest tube	Covent Garden (underground)
When	17 Nov 15 – 21 Nov 15, 2:30pm on Sat 21st
Price	£8-£20 TBC
Website	Click here for more information and to book via the ROH website

Javier de Frutos

Venezuelan choreographer Javier de Frutos has made dance/theatre works for leading companies for more than 20 years.

Born in Caracas in 1963, he studied at the London School of Contemporary Dance and the Merce Cunningham Studio in New York. In 1994, he founded the Javier de Frutos Dance Company in London.

His approach to movement challenges the boundaries between ballet, contemporary dance and musicals and his credits span theatre, film and television. He has sparked admiration and controversy in equal measure.

Works include Grass (1997, winner of a South Bank Show Award), Elsa Canasta (Rambert Dance Company, 2003), Eternal Damnation to Sancho and Sanchez (Sadler’s Wells, 2009) and the Pet Shop Boys collaboration The Most Incredible Thing (2011).

Javier de Frutos has worked with Royal New Zealand Ballet on multiple occasions, creating Milagros (2003), The Celebrated Soubrette (2004), Banderillero (2006) and The Anatomy of a Passing Cloud (2013; UK premiere 2015).