Monotones I & II / The Two Pigeons

Monotones I & II / The Two Pigeons

At Royal Opera House

Price: from € 54.10

Frederick Ashton distilled the exquisite tranquility of Erik Satie’s pieces in Monotones I and II, which display some of his most modernist choreography. Monotones II was created first and given its premiere at the Royal Opera House in 1965, accompanied by Satie’s Trois Gymnopédies. Ashton created a second piece to Satie’s Trois Gnossiennes (Monotones I), and the two were presented together the following year, with Satie’s Préludes d’Eginhard included as an overture. Monotones I opens with a slow, serene pas de trois in a wonderful example of adagio classicism. The dancers remain on stage throughout the entire work, with their smooth lines of movement unbroken. Monotones II features another pas de trois that mirrors the controlled movements of the first. Satie’s delicate music, coupled with Ashton’s beautiful choreography, is exquisitely haunting.

 

Book tickets

Quantity
Date
Venue information

Royal Opera House
Bow Street London

Performance info

Booked from
2015-12-04

Booked for
2015-12-05

Duration of performance:

Directions


(3 mins) The Royal Opera House is off Covent Garden piazza, which is visible from the tube station exit. There is a revolving door entrance at the piazza.

View map View map

+353 1 526 24 64 +353 1 526 24 64 Email Email


To cart