Daphnis and Chloe

The sumptuous beauty of Daphnis et Chloe’s music, its bold rhythmic variety and stunning orchestration inspired Stravinsky to rightly declare it as ‘one of the most beautiful products of all French music’. Yet Ravel’s orchestral masterpiece is a ballet that resists staging, rarely being performed as a ballet. Enter Circa’s powerful acrobatics and aerials. The collaboration between orchestra and gravity-defying circus teases out a world as intriguing, sensual and strange as the music itself with dramatic group acrobatics, intimate duos and aerial solos. Prepare to be transported by the sumptuous movement of the acrobats, gesturing at longing and our capacity for wonder and providing a physical analogue to the rich beauty of Ravel’s score.Royal Festival Hall