The Royal Ballet perform two ballets of vastly differing styles - George Balanchine's Symphony in C and William Forsythe's Steptext. Recorded in July during the company's last performances before the closure of the Royal Opera House, these ballets show the Royal Ballet at its glittering best, and feature many of its finest principal dancers, including Darcey Bussell, Deborah Bull, Stuart Cassidy, Miyako Yoshida, Bruce Sansom, Christopher Saunders, Leanne Benjamin, William Trevitt, Michael Nunn and Peter Abegglen.

Audience, staff and dancers also look back over 50 years of performances and forward to the new theatre's reopening.
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