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A celebration of dance and ballet in a memorable programme of musical highlights from the world of theatre, performed by some of the world's great orchestras. This musical celebration of ballet and dance brings together some of the most famous orchestral tunes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The amazing stage spectacle of traditional ballet performance is mirrored in fine performances of truly inspiring music. All moods and shades of meaning can be represented in ballet, and these musical scores are among the best examples of moving and exciting works. Even without the dancers in front of us, through the music we can recreate the feelings and sensations of the ballet stories. Our programme also includes dance music from examples of that other great stage spectacle, the opera.