Christopher Wheeldon Blu-ray Set (The Royal Ballet)

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The Christopher Wheeldon Collection is a dazzling showcase of the theatrical imagination of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon. With a stellar creative tea m, including designer Bob Crowley and composer Joby Talbot, he brings to life three celebrated works of fiction that pop as vividly on the screen in this collection as they did on stage for audiences watching live in the theatre. Lewis Carroll’s ever-popular story provides the basis for Wheeldon’s spectacular production of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that has delighted audiences all around the world since the ballet's premiere in 2011. In The Winter's Tale, created in 2013, Wheeldon reimagines Shakespeare's enduring story of jealousy, compassion and forgiveness, effortlessly capturing the work's profound emotional trajectory. For his most recent ballet in 2022, Wheeldon took inspiration from Laura Esquivel's Mexican classic Like Water for Chocolate, where the protagonist Tita’s emotions spill out through cooking to influence everyone around her in startling and dramatic ways. These three compelling ballets, conjuring up worlds by turns whimsical and dramatic, are not to be missed. See our full collection of ballet DVDs and Blu-rays Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Alice – Lauren Cuthbertson Jack/The Knave of Hearts – Federico Bonelli Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit – James Hay Mother/The Queen of Hearts – Laura Morera Father/The King of Hearts – Christopher Saunders Magician/The Mad Hatter – Steven McRae Rajah/The Caterpillar – Fernando Montano The Duchess – Gary Avis Vicar/The March Hare – Paul Kay Verger/The Dormouse – Romany Pajdak The Winter’s Tale Leontes – Edward Watson Hermione – Lauren Cuthbertson Perdita – Sarah Lamb Paulina – Zenaida Yanowsky Antigonus – Bennet Gartside Mamillus – Joe Parker Steward – Thomas Whitehead Father Shepherd – Gary Avis Brother Clown – Valentino Zucchetti Young Shepherdess – Beatriz Stix-Brunell Like Water for Chocolate Tita – Francesca Hayward Pedro – Marcelino Sambé Mama Elena – Laura Morera Rosaura – Mayara Magri Gertrudis – Meaghan Grace Hinkis Dr John Brown – Matthew Ball Nacha – Christina Arestis Juan Alejandrez – Benjamin Ella Don Pasqual – Gary Avis Chencha – Isabella Gasparini Extra Features: Introductions to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Like Water for Chocolate, Wheeldon’s tap-dancing Hatter, Bob Crowley talks about the costumes (Alice), From Page to Stage: Dancing The Winter’s Tale, Perdita – The Lost Jewel, The Music of The Winter’s Tale, Creating Like Water for Chocolate, Trailer and Like Water for Chocolate in pictures, Cast Galleries for The Winter’s Tale and Like Water for Chocolate Running Time: 403 min (total); 364 min (main works only) Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, JP, KO (Like Water for Chocolate - extra features) Audio: LPCM & DTS Master Audio 5.1 (The Winter's Tale); LPCM 2.0 & DTS Digital Surround 5.1 (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Like Water for Chocolate) Regions: All regions Show more