A DANCER who has shared a stage with the legendary Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev is bringing the next generation of dance stars to dance at the Theatr Brycheiniog on Monday (March 25).
Antony Dowson, who was a former principal at the Royal Ballet and in his early career danced with Margot Fonteyn, one of the most iconic figures in British ballet in the 20th century, and Rudolf Nureyev, who is widely regarded as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation, is artistic director of Encore, a dance company of dance students from the prestigious Tring Park School for the Performing Arts.
Antony will be directing the Tring Park School students - the dance stars of the future - in a UK tour of a unique show called Kaberesque.
Dance students in the upper sixth form at Tring Park School will be performing with fellow musical theatre students for an evening of Kaberesque, a daring fusion of song and dance in a unique performance blend of dance and musical theatre.
Audiences can expect to see and hear an exciting selection of material that spans time and genre and is testament to some of the greatest writers of cabaret, dance and musical theatre, among them Mack The Knife, All That Jazz, Tango De Roxanne and This Is Me!
Tring Park School boasts a glittering alumni including director and choreographer Drew McOnie, who won the 2016 Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer for his work on In the Heights and he has been nominated for the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer for Jesus Christ Superstar.
Drew directed Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom in the West End, and King Kong on Broadway.
Other stars include Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), whostarted her training on the dance course at Tring Park, Lily James (Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, Disney’s Cinderella,Downton Abbey and War and Peace) and Jessica Brown-Findlay (Downton Abbey).
The performance of Kabaresque will take place at 7.30pm on Monday, March 25 at Theatr Brycheiniog.
See www.brycheiniog.co.uk or call 01874 611622.