Checkmate

Overview

The Sadler's Wells Ballet perform a story of love and death played out on a chessboard to a score by Sir Arthur Bliss. Recorded in 1981, the work is being shown in tribute to Dame Ninette de Valois, who created the piece in 1937, was a founding member of the Royal Ballet and this year celebrates her 100th birthday. The leading roles are taken by David Bintley, Margaret Barbieri and David Ashmole.