Christopher Wheeldon’s Aeternum in rehearsal - World Ballet Day 2014 (The Royal Ballet)

Assistant Ballet Master Jonathan Howells rehearses Christopher Wheeldon’s Aeternum with dancers Valentino Zuchetti, Tristan Dyer, Paul Kay, Alexander Campbell, Yasmine Naghdi, Megan Grace Hinkis, and James Hay. Christopher Wheeldon created Aeternum for The Royal Ballet in 2013. In recognition of Britten’s centenary year Wheeldon selected the composer’s harrowing Sinfonia da requiem, a three-movement work created in 1940 and intended in part