21 - 24 July. A trio of performances featuring the work of the iconic French choreographer Petit, encompassing themes of thwarted love, desperation, despair, emotion and seduction.

He's a bit of a ballet legend. A ballet revolutionary. He's France's most famous – even notorious choreographer. He's ballet-amazing, he's... Petit! So why not treat yourself to this rare opportunity to see Petit’s extraordinary work in London.

The three works of the evening:

Inspired by Daudet's short story, L'Arlésienne is about Federi's thwarted love for Vivette, the young girl from Arles, set to music especially composed by Bizet for the story. Roland Petit's drama of primordial power unfolds against the frame of the corps de ballet and a landscape by Van Gogh.

Le Jeune Homme et la Mort was famously performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov in the opening sequence of the movie White Nights (1985) encapsulates the existentialist anguish of post-War Paris. This sensational dance-drama was invented by Jean Cocteau for Roland Petit, and sees a faithless woman tormenting her young lover in his cluttered Parisian garret, driving him to desperation and despair.

Carmen exploded into the decorous world of British ballet at its premiere in 1949, with ballet lovers shocked by the sexually voracious choreography and music lovers by the daring rearrangement of Bizet’s electrifying score. Created especially by Petit for Renée (Zizi) Jeanmaire, Carmen is a vivid and emotionally charged story of seduction, intrigue and betrayal which remains Petit’s more popular work.