It’s relatively rare to see a female pas de deux in classical dance. In 2015, for her farewell tour, Sylvie Guillem asked Russell Maliphant to create a such a duet as she’d never danced with a female partner, so he created Here & After, which she danced all over the world with La Scala soloist Emanuela Montanari.
Now, The Royal Ballet’s Principal Character Artist Kristen McNally has created on First Soloist Beatriz Stix-Brunell and Principal Yasmine Naghdi, Duet, in a film created by Andrew Margetson.