The Royal Ballet
The Judas Tree
Kenneth MacMillan choreographed his last ballet, The Judas Tree, especially for Irek Mukhamedov who takes the lead in this striking production. On a building site, thirteen workmen, led by their foreman, react to the vampish behavior of a woman who has arrived in their midst. In the heated confusion of the group, one man stands alone in the tenderness of his response. Gradually the dark underside of male sexuality and the power of peer pressure is exposed as the ballet draws the viewer into a web of betrayal, loss and terror.

Winner of the 1993 Olivier Award for Best New Dance Work