it tells the story of jacqueline du pre, a musician who had ms. she died in 1987 and is considered one of the greatest cellists of all time. the ballet, based on her life, opened to critical acclaim earlier this month. the cellist is about jacqueline du pre's story, she was someone living with ms and what we're doing making a ballet, ora piece, with other people living with ms and our own voices. it has reignited my passion for dance in a very, very different way. dancing, for me, has freed me. and it has pushed me to do things that normally i would not attempt. the finished piece will be performed at the royal opera house on march 27. the realities of multiple sclerosis, conveyed in a unique way. tim muffett, bbc news.

that's it for the business briefing this hour jacqueline du pre's career as one of the most gifted andree decades later, her life has inspired a new work by the royal ballet. our arts editor will gompertz reports. the cellist is a story of love and loss between a woman and an object — the musicianjacqueline du pre and her cello. the cello, you know, it looks like a person. we refer to its neck, its body, its voice. its sound is very much like the human voice. lauren cuthbertson plays the cellist, the ballet tells jacqueline du pre's life story, charting her rise to international superstardom followed by a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, forcing her to give up her beloved cello. the moment when you know something is wrong but you don't know what it is i think must be horrific, especially when, you know, she couldn't feel her fingers. she had this tingling sensation. the weight of the bow was not feeling as it had done before. there are two subjects, i suppose, in this ballet. there is the cello as a subject and then there is jacqueline du pre's illness, which is multiple sclerosis, whi

jacqueline du pre's career as one of the most gifted and celebrated cellists of the twentieth century aged just 42 and now her life has inspired a new work by the royal ballet, called the cellist. more than 30 years after her death, the world premiere took place at the royal opera house in london, as our arts editor will gompertz reports. the cellist is a story of love and loss between a woman and an object — the musician jacqueline du pre and her cello. the cello, you know, it looks like a person. we refer to its neck, its body, its voice. its sound is very much like the human voice. lauren cuthbertson plays the cellist, marcelino sambe her instrument — a combination that required some role reversal. usually the woman is traditionally in front of the man and the man partners from here but actually, when you are playing the cello, i'm behind marcelino like this, so we had to come up with different grips. it was almost like reverse. yeah. the ballet tells jacqueline du pre's life story, charting her rise to international superstardom followed by a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, forci

jacqueline du pre's career as one of the most gifted and celebrated cellists of the 20th century wassclerosis. she died aged just 42, and now her life has inspired a new work by the royal ballet called the cellist. more than 30 years after her death, the world premiere took place at the royal opera house in london tonight, as our arts editor will gompertz reports. the cellist is a story of love and loss between a woman and an object — the musician jacqueline du pre and her cello. the cello, you know, it looks like a person. we refer to its neck, its body, its voice. its sound is very much like the human voice. lauren cuthbertson plays the cellist, marcelino sambe her instrument — a combination that required some role reversal. usually the woman is traditionally in front of the man and the man partners from here but actually, when you are playing the cello, i'm behind marcelino like this, so we had to come up with different grips. it was almost like reverse. yeah. the ballet tells jacqueline du pre's life story, charting her rise to international superstardom followed by a diagnosis o

jacqueline du pre's career as one of the most gifted and celebrated cellists of the 20th century wasjust 42 when she died. more than three decades later, her life has now inspired a new work by the royal ballet. the world premiere has just been held at the royal opera house in london. 0ur arts editor will gompertz reports. the cellist is a story of love and loss between a woman and an object — the musicianjacqueline du pre and her cello. the cello, you know, it looks like a person. we refer to its neck, its body, its voice. its sound is very much like the human voice. lauren cuthbertson plays the cellist, marcelino sambe her instrument — a combination that required some role reversal. usually, the woman is traditionally in front of the man and the man partners from here, but actually, when you're playing the cello, i'm behind marcelino like this, so we had to come up with different grips. it was almost like reverse. yeah. the ballet tells jacqueline du pre's life story, charting her rise to international superstardom followed by a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, forcing her to give

it tells the story of jacqueline du pre, a musician who had ms.d one of the greatest cellists of all time. the ballet, based on her life, opened to critical acclaim earlier this month. the cellist is about jacqueline du pre's story, she was someone living with ms and what we're doing making a ballet, ora piece, with other people living with ms and our own voices. it has reignited my passion for dance in a very, very different way. dancing, for me, has freed me. and it has pushed me to do things that normally i would not attempt. the finished piece will be performed at the royal opera house on march 27. the realities of multiple sclerosis, conveyed in a unique way. tim muffett, bbc news. now, imagine only having a birthday only every four years. on 29 february, about five million people around the world celebrate their once—every—four—years ‘real‘ birthday. jennifer myrans has been to meet some ‘leaplings' as they prepare to enjoy their actual birthday for the first time since 2016. ivy is a ‘leapling'. she born on february 29th, so she might be fo