Pirouette like Jagger: Royal Ballet dances to Stones in London streets

Royal Ballet dancer Nicol Edmonds performs at Marazion Beach, in Cornwall, Britain June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters

Dancers from Britain's Royal Ballet have made a short film in which they perform in London's deserted streets to the sounds of The Rolling Stones, a project designed to highlight the plight of the arts during the global coronavirus pandemic.

Soloists William Bracewell and Reece Clarke, among others, donned trainers to dance on sunlit pavements and cobble stones outside the shuttered entrances of some of London's biggest theatres.

These included Shakespeare's Globe, the Royal Opera House and the Royal Albert Hall.

Royal Ballet dancer Yasmine Naghdi dances in London, Britain June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters

The film's producers said in a statement that they wanted to shine a spotlight on a sector threatened by "the unrelenting pressures of COVID-19".

The film was directed by Joanna DeFelice, Meaghan Grace Hinkis and Melanie Hamrick, a ballet dancer and partner of The Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger.

It was choreographed to The Rolling Stones' "Living In A Ghost Town", a single released in April 2020.

Royal Ballet dancer Tierney Heap performs in a street in St Albans, north London, Britain June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters

The project aims to raise funds for Acting for Others, a network of fourteen charities providing financial and emotional assistance and support for theatre workers.

(Reporting by Mike Davidson; Writing by Raissa Kasolowsky; Editing by Mike Collett-White)

Royal Ballet dancer Meaghan Grace Hinkis stands outside a red telephone box in London, Britain June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters

A Royal Ballet dancer performs in the middle of a street in London, Britain June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters

Royal Ballet dancer Yasmine Naghdi sits outside the entrance of the Royal Albert Hall in London, Britain June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters

Royal Ballet dancer William Bracewell performs outside the Royal Opera House in London, Britain June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters

Royal Ballet dancer David Donnelly sits on wall outside the Globe Theatre in London, Britain, June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters

Royal Ballet dancer Anna Rose O'Sullivan runs to the stage door of the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, Britain June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters

Royal Ballet dancer Tierney Heap leans against a wall of the Abbey Theatre in St Albans, north London, Britain June 2020. Acting for Others/Joanna Defelice, Melanie Hamrick and Meaghan Grace Hinkis/Handout via Reuters