Building a Ballet
Katie Derham explores the process of creating a brand new ballet with choreographer Aletta Collins and composer David Sawer, from initial concept to final performance.
Katie Derham explores the process of creating a brand new ballet, from commissioning the music and the initial concept, through rehearsals, to the final performance. In February the Linbury Theatre re-opened with Blue Moon - a new ballet for seven female dancers, choreographed by Aletta Collins to a new score by David Sawer. Katie talks to them, along with principal dancers Beatriz Stix-Brunell and Hannah Grennell at all stages of the process about how the whole production comes together.
Producer - Ellie Mant
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David Sawer
April/March (extract)
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay. -
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Kurt Weill
The Seven Deadly Sins (Prolog)
Performer: Lotte Lenya. Librettist: Bertolt Brecht. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Wilhelm Br眉ckner-R眉ggeberg.- Sony Classical.
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John Cage
Bacchanale
Performer: Margaret Leng Tan.- New Albion.
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Hector Berlioz
Romeo and Juliette (Romeo at the Tomb of the Capulets)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Philips.
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Igor Stravinsky
Orpheus (Scene 2)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- CHANDOS : CHAN 9014.
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B茅la Bart贸k
The Miraculous Mandarin (Introduction)
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Deutsche Grammophon.
Broadcast
- Sat 27 Apr 2019 15:00大象传媒 Radio 3
What does Darcey dance to in the kitchen?
Former ballerina. Strictly judge. Playlisting FIEND. These are her top picks for dancing.
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Sound of Dance
Katie Derham explores the relationship between music and dance in a variety of genres.
