susanger Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Has this music ever been used for ballet, either the entire suite (40 mins) or selected movements? The Gadfly story may not be the best for a ballet but the music -- even I could choreograph to it. Link to comment
Drew Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 (edited) There may well be other examples, but this is the relatively recent one that came to my mind (well, I didn't exactly remember...I had to double check)--part of the Shostakovich assemblage Maillot put together for the Taming of the Shrew he created for the Bolshoi: Edited November 26, 2017 by Drew Link to comment
Drew Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) On 11/24/2017 at 10:24 AM, susanger said: Has this music ever been used for ballet, either the entire suite (40 mins) or selected movements? The Gadfly story may not be the best for a ballet but the music -- even I could choreograph to it. I know this is months after the question was originally posed, but when messing about on youtube this morning I discovered that Messerer uses the Gadfly music in Class Concert --a ballet I'm pretty sure I've watched on video before, but still I had not remembered earlier... I think the guilty pleasures in Class Concert come in the more bravura sections of the choreography, but here is this more lyrical bit: Edited February 22, 2018 by Drew Link to comment
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