"average"" critical response. The ballet tells of a love story based in two fantastic worlds – the ""pure"" ocean kingdom, and the Earth kingdom with its ""sort of baddies"" who threaten the underwater way of life. According to McCartney, love happens when earth meets water, and ""you'll have to see whether the couple make it"". His score for the ballet consists of four orchestral movements. All pieces by Paul McCartney. Available through iTunes and as a digital download with the code card included in the CD and LP, it contains the studio & live versions of the four movements. The"
"Ocean's Kingdom Ocean's Kingdom is the fifth classical album by Paul McCartney. It is the score of the ballet of the same name, commissioned by the New York City Ballet. It was performed by the London Classical Orchestra and conducted by John Wilson. The album was released on CD and vinyl, on 3 October 2011 by Decca (UK) and October 4 (US) by Hear Music/Telarc (US). In the United States, it peaked at number 144 on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart. The album has a score of 60 out of 100 at Metacritic, based on eight reviews, signifying a ""mixed or"
"his warriors. Against the wishes of the lovers, Scala turns back to stop the advancing army, and though she is ignored by them she magically conjures up a storm which envelopes and destroys them. To the horror of Honorata and Stone, Scala also perishes. They escape and are met by friendly forces from the Ocean Kingdom. They return home in triumph and as the celebrations subside and the lovers are left alone, the spirit of Scala makes a final appearance to bless their union. Ocean's Kingdom (ballet) Ocean's Kingdom is a ballet choreographed by Peter Martins for the New York"
"the Russian composer Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914) to write the music. There is no evidence, however, despite the much-repeated story that Lyadov was slow to start composing the work, that he ever accepted the commission to begin with. There is evidence to suggest that Nikolai Tcherepnin had previously started composing music for the ballet—music which became ""The Enchanted Kingdom""—but that Tcherepnin, for reasons unexplained, withdrew from the project after completing only one scene. Diaghilev eventually transferred the commission to the 28-year-old Stravinsky. The ballet was premiered by the Ballets Russes at the Palais Garnier in Paris on 25 June 1910, conducted"
"The Enchanted Island (2011 opera) The Enchanted Island is a ""pasticcio"" (pastiche) of music by various baroque composers, including George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Jean-Philippe Rameau, devised and written by Jeremy Sams after ""The Tempest"" and ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" by William Shakespeare. It was created by Julian Crouch and Phelim McDermott and premiered by the Metropolitan Opera on December 31, 2011, starring David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, Danielle de Niese, Luca Pisaroni, and Lisette Oropesa. The popular 70-year-old Spanish tenor, Plácido Domingo, played the small but important part of the sea god Neptune. The following month a performance of"
"Music for an Aquatic Ballet Music for an Aquatic Ballet is the most commonly used title to refer to an untitled composition by American avant-garde composer John Cage. It was presumably finished in 1938, for its performance at the National Aquatic Show in Los Angeles. Even though the score of the composition is lost and has never been published nor performed after its premiere, some of Cage's fellow musicians have loosely reconstructed it. This composition was commissioned by the Physical Education Department of the University of California, Los Angeles to celebrate the National Aquatic Show at the Olympic Swim Stadium"
"nominees Denise Richards and Tom Arnold. She is also known to be frequently collaborating with multi regional Emmy Award winning director Bobby Grubic. As a recording artist Sonya can be heard on various soundtracks including Daniel Licht's ""Dexter Season 7"" soundtrack. In 2013 Belousova was commissioned by the Festival Ballet Providence, Rhode Island’s premiere professional ballet company, to write music for the new ballet ""Orchis"" in collaboration with award winning choreographer Viktor Plotnikov. I listen to the music, what it tells me…and I have the piece, — Plotnikov, to Rhode Island Public Radio.The ballet premiered on March 8, 2013 at"
"""The League of Gentlemen"" (1999–2002); silent film scores """" (1999) and ""The Dying Swan"" (2002) for the British Film Institute; film scores ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" (2005), ""Son of Rambow"" (2007) and ""Penelope"" (2008). Works for dance include ""Chroma"" (2006), ""Genus"" (2007), ""Fool's Paradise"" (2007), ""Chamber Symphony"" (2012), ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"" (2011, revived 2012 and 2013) and ""The Winter's Tale"" (2014), the latter two being full-length narrative ballet scores commissioned by The Royal Ballet and the National Ballet of Canada. Talbot premiered his first opera in January 2015 with Dallas Opera. A one-act work entitled ""Everest"" and"
"City Ballet, ""The Lost Dancer"", which was world-premiered in New York City in May 2010 under the title ""Why am I not where you are"" (choreography by Benjamin Millepied, scenic designs by Santiago Calatrava). After being composer in residence with the Orchestre National de Lille, the Orchestre de Bretagne and the Orchestre National de Lyon, he will take up his position as associated composer with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris in September 2011. His music is performed by orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra or the Orchestre de Paris, by choirs such"
"Blue Sea"", released in 2011, directed by Terence Davies and starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston, featured in its soundtrack Barber's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14, performed by Hilary Hahn and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff. Samuel Barber Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century; music critic Donal Henahan stated that ""probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim.""."
"""Song of the Earth"" (Paris Opera Ballet, 2015). In 2017 he created and directed a new production of Gluck's ""Orfeo ed Euridice"" for the Lyric Opera of Chicago featuring the Joffrey Ballet. John Neumeier John Neumeier (born 24 February 1939) is an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director. He has been the director and chief choreographer of Hamburg Ballet since 1973. Five years later he founded the Hamburg Ballet School, which also includes a boarding school for students. In 1996, Neumeier was made ballet director of Hamburg State Opera. Neumeier was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he received his first"
"Stevenson left the Houston Ballet after 27 years as Artistic Director. Acclaimed as one of the world's leading choreographers, he is now Artistic Director of the Texas Ballet Theater. Charles C. Foster still practices law in Houston. He is recognized internationally as an authority on Immigration Law. Elizabeth Mackey (Liz) danced with the Oklahoma Ballet for some years. She is now a speech therapist, working mainly with children. The soundtrack score was composed by Australian composer Christopher Gordon. The score utilises a standard Western orchestra, with the addition of a number of Chinese instruments. The score won the Best Original"
"created the choreography for the production. The Mark Morris Dance Group premiered the work at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in New York state. The production subsequently began a year-long tour to include Berkeley, Norfolk, London, New York, and Chicago. In 2011, the National Ballet of Canada premiered a new choreography of ""Romeo and Juliet"" by Alexei Ratmansky in Toronto, with plans to take it on tour in Western Canada in early 2012. In addition to a somewhat standard instrumentation, the ballet also requires the use of the tenor saxophone. This voice adds a unique"
"also announced that his debut album, ""In Colour"", would be out on 1 June 2015. Ahead of its release, ""In Colour"" was streamed on iTunes as a preview with album-spanning visuals that 'reacted' to each sound. Jamie xx composed the score for a ballet, ""Tree of Codes"", commissioned by Manchester International Festival for its 2015 edition. Based on a novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer, the ballet was choreographed by Wayne McGregor and had a set created by Olafur Eliasson. Jamie xx James Thomas Smith (born 28 October 1988), known professionally as Jamie xx, is an English"
"was familiar, yet original; the choreography sleek, yet classical; the music, a fresh-sounding amalgam of jazz riffs and swirls, based on the themes of one vintage composer. And it is the belle of the ball"". In May 2012, the company presented the World Premiere of ""The Doorway - Scenes from Leonard Cohen"", a contemporary dance piece based on the words and music of Cohen, choreographed by Jorden Morris. Morris' previous works for the RWB include the highly successful full-length classical ballet ""Peter Pan"" (2006) and ""Moulin Rouge - The Ballet"" (2009 premiere). In this newest ballet, consisting of five vignettes,"
"as choreography, staging, lighting, and costumes. The movie was filmed and directed by Jody Lee Lipes, an American cinematographer known for his cinematography in the television show ""Girls"" and film ""Manchester by the Sea"". ! colspan=""3"" | New York City Ballet Justin Peck Justin Peck (born September 8, 1987) is an American choreographer and dancer associated with New York City Ballet, of which he was appointed Resident Choreographer in July 2014, being the second person in the history of the institution to hold this title. In 2018 he won the Tony Award for Best Choreography for his work on the"
"Swimmer (ballet) Swimmer is a 42-minute ballet made by Yuri Possokhov set to music he commissioned from Shinji Eshima, plus existing music by Kathleen Brennan, Gavin Bryars and Tom Waits, for the San Francisco Ballet. The première took place on Friday, 10 April 2015 at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco and it was revived by the company in 2016. Based on the 1964 short story by John Cheever called ""The Swimmer,"" it incorporates the choreographer's vision of the United States while growing up in the Soviet Union. Other sources of inspiration included Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, J.D. Salinger’s The"
"unfinished work by George Butterworth and gave the world premier with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the 2015 English Music Festival. His orchestration for the Kenneth MacMillan Ballet Manon was made for the Royal Ballet in 2011 and is now used throughout the world and his orchestration of the Carlos Acosta Ballet ""Don Quixote"" was made for the Royal Ballet and premiered in September 2013. In 2015 he orchestrated and arranged two ballet versions of Carmen; one in three acts for Liam Scarlett for Norwegian National Ballet and one in one act for Carlos Acosta for the Royal Ballet. In"
"the score for the ""Psychosomatic Wellness"" CD by Dr. Candace Pert. Lanny Meyers Lanny Meyers is an American composer, orchestrator, principal arranger and musical director. He has composed the ballet ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" (Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and Oklahoma City Ballet), ""The Hunt of the Unique-Horn"" (Long Beach Ballet Co.), film scores for the 1992 Sundance Award winning documentary """", New Line Cinema's ""The First Time"" (1983), and many award-winning animated films for Buzzco Assoc. He arranged and orchestrated ""The Berenstain Bears Show"" TV series, and, (with Rupert Holmes), the cable TV series ""Remember WENN"" (1996). He also"
"of Glamorgan Festival and ""New Music for New Age"" from The Washington Chorus. O'Regan's first full-length ballet score (""Mata Hari"", based on the life of Margaretha Zelle MacLeod), commissioned by the Dutch National Ballet with choreography by Ted Brandsen, opened on February 6, 2016 in Amsterdam. On September 30, 2016 ""Mata Hari"" was released in DVD and Blu-ray formats by EuroArts, distributed by Warner Classics; the ballet will be revived for a further run in October, 2017. In February, 2017, O'Regan's first album of orchestral music, ""A Celestial Map of the Sky"", performed by The Hallé under the direction of"
"L'Île Enchantée L'Île Enchantée (literally, The Enchanted Island) is an 1864 ballet by Arthur Sullivan written as a divertissement at the end of Vincenzo Bellini's ""La Sonnambula"" at Covent Garden. It was choreographed by H. Desplaces. Arthur Sullivan was the organist for the Royal Italian Opera at Covent Garden, precursor to the Royal Opera, under the direction of Sir Michael Costa. He had made a sensation at The Crystal Palace with his incidental music to ""The Tempest"" in 1862. In the Victorian era, it was customary for opera companies, when performing a shorter opera, to present a short ballet as"
"headline ""Equilibrium"". The music score is by Miklós Rózsa. The soundtrack featured the 18th Variation from Sergei Rachmaninoff's ""Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini"", performed by the pianist Jakob Gimpel for ""The Jealous Lover"". Choreography for ""The Jealous Lover"" was by Frederick Ashton. On an ocean liner, a passenger recognizes famed ballet creator Charles Coudray (James Mason), and asks him politely why one of his works has never been performed since its debut. When Coudray remains silent, the fan leaves him alone with his thoughts, leading to a flashback. Ballerina Paula Woodward (Moira Shearer) auditions for Coudray. Coudray is impressed,"
"currently Artistic Associate. When Wheeldon was appointed to choreograph The Royal Ballet's first new, full-length narrative ballet commissioned in almost 20 years, he approached Talbot to write the score. ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"", commissioned jointly by the Royal and the National Ballet of Canada, premiered at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden on 28 February 2011, and at the Four Seasons Performing Arts Centre, Toronto, on 4 June 2011. The production has had its third consecutive run with The Royal Ballet in March 2013 and has thus far been successfully toured to Los Angeles and Washington D.C. by the National"
"participated in Rossiya K’s ""Grand Ballet Project"" (televised in December 2012), where they were awarded the Grand Prix as ""Best Ballet Duo"". In 2013, Ovcharenko was promoted to the rank of Principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2010 Lord Wilson-Taor (Debut), Fisherman (""The Pharaoh's Daughter"", choreography by Pierre Lacotte according to the version of Marius Petipa) 2011 Antoine Mistral (""Flames of Paris"", choreography by Alexei Ratmansky with use of the original choreography by Vasily Vainonen) Phoebus (""La Esmeralda"", choreography by Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev, new version at"
"Will Tuckett Will Tuckett (born 1969) is an English choreographer, who has created works for the English National Ballet and the Royal Ballet. Will Tuckett was born in Birmingham in 1969. He trained at the Royal Ballet School. Tuckett won the 2014 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment for ""The Wind in the Willows"". Tuckett has choreographed for the Royal Ballet, the English National Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, Ballet Black, National Ballet of China, K Ballet in Japan, Sarasota Ballet in the United States, Balletboyz, Rambert Dance Company . His production of ""In the Night Garden Live"" has"
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (ballet) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a ballet in three acts by Christopher Wheeldon with a scenario by Nicholas Wright. It was commissioned by The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, and the National Ballet of Canada and had its world premiere on Monday, 28 February 2011. The music by Joby Talbot is the first full-length score (1 hour 40 minutes) for the Royal Ballet in 20 years. The work is based on Lewis Carroll's well-known children's story ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". Wheeldon was attracted by the physicality of the characters and the perfect central role for a"
"Ballet of Canada. ""The New York Times"" stated in 2011: ""Mr. Talbot's score is the trump card for ""Alice""."" The 2012 and 2013 productions received very good to excellent reviews. Talbot was praised for his ""sublimely witty score, which seems to use every instrument to match the sounds from the pit to the action on the stage, creating a lush soundscape that drives the action."" A suite from ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"", along with the score from the duo's first collaboration ""Fool's Paradise"", was recorded in London in November 2012 by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Christopher Austin and released"
"band in 2012. His most recent work is a world premiere ballet based on King Arthur's Camelot with the Cincinnati Ballet, premiering in February 2014. The work was commissioned as part of the Cincinnati Ballet's 50th season. John Estacio John Estacio (born April 8, 1966) is a contemporary Canadian composer. Estacio was born in Newmarket, Ontario. Raised in the farming community of the Holland Marsh, Ontario, Estacio took piano and accordion lessons, and played church organ every Sunday. As a teenager, he created soundtracks for short student films, played trumpet, and performed in high school productions of Broadway musicals. He"
"choreographer Robert Helpmann. The next collaborator to be identified was the designer, Edward Burra. The composer Arthur Bliss set to work on the score, with scenario and initial designs before him. The Royal Ballet performed the ballet every season from 1944 to 1950 and revived it in 1958, but it did not perform it in Glasgow itself when touring Scotland in 1945. They also performed the ballet in Paris. Bliss wrote the music in 1943 after his return from the United States. He created a concert suite from the ballet music, choosing seven of the fifteen numbers in the ballet,"
"been touring for 10 years and has now been seen by over a million people. He has directed and co-directed work for the BBC, Sky Arts, Channel 4, Wow Wow Television, Japan. He has created movement for various feature films and television shows. He was the Clore Dance Fellow 2008. He is represented by United Agents. Will Tuckett Will Tuckett (born 1969) is an English choreographer, who has created works for the English National Ballet and the Royal Ballet. Will Tuckett was born in Birmingham in 1969. He trained at the Royal Ballet School. Tuckett won the 2014 Laurence Olivier"
"from the Sea"", ""Transit of Venus"" and ""Cloudpark"", all of which went on to form part of Talbot's score for the Royal Ballet production ""Chroma"" (2005), his first collaboration with current Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor C.B.E. McGregor had heard Talbot's 2004 orchestral work ""Hovercraft"" and approached him about creating a larger score around this. The remaining elements of the ""Chroma"" score are the tracks 'Aluminum', 'Blue Orchid' and 'Hardest Button to Button' from Talbot's 2005 instrumental covers album of songs by The White Stripes, entitled ""Aluminium"", a project conceived and executed in partnership with XL Recordings founder Richard"
"Catcher in the Rye, Jack London's Martin Eden and Edward Hopper's 1942 painting Nighthawks. The creative team consisted of costume designer Mark Zappone, lighting designer David Finn, scenic designer Alexander V. Nichols and video designer Kate Duhamel. The world premiere cast included Taras Domitro in the title role, as well as Maria Kochetkova, Tiit Helimets, Lorena Feijóo, Yuan Yuan Tan and Vitor Luiz. Swimmer (ballet) Swimmer is a 42-minute ballet made by Yuri Possokhov set to music he commissioned from Shinji Eshima, plus existing music by Kathleen Brennan, Gavin Bryars and Tom Waits, for the San Francisco Ballet. The première"
"2011, theatrical distributor IndieNetFilms arranged for additional screenings throughout the U.S. and Canada. In December 2011, the U.S. premiere of John Neumeier's ""The Little Mermaid"", performed by San Francisco Ballet, was broadcast nationally on PBS's ""Great Performances: Dance in America"", and also internationally. DVDs of the ""Nutcracker"" and ""The Little Mermaid"" performances were released in 2008 and 2011, respectively. CD recordings of the complete score of ""Nutcracker"" and Shinji Eshima's ""RAkU"" were released in 2010 and 2012, respectively. The company has garnered numerous accolades and awards. In 2005, San Francisco Ballet won its first Laurence Olivier Award, in the category"