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After 2009’s hugely successful 40th anniversary performances at Sadler’s Wells, Scottish Ballet returns with an atmospheric double bill originally unveiled at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival.

Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth was created for Stuttgart Ballet in 1965 at the invitation of Artistic Director John Cranko. Set to a live performance of Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied von der Erde, the lyrics to which were translated from a collection of eighth century Chinese poems offering bittersweet reflections on human emotion, Song of the Earth explores man’s struggle to accept mortality.

As Resident Choreographer at Boston Ballet, Finnish-born Jorma Elo has become an increasingly sought-after talent across the US and Europe, and has also created works for companies including San Francisco Ballet, New York City Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater and Finnish National Ballet. His exciting new work, created for Scottish Ballet, features costumes by Yumiko Takeshima and is set to Mozart’s First Violin Concerto and music by Steve Reich.

Double Bill: New Work (Title TBC)
Choreography: Jorma Elo
Music: Mozart/Steve Reich
Mozart’s first Violin Concerto (live orchestra) and Steve Reich (Double Sextet) 1st Movement (recording)

Song of the Earth
Choreography: Kenneth MacMillan
Music: Gustav Mahler

All Live Events

39 Steps | A Tale of Two Cities | A Walk On Part: The Fall Of New Labour | Abigail's Party | Afternoon Tea Cruise | Akram Khan - Desh | An Instinct For Kindness | Ballet Revolucion | Billy Elliot | Blood Brothers | Chariots of Fire | Chicago | Chicken | Classic Lunch Cruise | Democracy | Derren Brown: Svengali | Drag Divas | Dreamboats and Petticoats | Evening Dinner Cruise | GATZ | Ghost | Hay Fever | Horrible Histories | Jersey Boys | Julius Caesar | Jumpy | Les Miserables | Let It Be | Lion King | London Dungeon | London Eye | Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Madame Tussauds | Mamma Mia! | Mamma Mia! | Matilda The Musical | Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words | Mercury Fur | Mousetrap | Much Ado About Nothing | Naked Boys Singing | Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer LIVE! | Noises Off | One Man, Two Guvnors | Paul Merton Out Of My Head | Phantom of The Opera | Posh | Rambert Dance Company: Mixed Bill | Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete World Of Sports(Abridged) | Richard III | Rock Of Ages | Room On The Broom | San Francisco Ballet: Programme A | San Francisco Ballet: Programme B | San Franciso Ballet: Programme C | Shrek The Musical | Singin' In The Rain | Snowman, The | South Downs/The Browning Version | Step 9 (of 12) | Stomp | Sweeney Todd | The Bodyguard | The Duchess of Malfi | The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe | The Mystery Of Edwin Drood | The Sunshine Boys | Thriller Live | Tiger Who Came to Tea | Top Hat | Torch Song Trilogy | Travelling Light | Twelfth Night | Wah! Wah! Girls | Walking With Dinosaurs | War Horse | We Will Rock You | What The Butler Saw | Wicked | Wizard of Oz | Woman In Black | Written On The Heart | Yes, Prime Minister | ZooNation: Some Like It Hip Hop

 

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