Interview with Stanton Welch about Body, Soul & Gershwin

Houston Ballet artistic director Stanton Welch discusses Houston Ballet's production of Body, Soul & Gershwin, running Sept. 9-19, 2010.

Set to Maurice Ravel's Concerto for Piano in G major, Stanton Welch's Tu Tu is a large ensemble classical work in three movements featuring 22 dancers, outfitted in brilliantly colored tutus and briefs, in a humorous, sexy romp. Inspired by a painting by Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch and English composer Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem with its images of the sea engulfing the land, Jiří Kylián's Forgotten Land suggests the rising waves of a grey sea, the ebb and flow of life, and themes of metamorphosis central to human existence. A lavish, crowd-pleasing blockbuster inspired by the movie musicals of Hollywood's golden age, Mr. Welch's The Core is a highly theatrical depiction of the Big Apple, incorporating archetypal New York characters with plenty of Broadway flash and dazzle.

More information about this production can be found at www.houstonballet.org.

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