Thursday 22 January 2009. 08:00 PMFriday 23 January 2009. 08:00 PMSaturday 24 January 2009. 08:00 PMTuesday 27 January 2009. 08:00 PMWednesday 28 January 2009. 08:00 PMThursday 29 January 2009. 08:00 PMFriday 30 January 2009. 08:00 PM Click here to see all dates
Christopher Wheeldon is one of the most celebrated figures in contemporary ballet. He has created works for leading companies such as New York City Ballet, The Royal Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Metropolitan Opera and The Australian Ballet. The scope and originality of his work has won him an unrivaled international reputation, with several of his works acclaimed as modern masterpieces. For its Sydney Festival season Morphoses brings such acclaimed works to the stage as Wheeldon’s 2001 masterpiece Polyphonia, set to piano music by György Ligeti, and his new work, the profoundly beautiful Fools’ Paradise, accompanied by a chamber orchestra. These works will be joined by William Forsythe’s Slingerland Pas de Deux, tautly engineered to Gavin Bryars’ music for string quartet. Wheeldon has assembled an outstanding international troupe of 15 dancers from around the world, including Silja Schandorff, a principal of the Royal Danish Ballet, Australian Damian Smith, San Francisco Ballet principal, and The Australian Ballet principals Lucinda Dunn and Robert Curran.
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MLC Centre, King St Sydney, NSW 2000
