Ballet

Chroma

Chroma is a ballet choreographed by Wayne McGregor to music by Jack White and Joby Talbot, first performed in 2006. Chroma is a one-act contemporary ballet created by Wayne McGregor for the Royal Ballet.

Choreography
Wayne McGregor
Music
Jack White, Joby Talbot
Premiere
2006
First performed at
Royal Opera House

About the work

Chroma is a one-act contemporary ballet created by Wayne McGregor for the Royal Ballet. The work received its premiere at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on 17 November 2006. The ballet is performed to a combination of original music by Joby Talbot and arrangements of music by the White Stripes, with orchestrations by Christopher Austin. The ballet was a great success, winning a number of awards, including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, and led to The Royal Ballet appointing McGregor as resident choreographer.

From the Wikipedia article “Chroma (ballet)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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