Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: David Bowie
Costumes by: Christine Darch
Lighting and Set Design by:
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The Program
BALLAD UNTO ...
Complexions Premiere – Philadelphia, Pa. (October 2015)
Ballad Unto… was created for and premiered by Tulsa Ballet, September 2015
Choreography by: Dwight Rhoden
Music by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Costume Design by: Christine Darch
Lighting and Set Design by: Michael Korsch
Performed by: The Company
Ballad Unto… rolls onto the stage with a bold and sprawling emotionality,
as seven couples interact in an intimate abstraction of love.
INTERMISSION
STAR DUST
(World Premiere May 2016/ Detroit, MI)
A Ballet Tribute to David Bowie
STAR DUST is the first installment of a full evening length ballet tribute to the genre-bending
innovation of one of the most prolific rock stars of our time – David Bowie. This ballet takes
an array of his hits and lays a visual imprint, inspired by his unique personas and his restless
invention artistically – to create a rock opera-style production in his honor. With Bowie’s 40+
year career and 25 albums that stretch across musical borders – STAR DUST pays homage to
the iconic and chameleonic spirit of what can only be described as ... Bowie.
* STAR DUST was generously commissioned by Detroit’s Music Hall.
Special thanks to Vince Paul
Michael Korsch
Performed by: The Company
I. LAZARUS (Blackstar album 2016)
Brandon Gray & The Company
II. CHANGES (Hunky Dory album 1971)
Andrew Brader & The Company
III. LIFE ON MARS
(Hunky Dory album 1971)
Greg Blackmon & The Company
IV. SPACE ODDITY
(Space Oddity album 1969)
Addison Ector & The Company
V. 1984 (Diamond Dogs album 1974)
Timothy Stickney & The Company
VI. HEROES (Heroes album 1977)
Sung by Peter Gabriel
Shanna Irwin, Simon Plant, Addison
Ector, YoungSil Kim, Kelly Marsh IV and
Brandon Gray
VII. MODERN LOVE
(Let’s Dance album 1983)
The Company
VIII. ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE
(“The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust” and
“The Spiders” from Mars album 1972)
Simon Plant & The Company
IX. YOUNG AMERICANS
(Young Americans album 1975)
The Company
“Warszawa”
Written by David Bowie & Brian Eno
Published by Tintoretto Music (BMI)
administered by RZO Music, Inc EMI
Music Publishing Ltd.
“Lazarus “
Written by David Bowie
Publishers: Nipple Music (BMI)
administered by RZO Music, Inc.