Starstruck

Composer: Chopin, Fryderyk

Composer: Gershwin, George

Ballet Company: Scottish Ballet

Choreographer: Kelly, Eugene

Choreographer: Hampson, Christopher

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Choreographer / Zeus: Harrison, Christopher

Pianist / Eros: Micchiardi, Bruno

Stagehand: Shoesmith, Nicholas

Sweetheart Man / Lifeguard: Andreu, Javier

Sweetheart Woman / Girl with Ponytail: Leney, Roseanna

The Star Ballerina / Aphrodite: Martin, Sophie

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Orchestra: Scottish Ballet Orchestra

Conductor: Picard, Jean-Claude

Lighting Designer: McLennan, Lawrie

Set Designer: Brotherston, Lez

Costumer Designer: Brotherston, Lez

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Date of Production: 10-2021

Venue: Festival Theatre, Edinburgh

Playing Time: 00:59:00

Catalogue Number: OA1364D

UPC: 809478013648

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Inspired by Gene Kelly's iconic work in Hollywood, Starstruck, winner of the 2022 Best Dance Film Award at the National Dance Awards, brings an immersive, theatrical experience, in which audiences around the world can escape with us to the glamour and grace of Paris, 1960.

One of the first choreographers to bring the 'American style' to Europe, the legendary Gene Kelly was invited to create an original work for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1960. His jazzy, joyful Pas de Dieux was highly acclaimed at the time as 'a breath of fresh air' but has been rarely performance since. It has now been given a new set of wings for its life on stage and screen.

In collaboration with Kelly's widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, Scottish Ballet's CEO/Artistic Director Christopher Hampson and designer Lez Brotherson (The Snow Queen, The Secret Theatre) have lovingly revived the original ballet and added a delightful new twist. You'll be transported into the world where jazz meets ballet, and the stars align.

Combining live performance capture with cinematic filming techniques and additional elements not seen in the stage production, Starstruck is directed for screen by Oscar Sanson (Dive), and produced in partnership and beyond, and we honour his creative legacy with this playful new ballet.

Set to Gershwin's effortlessly cool Concerto in F, with extracts from Chopin, Starstruck is exactly the evening of entertainment you've been longing for.