Wednesday 30 October 2019

Performed by Birmingham Royal A BRIEF NOSTALGIA

A Brief Nostalgia is a Co-Production between and Queensland Ballet, and is a Ballet Now commission

Choreography Jack Lister; Music Tom Harrold; Design Thomas Mika; Lighting Alexander Berlage

Delia Mathews Brandon Lawrence Maureya Lebowitz Mathias Dingman Momoko Hirata Tzu-Chao Chou Samara Downs Max Maslen Alys Shee Lachlan Monaghan Beatrice Parma Kit Holder

ROYAL BALLET SINFONIA Conductor Martin Georgiev; Leader Robert Gibbs

Ballet Now is generously supported by Oak Foundation’s Special Interest Programme, which provided major funding for the project. Ballet Now is also supported by the Foyle Foundation, Anthony Coombs and The Keith Coombs Trust, The Big Give 2017, The John Feeney Charitable Trust, The Leche Trust, The John S Cohen Foundation, The Hochhauser Foundation, The H Steven and PE Wood Charitable Trust, The W and M Morris Charitable Trust, the estate of Judith and John Percival, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s New Work Syndicate 2017 and Director’s Appeal 2017.

Music score for A Brief Nostalgia is supported by the RVW Trust

INTERVAL

Performed by Ballet Black Founder & Artistic Director: Cassa Pancho mbe THE SUIT Choreography Cathy Marston; Music Philip Feeney; arrangement of Kronos Quartet pieces; Design Jane Heather; Lighting David Plater; Dramaturgy Edward Kemp

Matilda Cira Robinson Philemon José Alves Simon Mthuthuzeli November The Chorus and inhabitants of Sophiatown Isabela Coracy, Sayaka Ichikawa , Marie Astrid Mence, Ebony Thomas

INTERVAL Performed by Birmingham Royal Ballet NINE SINATRA SONGS

For Rhoda and Jerry Oster –

Choreography Twyla Tharp (© 1992 Twyla Tharp); Songs sung by Frank Sinatra; Scenic design originally by Santo Loquasto; Original costume designs by Oscar de la Renta; Lighting originally by ; Staged by Richard Colton With appreciation to Sinatra Enterprises and the Frank Sinatra Foundation

I Softly As I Leave You Yaoqian Shang, Rory Mackay

II Strangers in the Night Emma Price, Alexander Yap

III One for My Baby (and One More For the Road) Rachele Pizzillo, Edivaldo Souza da Silva

IV My Way Rachele Pizzillo, Emma Price, Yaoqian Shang Rory Mackay, Edivaldo Souza da Silva, Alexander Yap

V Somethin’ Stupid Alys Shee, Aitor Galende

VI All the Way Lynsey Sutherland, Haoliang Feng

VII Forget Domani Karla Doorbar, James Barton

VIII That’s Life Maureya Lebowitz, Max Maslen

IX My Way Entire Cast

APPROXIMATE TIMINGS A Brief Nostalgia 30 minutes; Interval 25 minutes; The Suit 37 minutes; Interval 20 minutes; Nine Sinatra Songs 31 minutes The performance will end at approximately 10pm

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