Billboards (ballet)

Billboards

Poster for Billboards
Music Prince
Productions University of Iowa (January 1993); Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (July 1993); Brooklyn Academy of Music (November 1993)

Billboards is a ballet created by the Joffrey Ballet featuring the works of Prince.[1][2] The premiere was on Wednesday, January 27, 1993, at Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

No new music was used, although Prince contributed a special extended ten-minute orchestrated version of "Thunder" from the Diamonds and Pearls album. A video of the performance was released on VHS in February 1994,[3] and on Laserdisc format.

Acts[4]

I: Sometimes It Snows in April (choreographed by Laura Dean)

II: Thunder (choreographed by Charles Moulton)

III: Slide (choreographed by Margo Sappington)

IV: Willing & Able (choreographed by Peter Pucci)

References

  1. Reynolds, J.R. (July 27, 1996). "The Rhythm and the Blues". Billboard. p. 15.
  2. Tobias, Tobi (November 29, 1993). "Dance". New York. p. 75.
  3. http://www.amazon.com/Billboards-Joffrey-Ballet-music-Prince/dp/6303018408
  4. Kisselgoff, Anna (November 28, 1993). "DANCE VIEW; Prince's Music, Joffrey Dancers: MTV on Point". The New York Times.
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