Shadows of War opens with Kenneth MacMillan's La Fin du Jour, capturing the glamorous lifestyle of the 1930s wealthy, using Maurice Ravel's score to create an elegy to a lifestyle lost to World War II. Miracle in the Gorbals has been specially re-created for the company by Dame Gillian Lynne, from Robert Helpmann's original work set in 1940s Glasgow and danced to music by Sir Arthur Bliss. The programme closes with David Bintley's Flowers of the Forest; with music by Malcolm Arnold and Benjamin Britten, it contrasts picture-postcard Scotland with its own bloody history. Birmingham Royal Ballet - Shadows of War website.| 17 Oct 14 to 18 Oct 14 | Sadler's Wells Theatre Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
