Ripley, The Lives of Others) to create the original score. McGregor approached acclaimed film composer Gabriel Yared ( The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Niffenegger’s accompanying novella with her aquatint illustrations is published by Jonathan Cape. The result is a unique piece of visual theatre. McGregor explained, ‘I wanted a story that in some way connected with the ballet stories of the past… and that involves something surreal, something that delves into consciousness’. McGregor collaborated with visual artist and award-winning writer Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller’s Wife, to create a fairytale ballet that looked back to classics such as Swan Lake but was told with a distinctly modern sensibility. The elegiac Raven Girl (2013) is Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor’s seventh work for the main stage at Covent Garden, and his most story-led yet.
Here she meets the Raven Prince, who accepts her for who she is. Alone, she returns to the place her father found her mother. Full of remorse, the Raven Girl drifts down to his dead body. The Raven Girl approaches him and asks: Can he give her wings?Ī Boy who loves the Raven Girl is horrified at her mutilation and pushes the Doctor out the window. At university she meets a Doctor who lectures on chimeras. She longs to fly like her mother but has no wings. They fall in love and in time have the Raven Girl. More information can be found at the Royal Opera House website: Ī mixed programme of ballets inspired by science and fairytale, featuring works from two British choreographers closely associated with The Royal Ballet, Alastair Marriott and Wayne McGregor.Ī Postman finds a young raven, fallen from its nest.
A modern fairytale from Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, in collaboration with award-winning writer Audrey Niffenegger and composer Gabriel Yared. This work is being performed as part of a mixed programme.
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