![]() ![]() It streams acclaimed performances from the likes of the Royal Opera House, London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has run successful ticketed events with the likes of New York City Ballet and Signature Theatre Starstruck tickets were available in advance directly from Scottish Ballet and can now be bought for £9.99 via Marquee TV. The film is produced in partnership with Marquee TV, which brings the world’s best dance, opera, theatre and music on demand to televisions and digital screens. The recent Scottish Ballet tour attracted a raft of five star reviews, with critics calling it ‘exuberant escapism’, ‘leggy, sexy and modern’ and ‘a feel-good comeback’. It is based on Gene Kelly’s rarely-performed ballet Pas de Dieux, a play on pas de deux which translates as No Gods, created for Paris Opera Ballet in 1960. The story sees Greek gods descending to Earth to frolic in the South of France. Starstruck is set to Gershwin’s Concerto in F and blends classical ballet with jazz, lindy hop and Charleston. The director combined an old-fashioned way of filming with modern techniques to produce a beautifully-shot movie, that’s both fresh and references the glamorous Golden Age of Hollywood. It wasn’t just a way to bring the show to audiences who couldn’t get to the theatre, but was part of the creative process from the start. It goes beyond merely capturing the live performance, adding more to make it an engaging experience in its own right.įilming Starstruck in partnership with Marquee TV wasn’t an afterthought. Yet the stage show tour was just the start of the company’s creativity, as a forthcoming film of the ballet takes the innovation further. One critic hailed Scottish Ballet’s new production of Starstruck as ‘deliciously unconventional’.
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