Genre Opera/Dance
First Performance 03/11/2011
Closing 04/11/2011
Running Time 2h

Scottish Ballet returns to Sadler’s Wells with Double Bill, originally unveiled at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival.

Kenneth MacMillan’s Song Of The Earth was created for Stuttgart Ballet in 1965 and is set to a live performance of Gustav Mahler’s song cycle Das Lied Von Der Erde. Song Of The Earth explores man’s struggle to accept mortality.

As Resident Choreographer at Boston Ballet, Finnish-born Jorma Elo has also created works for companies including San Francisco Ballet, New York City Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater and Finnish National Ballet. His exciting new work, created for Scottish Ballet, features costumes by Yumiko Takeshima and is set to Mozart’s First Violin Concerto and music by Steve Reich.

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