A Ballet in Valencia
It is 6am and I am wide awake here in my temporary apartment on a quiet medieval street in Valencia, Spain. It is so beautiful! Its like a stone stage set. I am still having difficulty believing I am here.
How it happened....the choreographer Asun Noales discovered my music on iTunes. She choreographed a ballet to "Updraught", "Legions (War)" and "Frozen Angels". Then she was invited to put on the ballet at the Teatro Principal here in Valencia so the music director of the theater contacted me to see if I could produce sheet music for orchestra. However, because I didn't have time to do that (because I was leaving the following day to play at MIT and then join Amanda Palmer's European tour) they asked me to come do it live.
Hmmm...let me think hard about that one...a two week trip to Valencia, Spain to perform with a ballet company in a grand theater that is a copy of La Scala in Milan...how about....FUCK YES?!
So here I am. I've stayed up nearly every night the last 4 days making the music perfect. I'm finally ready, which is good because the premier is today.
Here are the details if any of you happen to be in Spain over the next week (come on, the weather is lovely and the food here is fantastic!).
"Llebeig"
danced by the Ballet de Teatres de la Generalitat
choreography by Asun Noales
live music by Zoe Keating
Teatro Principal
Valencia, Spain
Nov 20, 21, 22 and 28 at 9pm
Nov 23, 26 and 27 at 7pm
10 to 20 Euro
tickets here: http://www.bancajaticket.es/Servientrada/janto/main.php
Celloly yours from Spain,
Zoe
How it happened....the choreographer Asun Noales discovered my music on iTunes. She choreographed a ballet to "Updraught", "Legions (War)" and "Frozen Angels". Then she was invited to put on the ballet at the Teatro Principal here in Valencia so the music director of the theater contacted me to see if I could produce sheet music for orchestra. However, because I didn't have time to do that (because I was leaving the following day to play at MIT and then join Amanda Palmer's European tour) they asked me to come do it live.
Hmmm...let me think hard about that one...a two week trip to Valencia, Spain to perform with a ballet company in a grand theater that is a copy of La Scala in Milan...how about....FUCK YES?!
So here I am. I've stayed up nearly every night the last 4 days making the music perfect. I'm finally ready, which is good because the premier is today.
Here are the details if any of you happen to be in Spain over the next week (come on, the weather is lovely and the food here is fantastic!).
"Llebeig"
danced by the Ballet de Teatres de la Generalitat
choreography by Asun Noales
live music by Zoe Keating
Teatro Principal
Valencia, Spain
Nov 20, 21, 22 and 28 at 9pm
Nov 23, 26 and 27 at 7pm
10 to 20 Euro
tickets here: http://www.bancajaticket.es/Servientrada/janto/main.php
Celloly yours from Spain,
Zoe
posted by helenahandbasket
6 Comments:
That is amaaaaazing.
Rock that shit.
Zoe, I just this week discovered your music while listening to the RadioLab podcast that featured you.
All I can say is, AWESOME, and I immediately went to iTunes and bought both your albums.
Can't wait for you to finish your new album!
With much fanboy love,
Jerry
Wow, that looks fantastic.
I hope you're having a good time.
And you discovered chocolate and churros... mmmm.
I wish I was in Spain for that. I only just discovered your music today while listening to a Yo-yo Ma station on Last.fm. I also see that you'll be at SFO tomorrow, but I have to work. Perhaps I will have to call in sick.
It's not too much to hope that an official video recording of this was made? It's the only way many of us will get to enjoy it. otherwise, one more lovely bit of ephemera...
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