 Event |
Salute
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| Venue |
National Tour, New Zealand |
| First Date |
22 May 2015 |
| Last Date |
25 June 2015 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
Remembering WW1: Four dance works. Gareth Farr was commissioned to compose music for a 20-minute ballet set to a brass band for Salute, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing, and wrote Dear Horizon. Also commissioned: Passchendaele by choreographer Neil Ieremia and composer Dwayne Bloomfield, and other pieces by European choreographers Jiri Kylian and Johan Kobborg. … Haunting melodies and percussive volleys of brass, performed superbly by th New Zealand Army Band, erupt from the pit for three of the works. … |
| Primary Genre |
Dance
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| Secondary Genre |
Ballet
|
| Subjects |
Gallipoli
War
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Further Information |
Regent Theatre Dunedin, 3 June. National tour 22 May - 25 June 2015.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
202272 |
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