Ballet
Watch a Ballet Scene With Music By Thomas Bangalter, His First Post-Daft Punk Project
Fans of Daft Punk can now listen to new music composed by Thomas Bangalter, whose first project following the robots’ split, a French ballet, has wrapped up its debut run. The legendary Daft Punk member signed on to write the music for “Mythologies,” which dropped the curtain at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux on July 1st before concluding its first cycle on the 10th. The program is now slated for a 37-date national tour. Bangalter’s score is not available to stream but you can watch footage, obtained by Euronews, containing a track from “Mythologies.” The symphonic number features eerie, rhythmic strings and gliding glissandos, recalling the orchestral work found in Daft Punk’s 2013 single “Giorgio by Moroder.” Shades of ambient electron...
Watch a Ballet Scene With Music By Thomas Bangalter, His First Post-Daft Punk Project
Fans of Daft Punk can now listen to new music composed by Thomas Bangalter, whose first project following the robots’ split, a French ballet, has wrapped up its debut run. The legendary Daft Punk member signed on to write the music for “Mythologies,” which dropped the curtain at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux on July 1st before concluding its first cycle on the 10th. The program is now slated for a 37-date national tour. Bangalter’s score is not available to stream but you can watch footage, obtained by Euronews, containing a track from “Mythologies.” The symphonic number features eerie, rhythmic strings and gliding glissandos, recalling the orchestral work found in Daft Punk’s 2013 single “Giorgio by Moroder.” Shades of ambient electron...
Thomas Bangalter’s First Post-Daft Punk Project Is a Ballet Score
The first official post-Daft Punk musical project will land in summer 2022. Legendary Daft Punk member Thomas Bangalter has been confirmed to score a new ballet called Mythologies, which will run July 1-10, 2022 at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France. His music will be performed by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Directed by choreographer and Ballet Preljocaj founder Angelin Preljocaj, the 90-minute production will explore the “founding myths that shape the collective imagination.” Daft Punk split up in February 2021 after 28 years. Wikimedia Commons Recommended Articles “Dance, the art of the unspeakable par excellence, is it not the best way to lay bare our fears, our anxieties, and our hopes?” according to Preljoca...
The Vampire’s Wife x The Royal Ballet Has Us Longing to Watch a Ballet in a Ball Gown
The Vampire’s Wife and The Royal Ballet launched a new creative partnership that sees dancers Charlotte Tonkinson, Nadia Mullova-Barley, Mariko Sasaki, and Marianna Tsembenhoi bring new life to the brand’s exquisite designs. Founder and creative director Susie Cave closely collaborated with Kristen McNally, principal character artist and movement director at The Royal Ballet, to film and photograph the ballerinas in Cave’s hero pieces. “I have had a deep fascination for The Royal Ballet since I was a child,” said Cave in a press statement. “They are one of the world’s great ballet companies. During lockdown, all COVID protocols followed, of course, I invited four dancers to the home of The Vampire’s Wife to dance in my clothes. I watched thes...
