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Woolf Works revival comes to London

Posted in events, tagged , , on Thursday 12 January 2017| 1 Comment »

Woolf Works, the first revival of Wayne McGregor’s critically acclaimed ballet triptych to music inspired by the works of Virginia Woolf, is playing at London’s Royal Opera House from Jan. 21 to Feb. 14.

With music by Max Richter and starring Alessandra Ferri and Mara Galeazzi, the ballet focuses on thee Woolf novels, Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves. For each, Richter found a unique musical language, with each individual piece connecting with the others for a unifying whole.

The Mrs. Dalloway section opens with the unique 1937 BBC recording of Woolf’s own voice reading her essay “On Craftmanship.” Her radio appearance was part of a BBC series called “Words Fail Me.”

Woolf Works was first presented in London in May 2015 to rave reviews.

What a brilliant, creative human being Virginia Woolf was. It’s been extraordinary once again to have the chance to be engaged in the matters that troubled her, the questions she wrestled with and the visionary quality of the answers she discovered. – Max Richter on how he composed the score for Woolf Works

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In London? See Woolf Works ballet. If not, share your Woolf experience

Posted in events, tagged , on Wednesday 15 April 2015| 3 Comments »

Woolf Works, a ballet based on the life and writings of Virginia Woolf, will be presented by the Royal Ballet May 11-26 at the Royal Opera House in London, and organizers are asking readers of Woolf to share their personal experiences of Woolf by posting comments on the website.

Beresford portrait of Virginia Woolf

Beresford portrait of Virginia Woolf

The full-length eight-performance production interweaves themes from Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando and The Waves, along with Woolf’s letters, essays and diaries.

“Woolf Works expresses the heart of an artistic life driven to discover a freer, uniquely modern realism, and brings to life Woolf’s world of ‘granite and rainbow’ where human beings are at once both physical body and uncontained essence,” according to the Royal Opera House website.

The coreography is by Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor. The score is by Max Richter.

Tickets are available from the Royal Opera House.

In preparation for the ballet and in honor of her birthday this year, organizers are collecting comments from readers of Woolf regarding their personal experiences. The questions include: How did you discover her? What was the first thing you read? What struck you about it? What did (and does) her work mean to you? A selection of comments will be included in the show’s program book.

‘the ‘book itself’ is not form which you see, but emotion which you feel’ – Virginia Woolf, On Re-reading Novels

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