Erin Bomboy
I'm working on a 21st-century retelling of the ballet Giselle, which will premiere on June 28, 2017, 176 years after the original production (I got the idea on the 175th anniversary but was too involved with The Winner: A Ballroom Dance Novel to do more than jot down the idea). My overarching goal is to preserve the integrity of the original production through scenes and choreography while making it believable and relevant to our contemporary world.
For instance, I'm reworking the motifs from Adolphe Adam's score into cell phone rings. Rhineland in the Middle Ages is now current-day Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As for Giselle, Hilarion, and Albrecht, you'll have to see how I refashioned them for the modern world. (Spoiler alert: Giselle still loves to dance.) And those Wilis, well, watch out, two-timing men. They're coming for you.
For instance, I'm reworking the motifs from Adolphe Adam's score into cell phone rings. Rhineland in the Middle Ages is now current-day Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As for Giselle, Hilarion, and Albrecht, you'll have to see how I refashioned them for the modern world. (Spoiler alert: Giselle still loves to dance.) And those Wilis, well, watch out, two-timing men. They're coming for you.
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