Atlanta Ballet Premieres Twyla Tharp's THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN,Thru 2/19

Twyla Tharp's "The Princess and the Goblin" will receive its world premiere by Atlanta Ballet, through February 19, at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta. The full evening ballet, choreographed for young and adult audiences, is a co-commission between Atlanta Ballet and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
   
With a cast of 13 children from Atlanta Ballet's Centre for Dance Education ranging in age from 8 to 15 years old, and professional performers from Atlanta Ballet, the ballet marks Tharp's first work with children.

George MacDonald's late 19th century classic children's tale "The Princess and the Goblin" provided the original springboard for the work and the story on which the ballet is loosely based. For Tharp, like MacDonald, the children's innocent and loving spirit is the driving force and moral heart and soul of the story. Most of the ballet's central characters, general narrative line and moral themes remain true to the MacDonald. 

The music for the ballet is by Franz Schubert, arranged and orchestrated by composer and Schubert scholar Richard Burke; it will be played live by the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra. The set is by Caleb Levengood and costumes are by Anne Armit. The lighting is by Tony Award-winning designer Donald Holder.

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