Choral Ballet to Premiere in St. Paul, MN
Devised by composer Timothy C. Takach and choreographer Penelope Freeh, the new choral ballet Unfashioned Creature will anchor the James Sewell Ballet performance. The work is poetically rooted in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and explores key aspects relating to personhood: otherness, abandonment, despair, and hopeful yearning. The music features cello, percussion, and MPLS (imPulse), who will perform a fractured libretto comprising Shelley’s text.
Also on the program are remounts of two Sewell fall favorites: excerpts from "Takes on Poe" (2012); and "Grave Matters" (2011), which combines undead charm and morbid wit in a playful zombie ballet.