Scottish Ballet, under the artistic direction of Christopher Hampson, is set to unveil the world’s first digital dance programme as part of its plans for 2017. What will form a digital season is said to be the first time a ballet company has curated a month-long programme of projects made for the format. Through this new programme the company will explore a new way to present dance through its different projects planned.
In a world first, Scottish Ballet’s entirely digital season of dance will take place in spring 2017. This is particularly ground-breaking in delving into how dance fits into the digital world, through a series of innovative creative projects. Through this, the company’s award-winning productions will be presented internationally alongside works created by some of the world’s greatest dance makers.
The company will be bound for New York, Minneapolis, Los Angeles and California, and will debut a world premiere alongside a diverse repertoire. The upcoming 2017-18 season will sit alongside a new work which will be unveiled in Glasgow in April. Created by Dutch-Israeli choreographic partnership Ivgi & Greben, it is expected to push Scottish Ballet into new realms of movement and theatre, a big shift for the company.
The season will also see the 25th anniversary of the death of Scottish choreographer Kenneth MacMillan marked with a recreation of his early work Le Baiser de la Fee, at locations around the country. With only one revival since its creation in 1960, the piece will be performed alongside the company’s version of The Rite of Spring in October and November. The Scottish Ballet dancers will also perform Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling in the spring, then A Streetcar Named Desire and three US-linked pieces during the company’s travels. A double bill shown at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2015 will also be performed in London.