Ballet der Toten Frauen
Posted on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 at 3:52 pmI have probably spelled the German incorrectly; that’s “ballet of dead women,” which is from Heiner Muller’s Hamletmaschine, and which I used also as the title of a piece which was part of my solo show years ago, “Death or Serious Injury Can Occur.”
I’m currently embarking on the adaptation of a ballet (indeed, a ballet of dead women), Giselle. I am doing a buttload of research; for instance, I’m watching La Sylphide, known as the first Romantic ballet (I guess Giselle is known as the second Romantic ballet – but it’s also the most famous Romantic ballet).
But all’s not fun and games and watching men and women dance on point.
The adaptation was eventually written, developed, and rewritten as “Cemetery Row.” The text of the play is posted on my Academia.edu page, a link to which appears on the “About Me” page.