NZSO & RNZB Collaboration ‘Booked Out’ in Less than 24 Hours

NZSO & RNZB Collaboration ‘Booked Out’ in Less than 24 Hours
 
3,400 free tickets were snapped up in less than 24 hours to Leaps & Sounds, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) and the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) performances to be held on Saturday 16 June at the Michael Fowler Centre.
 
This is the first collaboration by the two national performing arts companies in six years and will showcase nine premieres of short works choreographed by RNZB dancers to music by composers, all under the age of 25, from the NZSO’s Young Originals Todd Corporation Young Composers Award.
 
“We are energised by the public’s response to these shows and are grateful for such inspired interest and support,” says Ethan Stiefel, RNZB Artistic Director.
 
Leaps & Sounds aims to nurture young talent and provide audiences with free access to these works performed by the country’s best musicians and dancers.
 
“The speed at which our Wellington audience has snapped up tickets to this event is impressive – and certainly backs up recently released results of a Creative New Zealand survey which says that Wellingtonians really value and support the arts, “says Christopher Blake, NZSO Chief Executive.
 
Several of the selected compositions were created when the composers were only 15 years old and, although recorded by the NZSO, have never before been performed live for an audience.  Hamish McKeich will conduct the NZSO in the two one-hour performances.
 
Leaps & Sounds, Saturday 16 June, 4.30pm and 7:30pm, Michael Fowler Centre.
 
Photo caption for attached image: The multi-talented RNZB dancer Brendan Bradshaw took this photograph of dancers Helio Lima and Ginny Gan in rehearsal s of his choreographic work which is set to music composed by Alex Taylor.
 
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