Titian / Metamorphosis: Art Music Dance; A collaboration between The Royal Ballet and The National Gallery - Hardcover

Minna Moore Ede

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1908970073 ISBN 13: 9781908970077

Publisher: Art/Books, 2013

Synopsis

This special collectors edition celebrates a unique collaboration between two of Londons greatest cultural institutions. Together The Royal Ballet and the National Gallery commissioned three acclaimed contemporary artists Chris Ofili, Conrad Shawcross and Mark Wallinger to work with international choreographers and composers to create three new ballets inspired by the Titian paintings Diana and Callisto, Diana and Actaeon and The Death of Actaeon. As well as designing the sets and costumes, the artists also produced new works for a show at the National Gallery. The book tells the story of this extraordinary, complex project from conception to stage and gallery. The artists notebooks, sketches and other material from the studio are reproduced to show how they evolved their initial ideas into working designs. Numerous views of the dancers rehearsals, the creation of the sets and the gallery installations, as well as dozens of unseen photographs of the performances themselves, take the reader behind the scenes to see the many processes and people involved in transforming the artists vision into a finished production. An introduction by National Gallery curator Dr Minna Moore Ede, explains how the collaboration came to fruition and unfolded. Dame Monica Masons foreword completes this stunning volume. Limited edition of 250 copies Presented with three original artists prints in a clothbound clamshell case.

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Review:

So compelling that you find yourself totally absorbed within its pages for hours at a time... Page after stunning page of production photographs and rehearsal images from each of the ballets awaits you, printed on lusciously thick paper. This book is a real treasure. --Ballet News

A book that will excite dance fans because its numerous images are so beautiful --London Dance

One of the most extravagantly interesting collaborative projects ever seen at Covent Garden ... Some kind of history had been made, some benchmark set for the future ... the dance event of 2012 --Guardian

About the Author:

Dr Minna Moore Ede is Assistant Curator of Renaissance Paintings at the National Gallery, London, and curator of Metamorphosis: Titian 2012

About this edition

• Publisher: Art/Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1908970073
• ISBN 13: 9781908970077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 182