1984
Douban
genre:
舞剧
troupe:
Northern Ballet
director:
Jonathan Watkins
playwright:
Eric Arthur Blair
composer:
Alex Baranowski
choreographer:
Jonathan Watkins
actor:
Tobias Batley
/
Martha Leebolt
/
Javier Torres
/
Hironao Takahashi
/
Giuliano Contadini
/
Kevin Poeung
/
Ashley Dixon
/
Victoria Sibson
overview
Widely lauded by critics, choreographer Jonathan Watkins’s 1984 is an awe-inspiring retelling of George Orwell’s masterpiece. Winston Smith lives in a world of absolute conformity, his every action scrutinised by Big Brother. However, when Winston meets Julia, he dares to rebel by falling in love. Danced by Northern Ballet – the UK’s foremost narrative ballet company – to a score by Tony-nominated composer Alex Baranowski, this thoroughly modern take on Nineteen Eighty-Four will change the way you think about ballet.