Frankenstein, The Royal Ballet (2016)
The novel as a full-length ballet, with no words at all.
The creature cannot explain himself to anyone who will listen. Tell the story in a form where nobody speaks.
You go to the ballet, or you want the story told as music and movement with nobody speaking.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: Victor, Elizabeth, Henry Clerval and the creature, by name.
Changes: the medium. Liam Scarlett’s choreography and Lowell Liebermann’s score carry it; Steven McRae dances the creature.
Whose story is it?
Victor’s and the creature’s.
How much time does it ask?
130 minutes, recorded at the Royal Opera House; Federico Bonelli as Victor, Laura Morera as Elizabeth, Koen Kessels conducting.
The Royal Ballet’s 2016 world premiere, a co-production with San Francisco Ballet.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Blu-ray — Royal Ballet and Opera shop (UK)
More Frankensteins: Frankenstein (1910) · Frankenstein (1931) · Bride of Frankenstein (1935)