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The Most Incredible Thing:

The Most Incredible Thing


set list:
ACT ONE
  • Prologue
  • The grind
  • The challenge
  • Help me
  • Risk
  • Physical jerks
  • The competition
  • The meeting

    ACT TWO
  • The clock 1/2/3
  • The clock 4/5/6
  • The clock 7/8/9
  • The clock 10/11/12
  • The winner
  • Destruction

    ACT THREE
  • Back to the grind
  • The miracle - Ceremony
  • The miracle - Revolution
  • The miracle - Resurrection
  • The miracle - Colour and light
  • The miracle - The meeting (reprise)
  • The wedding

    • pictures:

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    related links:
  • Press release.
  • Workshop.
  • Winter in Poland.
    • info and cast:

    The Most Incredible Thing The ballet is a collaboration with choreographer Javier De Frutos and Britain’s leading contemporary dance theatre, Sadler’s Wells. Based on the Hans Christian Anderson story of the same title, it runs at Sadler’s Wells in London from 17-26 March 2011. Tennant and Lowe proposed Andersen’s story as the basis for a new ballet to Sadler's Wells in London in 2007 after a friend, the then Royal Ballet principal, Ivan Putrov, asked Neil Tennant if Pet Shop Boys would consider writing a piece of music for him to dance to at Sadler's Wells. Coincidentally a couple of days later, Chris Lowe suggested to Neil Tennant that "The Most Incredible Thing" would make an excellent narrative for a ballet and, inspired by this synchronicity, they approached Sadler's Wells with the project. The following year Javier De Frutos was chosen as the choreographer. The story is about a competition in a mythical kingdom where the King announces that whoever invents the most incredible thing will win the hand of the Princess in marriage and half of the Kingdom. What follows is creative, destructive but ultimately happy. Tennant and Lowe composed most of Act One in autumn, 2008, and the rest of the score in 2010. The music is a combination of electronics and orchestra. They approached the young German musician Sven Helbig to create the orchestrations and at the end of 2010 these were recorded in Poland with the Wroc³aw Score Orchestra conducted by Dominic Wheeler. After the initial run of performances of The Most Incredible Thing in March, a return to Sadler's Wells followed by a tour is planned for 2012. Neil & Chris said: “This is a very exciting project to be part of. In the past we have written dance music so to write music for a ballet seems like a logical development. Also we have always been fascinated by giving our music a theatrical context.”

    Performed by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Dominic Wheeler.
    Produced by Pet Shop Boys and Sven Helbig.
    Composed by Tennant/Lowe.
    Music and Lyrics: Tennant/Lowe.
    Director and Choreographer: Javier De Frutos.
    Designer: Katrina Lindsay.
    Film and Animation: Tal Rosner.
    Lighting designer: Lucy Carter.
    Sound Designer: Paul Arditti.
    Orchestrations: Sven Helbig.
    Programming: Chris Lowe/Pete Gleadall.

    Cast
    Karl: Ivan Putov.
    Princess: Clemmie Sveaas.
    Leo: Aaron Sillis
    and other dancers.


    tour venues:
  • 17.-26.03.2011 UK
    London, Sadler’s Wells
  • 25.03.-07.04.2012 UK
    London, Sadler’s Wells
  • 13.-14.04.2012 Austria
    St. Pölten, Festspielhaus