The Fiddle and the Drum
In Joni Mitchells collaboration with Alberta Ballet, the veteran Canadian folk rocker supplies the music and scenic design for The Fiddle and the Drum. With choreography by Jean Grand-Maître, the program primarily concerns environmental themes: Think of it as a condensed, danced version of An Inconvenient Truth, without Al Gore doing his wonky PowerPoint thing. Mitchell samples her back catalog, including Sex Kills and Big Yellow Taxi, in a work thats been expanded to 14 songs since its 2007 premiere. Antiwar sentiments also run through the two-act ballet, an excerpt of which was just performed to help open the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC. Ever the idealist, yearning for a better world, Mitchell is expected to attend tonights performance and conduct a Q&A. T. BOND
Tue., Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., 2010
