WORK INFORMATION
Le Travail (2002)
a ballet by choreographer Matthew Neenan and composer Robert Maggio
Duration: 25 minutes
Scoring
Orchestra
Description
Based on the “Degas and the Dance” exhibit running concurrently at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
COMMISSIONED BY
the Pennsylvania Ballet
Premiere
First performed with choreography by Matthew Neenan, Beatrice Jona Affron, conductor. Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA, February 14, 2003.
Publisher
Theodore Presser Company. Available for rental.
… the music is smart, vital and inventive …
--David Patrick Stearns, The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 3, 2003
…a collaborative meditation on dance and dancers, enhanced by the witty menace and echoes of 19th-century ballet music in Robert Maggio’s commissioned score… Although the title of "Le Travail" means work and refers to the dancers’ daily grind as observed by Degas, the ballet has a festive tone. As music from Act II of "Giselle" filters through Mr. Maggio’s score at the beginning, the curtain rises to show just the dancers’ legs.
--Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times, February 28, 2003
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