The Pet Shop Boys/The Most Incredible Thing - review

Sadler's Wells, LondonIt may have been Tchaikovsky who inspired the Pet Shop Boys to attempt their first ballet score, but the music they've written for The Most Incredible Thing is not even a distant relation to The Nutcracker or Swan Lake.There are dance rhythms in there, and a live orchestra, but they come layered with house and trance, wild synths, romantic schmaltz and mercurial dissonances. The dance, choreographed by Javier de Frutos, also stretches the concept of ballet into new terrain ...

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The Pet Shop Boys/The Most Incredible Thing - review

Guardian Music — Sadler's Wells, LondonIt may have been Tchaikovsky who inspired the Pet Shop Boys to attempt their first ballet score, but the music they've written for The Most Incredib... more info