Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet (2021)

Director: Oscar Sansom

In 1960, American dancer and actor Gene Kelly created for the Paris Opera Ballet an original choreography that was highly acclaimed at the time, yet rarely performed thereafter; a genius work that the Scottish Ballet, accompanied by the stirring and evocative score by composer and pianist George Gershwin, epitome of orchestral jazz, brings back to life sixty years later.

Cast

Javier Andreu

Sweetheart Man / Lifeguard

Roseanna Leney

Sweetheart Woman / Girl with Ponytail

Bruno Micchiardi

Pianist / Eros

Christopher Harrison

Choreographer / Zeus

Sophie Martin

The Star Ballerina / Aphrodite

Nicholas Shoesmith

Stagehand

Aislin Brangan

Bathing Beauty #1

Grace Horler

Bathing Beauty #2

Grace Paulley

Bathing Beauty #3

Stevie Winning

Second Stagehand