| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » A Simple Man / Gillian Lynne, Carl Davis | | | | | | | Description: | | A Simple Man - A dramatic ballet by Gillian Lynne with music by Carl DavisCommissioned to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the painter L.S. Lowry in 1987, this BAFTA award-winning dramatic ballet celebrates the life and work of a unique artist. Created by Gillian Lynne in collaboration with the composer Carl Davis this memorable production, filmed in 1987, is performed by the Northern Ballet Theatre, led by ex-Royal Ballet stars Christopher Gable and Moira Shearer. Remastered for DVD, with the addition of recent interviews with Lynne and Davis, it gives a fascinating insight into the creation of an inspirational work in the history of dance, which remains as fresh as ever. Devised, directed and choreographed by Gillian Lynne
Music by Carl Davis Lowry: Christopher Gable
Lowry's mother: Moira Shearer
Northern Ballet Theatre
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Carl Davis
Design David Wilson
Costumes Tim Goodchild
Lighting Robin Empsall
Make-up Joyce Dean | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Moira Shearer, Christopher Gable | | Director:
| Gillian Lynne | | Format:
| Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| German, English, Spanish, French, Italian | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| KULTUR VIDEO | | Run Time:
| 92 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| March 31, 2009 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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Terrific Dance-Drama performed by Northern Ballet TheatreMar 27, 2011
By northkona
This ballet is a 1987 BBC production, but it looks so good, you'd think it was created today. The dancers are dancing with balletic movements the paintings of W.S. Lowry, who painted the industrial landscape of northern England, accentuating the bigness of the factories and the smallness of the people. The costuming and facial makeup are perfectly in accord with Lowry's paintings. Although there are some film techniques that allow the dancers to be superimposed onto a painting occasionally, this is not over-done, it remains a filmed ballet.
Christopher Gable, who dances the role of Lowry, had been with the Royal Ballet in London in the 1960s, but left following a badly thought out decision to give his opening nights in America to Rudolf Nureyev. Gable became an actor and built a successful career, you can see him in a number of Fellini movies. The whole debacle of putting Nureyev and Fonteyn into the new Romeo & Juliet roles that were created for Gable and Lynn Seymour damaged their reputations within the ballet world as they were seen to be greedy, grabbinh the plums for themselves. Watching this ballet, it's obvious what a good actor Christopher Gable is, and the combination of his ballet chops and acting makes for good theater. The female lead is Moira Shearer, of "Red Shoes" fame, who plays Lowry's mother.
Interesting choreography, staging and dancing, excellent creative ideas on display here. You can't take your eyes off it, there's a lot to think about and appreciate. Albert Finney narrates an Introduction, so you find out all you need to know about Lowry before watching the ballet. A very well done pair of programs on this DVD, worth buying in my opinion.
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Interesting movie on DVDFeb 08, 2010
By George R. Patterson
"g88"
"A Simple Man" is a balet based movie, and should be pleasing to balet enthusiasts.
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