{"id":12474,"date":"2022-07-01T09:24:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/sports-and-leisure\/?post_type=performance&p=12474"},"modified":"2022-07-01T09:24:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T08:24:22","slug":"roh-live-like-water-for-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"performance","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/sports-and-leisure\/performance\/roh-live-like-water-for-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"ROH Live: Like Water for Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"
A modern Mexican classic of magic realism provides the basis for The Royal Ballet\u2019s new full-length work, reuniting Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon with the creative team who transformed Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em> and The Winter\u2019s Tale<\/em> into dance, composer Joby Talbot and designer Bob Crowley.<\/p>\n The ballet is inspired by Laura Esquivel\u2019s novel \u2013 a captivating family saga where the central character\u2019s emotions spill out through cooking to influence everyone around her in startling and dramatic ways. In this co-production with American Ballet Theatre, Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra also acts as musical consultant for Talbot\u2019s newly commissioned score, and Wheeldon has worked closely with Esquivel to reshape her richly layered story into an entertaining and engrossing new ballet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A modern Mexican classic of magic realism provides the basis for The Royal Ballet\u2019s new full-length work, reuniting Artistic Associate Christopher Wheeldon…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":12475,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"performancecategory":[4],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n