White Stripes Ballet Coming To Toronto

02/08/10 5:26pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The White Stripes

So here's your chance to see people do pirouettes to "Hotel Yorba" while wearing a hell of a lot of spandex.

Chroma, a ballet set to orchestrated versions of White Stripes songs, is set to open in Toronto this coming November.

The ballet premiered in London, England back in 2006 and is the work of choreographer Wayne McGregor and composer Joby Talbot's own interpretations of Jack and Meg White's songs.

Talbot's versions of the songs are drawn from a disc called Aluminum, which saw him cover 10 White Stripes songs with XL Recordings' Richard Russell in 2006.

Chroma will open Nov. 24 at Toronto's Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts as part of the National Ballet Of Canada's 2010-2011 season. It will run until Nov. 28. Single tickets to the production go on sale Sept. 27 through the National Ballet Of Canada's website.

Former ballet dancer Karen Kain, who's now the National Ballet Of Canada's artistic director, told CBC News Jack White's been invited to the Toronto premiere. There's no word yet on whether he'll attend, though BBC News reported both Whites "loved" Chroma when it premiered in London.

Jack and Meg White both attended the premiere of Under Great White Northern Lights, the documentary about The White Stripes' 2007 Canadian tour, in Toronto last September.

Under Great White Northern Lights will be included with a box set of the same name that's out March 16.

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