Billboards (ballet)

Billboards is a ballet commissioned by Gerald Arpino for the Joffrey Ballet featuring the works of Prince.[1][2] The premiere was on Wednesday, January 27, 1993, at Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Billboards
Poster for Billboards
MusicPrince
ProductionsUniversity of Iowa (January 1993); Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (July 1993); Brooklyn Academy of Music (November 1993)

No new music was used, although Prince contributed a special extended ten-minute orchestrated version of "Thunder" from the Diamonds and Pearls album. A video of the performance was released on VHS in February 1994,[3] and on Laserdisc format.

Acts[4]

I: Sometimes It Snows in April (choreographed by Laura Dean)

II: Thunder (choreographed by Charles Moulton)

III: Slide (choreographed by Margo Sappington)

IV: Willing & Able (choreographed by Peter Pucci)
  • "For You"
  • "The Question of U"
  • "It"
  • "Willing and Able" / "Gett Off"

References
  1. Reynolds, J.R. (July 27, 1996). "The Rhythm and the Blues". Billboard. p. 15.
  2. Tobias, Tobi (November 29, 1993). "Dance". New York. p. 75.
  3. https://www.amazon.com/Billboards-Joffrey-Ballet-music-Prince/dp/6303018408
  4. Kisselgoff, Anna (November 28, 1993). "DANCE VIEW; Prince's Music, Joffrey Dancers: MTV on Point". The New York Times.
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