After the phenomenal success of Alberta Ballet's collaboration with folk music icon Joni Mitchell two years ago, the company announced a new collaboration with an even bigger star: Elton John.

Elton was "enthralled and inspired" by the Mitchell ballet, the Fiddle and the Drum, and agreed to work with Alberta Ballet and its artistic director Jean Grand-Maitre on a new work.

"I am ecstatic to be able to create this new production and I know that it will most certainly capture the interest of the entire world," Grande-Maitre said in a statement.
Described as a "semi-abstract ballet set to the music of Sir Elton John," the performance will debut in Calgary on May 6, 2010 before moving to Edmonton on May 11, 2010.

The news was unveiled as part of Alberta Ballet's 2010 season announcement on March 24, 2009. Also on the bill is a National Ballet of Canada production of The Sleeping Beauty, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Moulin Rouge the Ballet, and the perennial favourite The Nutcracker.

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