Love and greed at heart of tale - The Solider’s Tale

Rehearsing for The Soldier’s Tale are (from left) narrator Peter Hayden, director Sara Brodie and Sepelini Mua’au (who plays the soldier). PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON — Rehearsing for The Soldier’s Tale are (from left) narrator Peter Hayden, director Sara Brodie and Sepelini Mua’au (who plays the soldier). PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON

‘Working with RNZB choreographer in residence Shaun James Kelly has been a great meeting of minds, she says.

"I’m not as specialised as he is with classical ballet, but we see things the same way. We often open our mouths to say the same thing at the same time on the rehearsal floor."

Kelly says he has taken inspiration from the music

"I like an audience to feel the music and movement moving together and I had such fun pairing my choreographic style with this wonderful Stravinsky score, played so powerfully by the NZSO."

Brodie says with all the different skill sets involved, each contributes and learns a bit of the others’ language.’

Rebecca Fox, 25 Feb 2021