Beethoven’s only ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus, is coming up in a concert by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra this weekend, completed with dancers from the Tia Russell Dance Studio and New Haven ...

In Greek mythology, the god Prometheus fashions the first man and woman out of clay, then brings them to life. Beethoven brought the story to life for the ballet stage in his "Creatures of Prometheus.

A symphony orchestra in a vast concert hall. Ballet dancers, barefoot. A spoken-word poet and a singer. A traditional African drummer. According to Greek myth, the titan Prometheus sculpted humans out ...

Ballet and Beethoven don't seem to go together, but he did write one, called "The Creatures of Prometheus," and it was a success. From Royal Festival Hall, in London, Sir Roger Norrington conducts the ...

It will be remembered as a historic weekend for Austin entertainment and culture. Arranged as a chamber orchestra — a smaller ensemble harking back to those of Beethoven's day — the musicians treated ...

It opened with Beethoven’s Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus: stirring stuff, played with a suitably dynamic chamber orchestra sized body of strings. Mäkelä struck a heroic pose with his first ...

The Israel-Hamas War, launched on Oct. 7, continues, with women and children among the thousands dead, and little hope for a ceasefire as the conflict roils the Middle East. The Russian invasion of ...