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.

We humans are the "Creatures of Prometheus," in Greek mythology. Beethoven took Prometheus and his creatures seriously in the music for a ballet by that name. Philippe Entremont conducts the Munich ...

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 ...