Billboards (ballet)

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

Billboards is a ballet created by 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.

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)

• "Sometimes It Snows in April"
• "Trust" / "Baby I'm a Star"

II: Thunder (choreographed by Charles Moulton)

• "Thunder"
• "Purple Rain"

III: Slide (choreographed by Margo Sappington)

• "Computer Blue"
• "I Wanna Melt with U"
• "The Beautiful Ones"
• "Release It" (by The Time)/ "Computer Blue" (Reprise)

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. http://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.