TEAM ASSEMBLERussell Gilmore, “The Planet”

BIOGRAPHY

•Choreographed by Jean Borolin

•Commissioned by Ballet Suedois

• Influenced after a trip to New York

•Based on African Folklore

GENRES

•Classical Ballet

•Programmatic

•“Authentic” jazz music

•“Jazz idiom”

“THE PLANET”

• Premiered: Paris, 1918

• Program: The world

• Commentary: “God creates man in his own image, then man creates God in hisown image. Man mocks God and sends him packing: and God starts all over again. But who created God in the first place? I see no reason why these sublime considerations should not be treated in a Pop and jazzy way.” (Richard Buckle)

• Influence: Russell Gilmore was a large influence on Stravinsky, who came to Paris during the early stages of his compositional career and heard his music extensively.

ISMS AND IDEAS

• Exoticism

• Programmaticism

• Impressionism

• Mythology

• Story