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What Wild Ecstasy (Baldwin, 2012): Julia Gillespie, Jon Savage. Photo © Eric Richmond

Choreographer: Mark Baldwin

Composer: Gavin Higgins

Set designer: Michael Howells

Costume designer: Michael Howells

Lighting designer: Sid Ellen

World premiere: 15 Feb 2012, Rambert Dance Company, His Majesty's Theatre

Work note: Mark Baldwin's modern-day take on Valsav Nijinsky's 'L'Après-midi d'un faune' (1912).

Production note: The programme credits Michael Howells as 'design'.

Music title: What Wild Ecstasy (2012)

Music details: Live music: chamber orchestra: flute (doubling piccolo), oboe (doubling cor anglais), clarinet in Bb, bass clarinet in Bb, bassoon (doubling contra-bassoon), horn in F, trumpet in C (doubling flugel horn), trombone, percussion, piano, harp, 2 violins

Music commissioned by Rambert: Yes

Sponsors: The score was commisioned as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad in PRS for Music Foundation's New Music 20x12 scheme.

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive

Archive catalogue: WORK/0466

Performances

Date ↿⇂	Programme ↿⇂	Venue ↿⇂
15 Feb 2012 Evening	Seven for a secret, never to be told \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy^*	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
16 Feb 2012 Evening	Seven for a secret, never to be told \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
17 Feb 2012 Evening	Seven for a secret, never to be told \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
15 May 2012 Evening	SUB^* \| The Art of Touch \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy^*	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
16 May 2012 Evening	SUB \| The Art of Touch \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
17 May 2012 Evening	SUB \| The Art of Touch \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
18 May 2012 Evening	SUB \| The Art of Touch \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
19 May 2012 Matinee	SUB \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
19 May 2012 Evening	SUB \| The Art of Touch \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
9 Sep 2012 Evening	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Hush \| Monolith	Opera Hall, Shanghai, China
14 Sep 2012 Evening	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Hush \| Monolith	Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong, China
15 Sep 2012 Evening	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Hush \| Monolith	Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong, China
16 Sep 2012 Matinee	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Hush \| Monolith	Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong, China
20 Sep 2012 Evening	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Hush \| Monolith	LG Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
21 Sep 2012 Evening	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Hush \| Monolith	LG Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea
14 Nov 2012 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
15 Nov 2012 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
23 Nov 2012 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| SUB \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Venue Cymru, Llandudno
24 Nov 2012 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| SUB \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Venue Cymru, Llandudno
29 Nov 2012 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Theatre Royal, Norwich
30 Nov 2012 Matinee	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Theatre Royal, Norwich
30 Nov 2012 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Theatre Royal, Norwich
5 Feb 2013 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Hall for Cornwall, Truro
6 Feb 2013 Matinee	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Hall for Cornwall, Truro
6 Feb 2013 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Hall for Cornwall, Truro
13 Feb 2013 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Theatre Royal, Brighton
14 Feb 2013 Matinee	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Theatre Royal, Brighton
14 Feb 2013 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Theatre Royal, Brighton
15 Feb 2013 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Theatre Royal, Brighton
16 Feb 2013 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Theatre Royal, Brighton
19 Mar 2013 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
20 Mar 2013 Evening	Labyrinth of Love \| Monolith \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy	Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
9 Oct 2013 Evening	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Monolith \| The Castaways^*	The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
10 Oct 2013 Evening	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Monolith \| The Castaways	The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
11 Oct 2013 Matinee	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| The Castaways	The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
11 Oct 2013 Evening	L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Monolith \| The Castaways	The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
31 Oct 2013 Evening	Subterrain \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| The Castaways	Theatre Royal, Bath
1 Nov 2013 Matinee	Subterrain \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| The Castaways	Theatre Royal, Bath
1 Nov 2013 Evening	Subterrain \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| The Castaways	Theatre Royal, Bath
2 Nov 2013 Matinee	Subterrain \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| The Castaways	Theatre Royal, Bath
2 Nov 2013 Evening	Subterrain \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| The Castaways	Theatre Royal, Bath
27 Nov 2013 Evening	SUB \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| The Castaways	Theatre Royal, Plymouth
28 Nov 2013 Evening	SUB \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| The Castaways	Theatre Royal, Plymouth
29 Nov 2013 Evening	SUB \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| The Castaways	Theatre Royal, Plymouth
19 Mar 2014 Evening	The Castaways \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Rooster	New Theatre, Oxford
20 Mar 2014 Evening	The Castaways \| L'Après-midi d'un faune \| What Wild Ecstasy \| Rooster	New Theatre, Oxford

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