http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3710 <!--paging_filter--><p style="clear: both; text-align: center" class="separator"><a style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eg3rKX87jRE/TTamQSIi3XI/AAAAAAAAAsk/su7MbTkdvOo/s1600/Lauren+C.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Eg3rKX87jRE/TTamQSIi3XI/AAAAAAAAAsk/su7MbTkdvOo/s320/Lauren+C.jpg" width="242" height="320" /></a></p><p>I couldn't interview Tchaikovsky about <em>Swan Lake</em>, but had a great time talking to <a href="http://www.jobytalbot.com/">Joby Talbot</a>, who's written the first full-length original score commissioned for a new ballet at Covent Garden in 20 years. <em>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</em> opens on 2 March and sounds, well, curiouser and curiouser. Joby tells me about writing a waltz that is like &quot;Johann Strauss gone bananas&quot; and what the White Rabbit will have in common with the Great Gonzo. <a href="http://ind.pn/igIx1o">All here in today's Independent.</a></p><p><a href="/node/3710"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3710#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:07:25 +0000 Jessica Duchen 3710 at http://standpointmag.co.uk