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''Still Life'' at the Penguin Cafe is the name of a ballet choreographed by David Bintley and featuring music composed by Simon Jeffes, founder of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. It is also the title of the accompanying album. Geoffrey Richardson co-wrote one of the pieces.〔Roche, Henry, ''Still Life at the Penguin Cafe: Arranged for Piano by Henry Roche'', Edition Peters, 2002〕 The ballet's debut production in 1988 was performed by The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, in England. The ballet was conceived by David Bintley (at that time resident choreographer at Covent Garden), who approached Simon Jeffes about the music. The music for the ballet was drawn from several musical pieces composed by Jeffes before the ballet was conceived, composed during the period 1981 to 1987. Most of the pieces were originally written for small ensembles, consisting of, for example, violin, cello, guitar and piano. Jeffes orchestrated the pieces for the ballet, and in the Royal Ballet production, they were performed by a full orchestra. The ballet was filmed in 1988 by London Weekend Television and commercially released. The name of the ballet is derived from that of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, which was Simon Jeffes' ensemble. == Ballet story == The pieces / sections in the ballet are: # The Penguin Cafe (musical piece Air à Danser) # Utah Longhorn Ram (musical piece Prelude and Yodel) # Texan Kangaroo Rat (musical piece Long Distance, original title Horns of a Bull) # Humboldt's Hog Nosed Skunk Flea (musical piece The Ecstasy of the Dancing Flea, original title Pythagoras's Trousers) # Southern Cape Zebra (SCZ)(musical piece White Mischief) # Rain Forest People (musical piece Now Nothing) # Brazilian Woolly Monkey (musical piece Music By Numbers) # Conclusion (musical piece Numbers 1-4) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Still Life at the Penguin Cafe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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