CHOREOGRAPHY BY: Jean Grand-Maître
Joni Mitchell’s The Fiddle and the Drum explores Mitchell’s life-long concerns about environmental neglect and the warring nature of mankind within a ballet performed to a select soundtrack of her eternal songs. The unique combinations of three art forms – music, dance and art – comprise an engaging spectacle that Joni calls “…the best project of her career.” Legendary Canadian artist Joni Mitchell and internationally acclaimed choreographer Jean Grand-Maître of the Alberta Ballet Company are the co-creators of Joni Mitchell’s The Fiddle and The Drum.
This narrative ballet was performed to an especially re–mastered soundtrack of Mitchell’s compelling music - her musical selections are from her earliest to latest recordings such as: For the Roses, Passion Play, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Beat of Black Wings, Sex Kills, The Three Great Stimulants and The Fiddle and The Drum.
BONUS: Special Features (Behind the Scene / Interviews / Image Galleries + Video Installations from the set)
SOUND FORMAT DVD: DTS 5.1, PCM Stereo
PICTURE 16:9, HD
SUBTITLES: Bonus: English
BOOKLET: English, German, French
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 115 mins Ballet: 55 mins / Bonus: 60 mins