Beethoven’s only ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus, is coming up in a concert by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra this weekend, completed with dancers from the Tia Russell Dance Studio and New Haven ...

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra resumes its Chamber Series this Sunday afternoon, March 1, with a program enticingly titled ...

Sharmont “Influence” Little: “Humanity has never been given by a Greek god.” A symphony orchestra in a vast concert hall. Ballet dancers, barefoot. A spoken-word poet and a singer. A traditional ...

In Greek mythology, the god Prometheus fashions the first man and woman out of clay, then brings them to life. Beethoven brought the story to life for the ballet stage in his "Creatures of Prometheus.

Ballet and Beethoven don't seem to go together, but he did write one, called "The Creatures of Prometheus," and it was a success. From Royal Festival Hall, in London, Sir Roger Norrington conducts the ...