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This orchestral ballet spectacular is coming to Bangkok for one night only this August

Iconic scores from Harry Potter, Interstellar and more are reimagined through live orchestra and ballet on August 9

Kaweewat Siwanartwong
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Kaweewat Siwanartwong
Senior Staff Writer, Time Out Thailand
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Photograph: Freed Ballet | Ballet Soundtrack Show
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Still get the chills when the Interstellar score swells? Spellbound by the world of Harry Potter, or grinning the second that Pirates of the Caribbean theme kicks in? The Ballet Soundtrack Show hands you all three at once, in a shape you probably haven't seen before.

This one-night spectacle on August 9 pulls cinema, memory and raw emotion together through contemporary ballet, a live orchestra and a stage loaded with atmospheric lighting and visual effects.

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Photograph: Freed BalletBallet Soundtrack Show

The evening splits across two acts. The first, 'Birth Struggle Path', traces birth, growth, hardship and self-discovery, set to music from Pirates of the Caribbean, Dune, Tron, Interstellar and The Last Samurai – plus Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Air on the G String' for good measure.

The second, 'Destruction Rebirth Freedom', turns to collapse, renewal and the chase for freedom, reimagining scores from Oppenheimer, Kung Fu Panda, Avatar, Gladiator and Harry Potter through the language of modern dance.

The cast is the real thing: former soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre, dancers from the Novosibirsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and artists from the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus. A pop-symphony orchestra performs every film score live, while projections and lighting shift the mood behind each note.

Shows that braid this many worlds together rarely come around twice, so get a ticket sorted early.

Catch it at SiamPic Hall on Sunday August 9, with two sittings: 2pm-4pm and 6.30-8.30pm. Tickets run from B1,988 to 5,988 through Megatix.

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