Or Forevermore

American choreographer Pam Tanowitz intertwines wit, fun and pathos in Or Forevermore, where the unexpected awaits with every note of Ted Hearne’s multi-textural score. Known for her boundless curiosity and deft subversion of balletic convention, the American choreographer created this work for The Royal Ballet in 2024.

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Two Royal Ballet dancers perform on stage wearing monochrome leotards and white shorts. One dancer is in a lunge position supporting the other dancer who leans against them. The stage is stark with a dark backdrop.

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Choreography

Pam Tanowitz

Music

Ted Hearne

Costume Designers

Reid Bartelme, Harriet Jung

Lighting designer

Simon Bennison

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Background

Or Forevermore is an expansion of Tanowitz’s previous work for the Company, Dispatch Duet. Created on Principal dancers Anna Rose O’Sullivan and William Bracewell, the pas de deux that was Dispatch Duet became the climatic centre for Or Forevermore. In a programme note, Tanowitz described the process of creating this ballet as ’sort of like a puzzle, tryingto figure out how it unfolds up to that point’.

Tanowitz has also created other works for The Royal Ballet including Everyone Keeps Me (2019) and Secret Things (2023).

The music

The ballet is set to Ted Hearne’s Dispatches, in which orchestral music and sounds from everyday life coalesce to form an unpredictably multidimensional score.

Gallery

Anna Rose O'Sullivan and William Bracewell perform on a dark stage. O'Sullivan wears a red velvet tracksuit and stand on one leg, her other stretched out behind her. Bracewell wears a grey velvet tracksuit and kneels before her on one knee. (1 of 5) — Anna Rose O'Sullivan and William Bracewell in Pam Tanowitz's Or Forevermore, The Royal Ballet ©2024 Tristram Kenton

Mayara Magri performs on a dark stage. Behind her is a row of lights on the floor. She wears white shorts and a blue and white leotard. She is mid-jump with arms outstretched and one leg pointed forward, the other backwads. (2 of 5) — Mayara Magri in Pam Tanowitz's Or Forevermore, The Royal Ballet ©2024 Tristram Kenton

William Bracewell dances on stage. He wears white shorts and red and white leotard. He stands on demi-pointe with one leg outstretched before him. He casts one arm behind himself. (3 of 5) — William Bracewell in Pam Tanowitz's Or Forevermore, The Royal Ballet ©2024 Tristram Kenton

Artists of The Royal Ballet perform on a dark stage. Two dancers in colourful unitards are mid-jump. Their ankles are crossed and they all hold up their right arm. (4 of 5) — Viola Pantuso and Scarlett Harvey perform in Pam Tanowitz's Or Forevermore, The Royal Ballet ©2024 Tristram Kenton

Mayara Magri and Marcelino Sambé perform on stage. Behind them is a row of lights on the floor. Magri wears white shorts and a blue and white leotard. She stands with arms outstretched. Sambé is running across the stage, he wears white shorts and red and white leotard. (5 of 5) — Mayara Magri and Marcelino Sambé in Pam Tanowitz's Or Forevermore, The Royal Ballet ©2024 Tristram Kenton

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