CMC07 Going Home Star Sales Sheet D1.indd

Centrediscs is pleased to present:
R o y a l W i n n i p e g B a l l e t ’s
GOING HOME STAR
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
MusiC BY / MUSIQUE DE CHRISTOS HATZIS
“. . . The music for Going Home Star may be the best ballet composition ever created in Canada. . .
With the collaboration of the magnificent Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq and the exciting pow-wow rituals of the
Northern Cree Singers, Hatzis’s score embraces the story like hand to glove.”
—THE GLOBE AND MAIL
“Christos Hatzis’s tour-de-force score . . . is a game-changer.”
—WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
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horeographed by Mark Godden, on a story by Joseph
Boyden, this ground-breaking ballet score by Christos
Hatzis combines the talents of internationally renowned
Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq, the haunting Cree songs
of Steve Wood and the powerful, high octane pow-wow energy of the
Northern Cree Singers with stellar performances by the Winnipeg
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Tadeusz Biernacki. Based
on the subject of the infamous Indian Residential Schools, Going
Home Star: Truth and Reconciliation is a remarkable work, described
by CBC Television as “the most important dance mounted by the Royal
Winnipeg Ballet in its illustrious 75 year history.”
In this double CD, Hatzis’s ultra-eclectic music enables a unique
conversation between native artists, a symphony orchestra and a digital
audio component. This drawing together of traditionally segregated
forces also enables several genres of music, from traditional ballet,
swing era jazz, disco dance music, dub-step and scratch dj mixes to
cosmic soundscapes and thematically based orchestral development
to help reimagine a unique 21st Century music that transcends
genre classifications and ideological taboos and aims for the kind of
reconciliation and cultural awakening that is the deeper goal of this
multifaceted dance project.
CMCCD 22015
Street date: 17/11/2015
Total Time: 90:03
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