Starstruck: Gene Kelly's Love Letter to Ballet

In 1960, American dancer and actor Gene Kelly created for the Paris Opera Ballet an original choreography that was highly acclaimed at the time, yet rarely performed thereafter; a genius work that the Scottish Ballet, accompanied by the stirring and evocative score by composer and pianist George Gershwin, epitome of orchestral jazz, brings back to life sixty years later.

• Oscar SansomDirector

• Javier AndreuSweetheart Man / Lifeguard
• Roseanna LeneySweetheart Woman / Girl with Ponytail
• Bruno MicchiardiPianist / Eros
• Christopher HarrisonChoreographer / Zeus
• Sophie MartinThe Star Ballerina / Aphrodite
• Nicholas ShoesmithStagehand
• Aislin BranganBathing Beauty #1
• Grace HorlerBathing Beauty #2
• Grace PaulleyBathing Beauty #3
• Stevie WinningSecond Stagehand
• Helen KatambaStage Manager