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COVID-19 
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​THE BALLET

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Covid-19:  Written during isolation for the covid-19 pandemic. The work has two versions; one is about an hour and a half the other is just under 2 hours. I am actively looking for a choreographer and company with the resources to produce this work.
​The work uses about 50 of the 1890 poems of Emily Dickinson that are in the public domain.  
Set in 2020, "Covid-19" is the story of two lovers, who are referred to simply as A and B. 

Part I:     Love:  The couple meets and they fall in love. A is extremely taken with B.  However B is wildly flirtatious (with C and perhaps other dancers) and B acquires covid-19. How far this "flirtation" goes I leave to individual producers.
Part II:   Nature:  B is asymptomatic and transmits the virus to A.
Part III:  Immortality: A eventually dies as a result, but returns as an Angel. Along the way, the couple deals with betrayal, redemption and resurrection.


​The Singers and Dancers:  B may be sung by a man or a woman; A, the poetry reader, may also be likewise be male or female. Both A and B co-respond to the two dancers that they represent; with C (who can be either gender) taking the other roles. The cast would benefit from the use of additional dancers. The timings and instrumental forces are listed below:

Covid-19a: 1 hour and 50 minutes for a poetry reader (the character called A) with chorus; vocal soloist (the character called B); small to medium sized orchestra:  
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2 2+ 2+ 2+   1/1/1/1 percussion, timpani; harp; and strings,  
Covid-19b:  piano vocal version of 19a.

Covid-19c:  95 minutes (55 shorter movements); for vocal soloist (B) with vocal  trio and or small chorus; English horn, clarinet doubling on bass clarinet, bassoon doubling on contrabassoon; D. B. string quartet and piano.
Covid-19d.  piano vocal version of 19c; This is the original version. 

 
See "Ample Make This Bed"
IV/IV/1 and VII/III/1:  which uses the same music and story but takes place during the A. I. D. S. pandemic and is set the 1980s.  

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David Edgar Walther Copyright 2020
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