Scenes from Daphnis and Chloe

Commissioned by MusicArt London.

  Inspired by the eponymous Greek pastoral legend by Longus in 2nd century AD and a new transcription of Ravel's score, who saw the work as ‘a vast musical fresco…with faithfulness to the Greece of my dreams’.

Choreographer Patricia Okenwa  
Composer David Knotts  
Dancers Thomasin Gülgeç and Estela Merlos
Minerva Piano Trio Annie Yim (piano), Michal Cwizewicz (violin), Richard Birchall (cello)

Photography: Camilla Greenwell

Premiered May 2017 St. John’s Smith Square