Adam Zero

Adam Zero
ChoreographerRobert Helpmann
MusicArthur Bliss
Premiere8 April 1946
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Original ballet companyThe Sadler’s Wells Ballet
CharactersThe Stage Director
The Choreographer (‘Creator and Destroyer’
The Principal Dancer ‘Adam Zero’
The Designer, Wardrobe Mistress, Dresser (‘His fates’)
The Ballerina (‘His first love, wife and mistress’)
The Understudies (‘His son and daughter’)
The Character Dancers (‘His cat and dog’)
The Mime (‘His spiritual adviser’)
GenreNeoclassical ballet

Adam Zero is a ballet with music composed by Arthur Bliss and choreographed by Robert Helpmann in 1946.