Broken Wings | |
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Choreographer | Annabelle Lopez Ochoa |
Music | Peter Salem |
Premiere | 13 April 2016 Sadler's Wells Theatre |
Original ballet company | English National Ballet |
Characters | Frida Kahlo Diego Rivera |
Design | Dieuweke van Reij |
Created for | Tamara Rojo Irek Mukhamedov |
Broken Wings is a one-act ballet about Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, dramaturged by Nancy Meckler and designed by Dieuweke van Reij. The music was composed by Peter Salem, and featured Mexican folk song "La Llorona" sung by Chavela Vargas. The ballet premiered on 13 April 2016 at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, danced by the English National Ballet, with Tamara Rojo as Kahlo and Irek Mukhamedov as Kahlo's husband, Diego Rivera. Lopez Ochoa then created a three-act version titled Frida for the Dutch National Ballet, premiered in 2020.