past works

medico manouevres	satyagraha	einstein on the beach parts 1&2	like no-one is watching
a dancing life	einstein on the beach parts 3&4	mixed doubles	love deceit & 81 questions
akhnaten	quick brown fox	it's a boy thing	divining
chasing space	masterpieces of the 21st century	depth of field	quiver
klinghoffer

klinghoffer
1994

Klinghoffer marked Leigh Warren's first major exploration of the interaction between live music and dance. The work is based on the John Adams opera The Death of Klinghoffer, which takes as its starting point the murder of the American tourist Leon Klinghoffer during the hijack of the cruise liner the Achille Lauro.

However, the opera's central theme is not the murder, but the common longing of Palestinians and Israelis for a homeland, expressed in seven intricate choruses. It is these choruses that Leigh chose to set in Klinghoffer.

The extraordinary feature of Klinghoffer was the use of the Corinthian Singers of Adelaide - dressed in white robes
and with white make-up and hair, the choir moved on stage with the dancers and formed a living screen on which designer Mary Moore projected ever changing images of desert and war.