contemporary ballet music

THE FLOCK performed by IPBA students at the 2023 YOUTH AMERICAN GRANP PRIX featuring the GLOBAL DESTRUCTION and FINAL LAND Envolée by Hugues-Jocelyn Cano sharing consciousness about the devastating effect of global warming.

Ensemble program note

THE FLOCK

The Final Land

A flock of Birds resting by the ocean is suddenly thrown into a panic as the doomsday sound and vibration send it flying. The initial muffled explosion is followed by unsettling after-shocks and radiations making some of the birds sick. The birds keep searching for a safe landing ground but all they see is water as they are forced, exhausted to surf through floods. Some birds sink while a few emerge again to finally find land this time burning. More birds fall to their death through the fire before, through the thick smoke the last three birds see a  safe pasture where they tale their decisive flight “Envolé” to rest on the final land.