Critics have long called RZA a genius who has yet to find a genre that he can’t master, and it’s easy to see why.
Even for an artist who excels at trying new things, RZA’s “A Ballet Through Mud” is a risk.
RZA traveled to Denver this week to rehearse the new work, which will join his “36 Chambers of Shaolin” as part of Colorado Symphony’s Imagination Artist Series. The mouthful of a title is one of the symphony’s most heavily promoted fusion experiments, so far bringing in respected artists RZA, Denver’s own Nathaniel Rateliff, and Broadway star Mary-Mitchell Campbell.
In RZA’s case, that includes dancers and a celebrated choreographer, as well as a full choir and other backing baubles, to support the musical and spoken-word performances, and even a pop-in from Stravinsky’s towering “The Rite of Spring.” Critics have long called RZA, 53, a genius who has yet to find a genre that he can’t master, and it’s easy to see why.
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