FRANK MOON

A full evening ballet (115 mins, 2 acts) scored for orchestra plus jazz band, commissioned by The Royal Danish Ballet. 

The opening run of performances are 3rd-30th May 2025, conducted by Chanmin Chung, with musicians from the Royal Danish Orchestra and freelance jazz musicians from Copenhagen. 

Director/choreographer - Arthur Pita

Music composition - George Gershwin and Frank Moon

Musical arrangements - Frank Moon

Set and costume design - Gary McCann

Lighting - Jonas Bøgh

Video design - Magnus Pind and Adam Ankarfeldt

"No music emphasizes that time better than the great contemporary American composer George Gershwin, who is allowed to set the tone for it all… played by the Royal Danish Orchestra and conducted by Chanmin Chung, and with distinguished help from composer Frank Moon, who has created a gifted and moving score for the occasion, in which he also borrows heavily from Gershwin's famous orchestral work Rhapsody in Blue. Themes from the rhapsody are turned and twisted, according to dramaturgical need. It works so well. It sounds so good." Søren Kassebeer, Berlingske