The Who’s Pete Townshend announces ‘poignant and poetic’ Quadrophenia ballet
by Laura Harding
Jun 25, 2024
2 minutes
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The Who star Pete Townshend has said a new Quadrophenia “Mod ballet” will be “poignant, tender and poetic and epic”.
The dance production is based on the 1973 album, written by Townshend and performed by The Who, and the 1979 cult film of the same name that it inspired.
Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet aims to introduce, who escapes from his dead-end job as a post room boy by dancing, partying, taking drugs, riding his scooter and brawling.
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