Solange Knowles is composing an unique piece for the New York Metropolis Ballet, the singer introduced on Tuesday. She stated the piece will accompany choreography by Gianna Reisen — who, at 18 years previous, turned the youngest individual ever to choreograph for the ballet in 2017, in keeping with Playbill.
The composition will debut on the ballet's annual Fall Trend Gala on Sept. 28 at Lincoln Middle. The occasion shall be chaired by Laverne Cox and Andy Cohen, amongst others, and can honor actress Sarah Jessica Parker, who serves because the ballet's vice chair.
The piece may also be carried out at 4 exhibits in October and 5 in Could.
"The rating consists for a chamber ensemble that shall be made up of a few of Solange's musical collaborators and members of the Metropolis Ballet orchestra," in keeping with the New York Occasions.
In keeping with Knowles' mom, Tina Knowles-Lawson, will probably be the third composition by a lady, and the primary by a Black girl, for the reason that ballet was based in 1948.
"I'm past pleased with Solange," Knowles-Lawson wrote on Instagram Monday. "She is all the time kicking down doorways and opening doorways for different artists of shade."
Over the course of her decades-long profession within the music business, Knowles has launched 4 solo studio albums. Her first studio album got here out when she was simply 16 years previous, and her first Prime 10 album, "Sol-Angel and The Hadley St. Desires," adopted six years later, in keeping with the Grammy Awards web site. Her 2016 album, "A Seat on the Desk," was No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album's lead single, "Cranes within the Sky," gained a Grammy for Greatest R&B Efficiency. It was Knowles' first Grammy nomination and first win.