"Actor Ansel Elgort ( Baby Driver, West Side Story) will make his professional dance debut in Pete Townshend's Quadrophenia, A Rock Ballet at New York City Center next month. Directed by Rob Ashford with choreography by the late Paul Roberts, the production will have a four-performance run November 14-16. Elgort will play the role of The Godfather. "I'm thrilled to welcome Ansel to Quadrophenia," said Townshend in a statement. "The spirit of Rock n' Roll was not just my generation. It's every generation.""
"Rock n' Roll is not dead. I think it's having a rebirth right now, downtown NYC you can hear electric guitars squealing through bar doors as people are hungry for live music. Even better, a rock ballet! My roots are in ballet and theatre and to be able to return to the stage in The Who's Quadrophenia rock ballet feels like a gift from the rock gods. Well, one of them himself, Pete Townshend already wrote me a note welcoming me on board, and I'm framing it."
"Elgort began training as a dancer at the age of nine and studied for five years at the School for American Ballet. In 2012, he made his New York stage in the play Regrets which played New York City Center - Stage I, the Off Broadway venue downstairs from the main stage where he will play The Godfather and dance in Townshend's iconic song "My Generation.""
Ansel Elgort will make his professional dance debut in Pete Townshend's Quadrophenia, A Rock Ballet at New York City Center with a four-performance run November 14–16. Rob Ashford directs and choreography is by the late Paul Roberts. Elgort will play The Godfather and will dance in Townshend's song "My Generation." Elgort trained from age nine at the School for American Ballet and previously appeared on the New York stage in the play Regrets at City Center - Stage I. Rachel Fuller’s orchestral version of The Who album recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra provides the production's musical backdrop.
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