David Bintley was originally attracted to the sleeve cover of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO). After listening to the album Bintley decided to make a Ballet to the music. David Bintley (choreographer) happened to be reading a book about vanished species at the time of choreographing [the doomsday book of animals by David Day] which also helped to create his inspiration. An extract from this book about the Great Auk Penguin opens the ballet narrated by Jeremy Ions. Bintley picked 8 tracks from this album, keeping the order in which they appeared on the album.
Still Life at the Penguin Cafe is split into 7 separate sections Each sections is based around the common theme of endangered animals
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Still Life at the Penguin Cafe was created in 1988.
Christopher Bruce is a choreographer. The set designer for 'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe is Haydn Griffin. He also designed the costume.
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