This week, the Royal Ballet premiered collaborations with three leading artists, Chris Ofili, Mark Wallinger and Conrad Shawcross – in which they created backdrops for dance pieces inspired by Titian works in the National Gallery.
Mr. Kirkeby has also created backdrops, enhanced by Mark Stanley's fine lighting, that abstract emotional essence through paint and color: the bright hues of Siegfried's exuberant birthday celebration in Act I contrast with the washed-out grays of the icy nature imagery of Act IV, when Odette, the Swan Queen betrayed by Siegfried, bids the prince a bitter farewell.
The animators create backdrops that reflect the topography of each country visited.
Stromberg said he didn't shoot new material with the actors but did create backdrops and manipulated existing footage digitally.
Abstracted green parks, roads, bars and an aerial view of the landscape created a backdrop for men and women.
A palette of slate gray and stormy sea blue created a backdrop for different plays on brighter and dull colored skins, from anthracite to antique gold.
The approach Mr. Wilson chose as he turned poems into a visual spectacle was to evoke a tableau vivant: his geometric décor and multicolored lighting created a backdrop of austere beauty for actors wearing imaginative masks and splendid costumes.
Writing in the Observer, Tutu also suggests the controversial US and UK-led action to oust Saddam Hussein in 2003 created the backdrop for the civil war in Syria and a possible wider Middle East conflict involving Iran.
In 1973, when Halston and four other American designers went to France to present their clothes at Versailles opposite five French couturiers, Mr. Eula created the backdrop for the Americans' set.
The song had LFO sweeps at its beginning, panning from its left and right, which created the backdrop of the track.
Using a partially surrounding screen to show disaster areas where the UN's humanitarian efforts are having a positive impact on people's lives, the team created a backdrop for Beyoncé's performance of the song "I Was Here".
