Dwight Rhoden Is Choreographing a "Great Gatsby"

Complexions Contemporary Ballet co-artistic director Dwight Rhoden is bringing F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic The Great Gatsby to the stage. The work will premiere in Russia in October 2014 before embarking on a world tour. Though it has yet to be officially cast, the flashy trailer stars Ukrainian National Opera’s Elizaveta Cheprasova as Daisy and Mariinsky Ballet’s Denis Matvienko as Gatsby. And it seems to borrow a bit of drama from Baz Luhrmann’s recent film adaptation. (If only Leonardo DiCaprio could dance his way into this ballet version, too.)