Performing Arts
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Works
Chess and music are often related with other arts. Here you have some examples.
Performing Arts
| Rank | Work | Year | Genre | Author | Descriptions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,00 | A game at chess | 1624 | Theatre | Thomas Middleton | Comic and satirical theatre with a big political content |
| 2,00 | Ajedrez | 2017 | Theatre | Síntesis | Two people are in search of the unit, in a shared, played and disputed territory. Both want to be while being other, yearning for the same. One loses, two long win. |
| 3,00 | Ajedrez | 2017 | Dance | Zaida María Salinas | Choreography performed by Grupo Jazz Juvenil. "Entredancers shoal 2017" contest winner |
| 4,00 | Ajedrez | 2013 | Dance | X-Dance | Dance inspired in chess |
| 5,00 | Ajedrez | 2010 | Dance | Fama Revolution | Dance performed to the Fama Revolution program represented chess game |
| 6,00 | Ajedrez, un cuento infantil | 2010 | Dance | Fedora Freites | Theatral adaptation by the book "Ajedrez, un cuento infantil" |
| 7,00 | Alchemy | 2016 | Performance | Unionville High School | Chess art performance |
| 8,00 | Ana | 1990 | Ballet | Chopinet (choreography) | Based on Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. It includes a chess game. |
| 9,00 | Ani Rosen and Sidney Rosen - Dance precisions | 2013 | Dance | The kill. Choreography by Karame Adesko | Young choreography inspired in chess, performer in KAR, American dance competition |
| 10,00 | Art of conquest - Chess Match | 2017 | Video-art | TEO Divinity | An epic battle represented in chess board |
| 11,00 | At the mercy of the whims of the Queens | 2018 | Theatre | Alexei Podkorytov | Russian children's theater |
| 12,00 | Ballet des Echecs | 1607 | Ballet | ? | Performed in the court of Louis XIV of France. |
| 13,00 | Checkmate | 1937 | Ballet | Sir Arthur Bliss / Ninette de Valois | |
| 14,00 | Checkmate | 2011 | Dance | Hermitage Dance | Game of chess played by way of dance |
| 15,00 | Chess | 1986 | Musical | Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA) / Benny Andersson (ABBA) / Tim Rice | The game of chess becomes part of a love triangle between two chess players and the wife of one of them. In this last game is much more than the World Chess Championship disputed. |
| 16,00 | Chess | 2016 | Contemporary Dance | Rogers Dance Academy | Dance that expresses the hardness of a game of chess |
| 17,00 | Chess | 2018 | Dance | Batumi | Dance performance inspired in chess by the 2018 Chess Olympiad opening ceremony |
| 18,00 | Chess | 2015 | Dance | Blue Odyssey Drill | Dance Nationals Senior, performed at Bendigo Victoria |
| 19,00 | Chess | 2018 | Dance | Dance fest novi sad | Two opposing sides: parts white vs black pieces in a duel of dance with chess as leitmotiv |
| 20,00 | Chess | 2019 | Dance | Crystal SC | Dance inspired in chess. Grand Prix Vienna International opening |
| 21,00 | Chess | 2016 | Dance | Larkin Dance Studio | Choregraphy performed in The Dance Awards from Las Vegas |
| 22,00 | Chess | 2017 | Theatre | Dan Knechtges | Theatre performed at Broadway Dreams Charlotte Summer intensive 2017 |
| 23,00 | Chess | 2017 | Dance | Maria Turner | Schoolar theatre for learning to play chess |
| 24,00 | Chess - In black and white | 2010 | Contemporary Dance | Kevin Jenkins | Chess game performed in contemporary dance |
| 25,00 | Chess battle | 2016 | Dance | Aleksey Mirnov | Children's dance inspired in Chess using for representing the city of Kremenchug |
| 26,00 | Chess countess | 2019 | Video-clip | Court Jester | Music video-clip inspired in chess |
| 27,00 | Chess dance | 2017 | Dance | Katalin Doma | Dance that expresses the relationship between the world of chess, music and dance |
| 28,00 | Chess dance | 2012 | Dance | Anatoliy Supakov | Junior Dance Festival from Arkhangelsk |
| 29,00 | Chess dance | 2018 | Dance | Vidhyasagar Women's college | Dance inspired in chess game |
| 30,00 | Chess dance choreography | 2018 | Dance | Hemant Sir | Chess choreography performed in CBSE National Chess Championship |
| 31,00 | Chess GCC Spring | 2018 | Contemporary Dance | Caroline Coulter | Dance inspired in chess game |
| 32,00 | Chess Guess | 2017 | Illusionism | Chris Ramsay | Magic tricks with chess |
| 33,00 | Chess man | 2011 | Performance | Vadim Savenkov | Solo performance robotic dance inspired in chess game |
| 34,00 | Chess move E2 | 2013 | Dance | Ilya Petrov | Contemporary dance that represents the movement of a chess piece with NASA Space Sounds |
| 35,00 | Chess Opening | 2018 | Dance | Conservatory of dance Education | Best choreography. Winner of the Industry Dance Awards from Kansas |
| 36,00 | Chess people dance show | 2014 | Dance | Contraband entertainment | Dance show performed on the "chess playing field". |
| 37,00 | Chess performance | 2012 | Dance | Ani Abrahamyan | Contemporary dance show inspired in the game of chess |
| 38,00 | Chess video art | 2016 | Video-art | Wow Movies | Playing chess video, worked in 3DS |
| 39,00 | Clowns of chess | 2017 | Dance | Kelley Abbey. Choreography by Patrick Studios Australia | Choreography inspired in the game of chess, performed by mimes. |
| 40,00 | Come il nero negli schacchi | 2016 | Theatre | Paolo Fosso | The anxiety disorder and depression suffered by the protagonist, leading him to the conclusion that the black pieces of chess have less chance of winning than white |
| 41,00 | Cosplay Chess | 2018 | Theatre | Anime Boston | Chess performance in Boston's cosplay exhibition |
| 42,00 | Cosplay chess match | 2016 | Theatre | RIT Cousplay troupe | Cosplay Theatre that represent a chess game with differents caracters of Japanese culture as a chess pieces |
| 43,00 | Cosplay Chess: Order & Oblivion | 2019 | Theatre | RIT Cousplay troupe | Children's Comique Theatre |
| 44,00 | Dance of Chess Pieces | 2016 | Dance | Zubkova Olga | Children's contemporary dance represented in Moscow Choreography Festival 2016 |
| 45,00 | Dancing chess | 2013 | Dance | Gabir al-Karim | Dance inspired in chess for the Dubai Shopping Festival |
| 46,00 | Dark horse | 2015 | Performance | Katy Perry | Chess pieces performance at super bowl 2015 |
| 47,00 | Das Schachturnier (The Chess Tournament) | 1810 | Opera | Traugott Eberwein | Opera based on a chess tournament. |
| 48,00 | Derren Brown VS 9 Chess Players | 2015 | Mental Control | Derren Brown | Derren plays versus 9 highly skilled chess players, including 4 Chess Grandmasters |
| 49,00 | Down/Chess | 2010 | Dance | Rebecca Skidgel | Two opposing teams, white against black, in a contemporary choreography rooted in chess. |
| 50,00 | Echec au roi (Chess of the King) | 1950s | Ballet | Bohuslav Martinu | Contemporary ballet inspired by the game of chess |
| 51,00 | Echec et Mat | ? | Ballet | Alain Guélis | |
| 52,00 | Eight Queens puzzle | 2018 | Illusionism | Scam Nation | Magic tricks with chess |
| 53,00 | El ajedrez | 2016 | Theatre | Evangelical Church Philadelphia of the Línea de la Concepción | Metaphor between the game of chess and the bible |
| 54,00 | El ajedrez mágico de Carlomagno | 2013 | Magic | Amílkar | The chess game unfolds over Board at the same time that the magician performed magic tricks related to the strategic game of chess, telling stories and legends in which the magic and the chess share protagonism at the same time |
| 55,00 | El puto peón negro y chueco | 2012 | Theatre | David Desola | Monologue about the power and complicity, seen through the chess board. |
| 56,00 | El rey soberbio y la batalla del jardín de dos colores | 2014 | Theatre | Eduardo Tuñón | Children's Theatre |
| 57,00 | End Game: A Bharatanatyam Chess Game | 2019 | Indian dance | Princeton Labs and IndianRaga | Three dancers play 3 pieces of chess. The Queen and the tower try to catch the king, executing a plan to be able to culminate with checkmate |
| 58,00 | Endgame | 1957 | Theatre | Samuel Barclay Beckett | Inspired by the game of chess, it tells the story of a blind master and his servant who can not sit who depend on each other despite their mutual hatred. Hamm's resistance to accept is comparable to that of the amateur player to admit a defeat. |
| 59,00 | Fusion chess with magic | 2019 | Illusionism | Rahul Kharbanda | History of India narrated through the magic with cards and chess pieces |
| 60,00 | Game of chess | 2015 | Dance | Balladine škola tance | Dance performed in Naruby dance competition |
| 61,00 | Game of chess IN MOTION | 2019 | Dance | School of the Performing Arts from Canada | Contemporary dance inspired in the chess game where the half of dancers represent a black pieces and the other half the white pieces |
| 62,00 | Gli Scacchi | 2019 | Dance | ? | Dance performance inspired in chess, interpreted in Saggio (Italy) |
| 63,00 | Halloween chess BBC One | 2015 | Dance | Halloween pro group dance | Dance performance by BBC Halloween special program |
| 64,00 | Hip-hop chess | 2014 | Dance | SYTYCD S11 | Hip-hop dance performance by Top18 GroupDance program |
| 65,00 | House dance | 2016 | Dance | Chess Beat Street Show | Dance inspired in chess game |
| 66,00 | In the chess court | 2016 | Performance | Tony Carabba | Contemporary choregraphy performed in Iceland by Tony Carabba |
| 67,00 | It's only a game | 2015 | Performance | Alexander McQueen | Fashion performance interpreted as a chess game |
| 68,00 | Jaque mate | 2013 | Theatre | Flor Moreno | Based on work "Muerte súbita" by Sabina Berman |
| 69,00 | Jazz chess Mya | 2015 | Dance | Sandra Vultao | Dance inspired in chess performer in The Ultimate Dance Experiencie |
| 70,00 | Juego de ajedrez | 2018 | Musical | MJF | Chess game-life metaphor |
| 71,00 | King of chess | 2017 | Opera | Alexander Tchaikovsky and Lev Yakovlev | Metaphor between the game of chess and political |
| 72,00 | Knight music | 2018 | Performance | Levy Lorenzo - International Contemporary Ensemble | Original composition by International Contemporary Ensemble's Levy Lorenzo, performed in collaboration with Usdan's Chess and Percussion departments. |
| 73,00 | La isla de los esclavos | 2015 | Theatre | José Gómez | Based on L'Île des esclaves by Pierre de Marivaux (1725) and interpreted in chessboard. It tells the story of two Greek aristocrats who are shipwrecked on an island where the roles between slaves and gentlemen changed |
| 74,00 | La partida d’escacs | 2019 | Theatre | Iván Morales | Theatre based on the novel by Stefan Zweig. It chronicles the rise of Nazism in Germany |
| 75,00 | Legion of chess | 2010 | Dance | The Pulse. Choreography by Ellie Soto | Choreography that shows two opposing teams (white on black), they discover that the union makes the force |
| 76,00 | LG Chess | 2016 | Advertisement | LG | Performance by LG company to promote their products |
| 77,00 | Live chess | 2016 | Theatre | Manuel Gálvez | Medieval war on a chessboard |
| 78,00 | Live chess dance choreography | 2012 | Dance | Szabóné Dancsik Tünde | Children's contemporary dance created by the Polgar Chess Festival in 2012 |
| 79,00 | Los cartoneros de la diosa Caissa | 2018 | Theatre | Victorio Veronese | Metaphor between the game of chess and the problems of the life |
| 80,00 | Meeting | 1968 | Performance | John Cage and Marcel Duchamp | Chess game in which an electronic board was used that produced sounds and images while the game was being produced. |
| 81,00 | Mestri di scacchi | 2014 | Theatre | Alessandro Carvaruso | A metaphor between chess and life |
| 82,00 | Mikhail vs. Mikhail | 2014 | Opera | Kristaps Petersons | |
| 83,00 | Nathan der Weise | 1779 | Theatre | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | Using a game of chess, it's representing the diferences between Judaism, Islamism and Christianism |
| 84,00 | No Jueguen Ajedrez | 2012 | Theatre | Roberto Villa | Make good decisions in life is as important as to make good moves in chess, because the existence can disappear in a bad move |
| 85,00 | Nobody's side (chess) | 2012 | Dance | Parkewood School of Dance | Contemporary dance inspired in chess |
| 86,00 | Orbita: Chess hip-hop from the show | 2015 | Dance | DGI Verdensholdet – National Danish Performance Team | Dance performing with Hip-hop music inspired in chess |
| 87,00 | Orsha Chess Tournament Opening | 2018 | Dance | Eduard Navogonskij | Acrobatic dance inspired in Chess for the 2018 Chess tournament |
| 88,00 | Pawn to King 5 | 1968 | Ballet | Pink Floyd | Ballet with metaphors about chess |
| 89,00 | Pegasus chess | 2014 | Dance | Základni umelecká skola Bystré Czech ensemble | Chess pieces ask for a dance |
| 90,00 | People's Choice - Chess | 2015 | Dance | Long Island Academy of Dance | Eight chess pieces interpret a fight between them |
| 91,00 | Performance Ajedrez | 2012 | Performance | Radical Arte C.A. | Artistic dance performance chess battle |
| 92,00 | Philidor's Victory | 1882 | Opera | Amadeo Ditak | Opera in honor of François-André "Philidor" |
| 93,00 | Provoke chess game. Paranoia | 2017 | Performance | Ekaterina Veresk | Provocative pole dance performance inspired in chess game |
| 94,00 | Reikiavik | 1972 | Theatre | Fernando Broncano y Juan Mayorga | In the middle of cold war, Bobby Fischer and Boris Spasski played chess in Reykjavik, but there is much more at stake than a Championship title |
| 95,00 | Reunion. Chess as Perfomance art | 2010 | Performance | Annex Chess Club | Meeting about Chess Grandmasters and diferent chess associations for making different art seasons playing chess. |
| 96,00 | Sakk | 2009 | Dance | Botafogo | Botafogo Dance Ensemble's chess dance show |
| 97,00 | Sand Art about Chess | 2011 | Sand Art (Performance) | Kseniya Simonova | Sand Art about Chess at Monte-Carlo Amber Championship |
| 98,00 | Schachnovelle | 2013 | Opera | Cristobal Halfter | Opera based on the novel by Stefan Zweig |
| 99,00 | Sinbad the Sailor on Ice | 1953 | Pantomime | Reginald Charles Noel-Johnson | |
| 100,00 | Sketches of chess | 1996 | Opera | Murielle Lucie Clément | Opera for two soprano and a chess-board |
| 101,00 | Surveillance Chess | 2012 | Performance | Mediengruppe Bitnik | Artistic performance with CCTV operator with which they replaced the real-time images of the London Underground surveillance cameras for an invitation to play chess |
| 102,00 | Testimonios | 2007 | Theatre | Chess theatre group | Theatre chess performance |
| 103,00 | The legend of chess | 2013 | Theatre | Mima Jankovic | Mix of theatre and music for representing the origins of chess. |
| 104,00 | The man for U.N.C.L.E. Chess dance Scene | 2015 | Film | Guy Ritchie | Scene of the movie in which a woman dances while a man plays a game of chess against himself |
| 105,00 | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat | 1986 | Opera | Michael Nyman | There is a chess game in this opera. |
| 106,00 | The Marostica living chess match | Every two years | Theatre | Mirko Vucetich, Maurizio Panici & Pro Marostica Association | Love story enacted by 600 costumed characters |
| 107,00 | The players | 2016 | Dance | Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy & Indian Council | Dance inspired in chess performer by Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy & Indian Council students |
| 108,00 | The Royal Chess Game - Alice in Wonderland | 2014 | Theatre | Choreography by Brianna Hall | Dance and Theater performance from "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carrol |
| 109,00 | The sea cadet | 1876 | Operetta | Richard Genée | Operetta representing a live chess match |
| 110,00 | Una leyenda sobre el ajedrez | 2017 | Theatre | Teatro Nebrija | Chess history |
| 111,00 | Una partita a scacchi | 1873 | Opera | Giuseppe Giacosa | Renato and Fernando dispute Lolanda's love in a chess match |
| 112,00 | Unleashed Chess | 2012 | Dance | DSD. Choreography by Natasha Jayasuriya | Mix of contemporary and classic dance that represent the game of chess |
| 113,00 | Untitled | 2008 | Performance | Colby Taylor | Chess fashion show at the Denver Art Museum |
