David Bowie ballet will 'pay tribute to his incredibly wide-ranging career'

A ballet inspired by the life and career of David Bowie, entitled 'Star Dust', will debut in Detroit later this month on June 18.

Dwight Rhoden from New York's Complexion Contemporary Ballet told Billboard magazine that the ballet will pay tribute to the late icon:

"It's an abstraction. We're basically looking at honouring each song and bringing a visual concept in movement and characterisation to them. So there's an interpretation going on per song, and there's a thread throughout it but not necessarily a story. I think you'll see a great love for the artist himself, and it's really paying tribute to his incredibly wide-ranging career."

Rhoden added: "The dream is to do a full-evening work, but this is what we had the time to develop right now. In 35 minutes you cannot tell [Bowie's] entire story, but I think this piece I'm starting with will touch on his catalog and all the different ways that he expressed himself, musically and theatrically. He was certainly a musician, but he was so much more."

The production will be around 35 minutes in duration and dancers will perform routines set to some of Bowie's most well-loved songs including 'Changes' and 'Life On Mars?'.

When asked why he decided to name the ballet 'Star Dust', Rhoden explained: "I went with Star Dust as a bit of a play on words of one of his most enduring characters/personas, and then relating it to the idea of the dust of an incredible 'star' whose prolific catalog was often both ahead of its time -- and timeless."

"I feel he was more of than just a musician but a cultural icon that chronicled the world around him. Bowie left us with so many vivid remnants and particles of his magical journey that working to his music reveals a world of fantasy and performance that seems to create an aura of the many pieces of himself."

Watch Bowie's last music video here: