Editing Joby Talbot (section)

===Collaborations with Christopher Wheeldon===
Subsequent to ''Chroma'', Talbot became increasingly involved in projects for dance, adapting his 2002 score for [[Evgenii Bauer]]'s silent film ''The Dying Swan'' to score ''Fool's Paradise'', a short 2007 work devised by choreographer [[Christopher Wheeldon]] for his company [[Morphoses]] and later integrated into the repertoire of The Royal Ballet.

When Wheeldon was appointed to choreograph The Royal Ballet's first new, full-length narrative ballet commissioned in almost 20 years, he approached Talbot to write the score.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Toronyi-Lalic |first=Igor |date=2023-12-24 |title=Joby Talbot heads down the rabbit hole for the Royal Ballet's Alice |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/classical-opera/article/joby-talbot-heads-down-the-rabbit-hole-for-the-royal-ballets-alice-29cl2rdhq5l |access-date=2023-12-24 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (ballet)|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', commissioned jointly by the Royal and the National Ballet of Canada, premiered at the [[Royal Opera House|Royal Opera House Covent Garden]] on 28 February 2011, and at the [[Four Seasons Centre|Four Seasons Performing Arts Centre]], Toronto, on 4 June 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/onstage/article/1285343--alice-s-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-national-ballet|title=Alice's Adventures in Wonderland returns to National Ballet|first=Michael|last=Crabb|date=9 November 2012|access-date=10 March 2018|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref> The production has had its third consecutive run with The Royal Ballet in March 2013<ref name="roh.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-christopher-wheeldon|title=Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – Productions – Royal Opera House|website=Rroh.org.uk|access-date=10 March 2018|archive-date=31 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131165813/http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-by-christopher-wheeldon|url-status=dead}}</ref> and has thus far been successfully toured to Los Angeles and Washington D.C. by the National Ballet of Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://national.ballet.ca/performances/season1213/Alice_s_Adventures_in_Wonderland/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219190241/http://national.ballet.ca/performances/season1213/Alice_s_Adventures_in_Wonderland/|url-status=dead|title=National Ballet of Canada Website|archive-date=19 February 2013|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated in 2011: "Mr. Talbot's score is the trump card for ''Alice''."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sulcas |first=Roslyn |date=2011-03-01 |title=Alice on Her Toes, at a Rare Tea Party |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/arts/dance/02alice.html |access-date=2023-12-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The 2012 and 2013 productions received very good to excellent reviews.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-24 |title=Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at Covent Garden |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-at-covent-garden-wjdxmnvnb9l |access-date=2023-12-24 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-19 |title=A magic potion {{!}} The Sunday Times |website=[[The Sunday Times]] |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/arts/dance/article1232394.ece |access-date=2023-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419141130/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/arts/dance/article1232394.ece |archive-date=19 April 2013 }}</ref> Talbot was praised for his "sublimely witty score, which seems to use every instrument to match the sounds from the pit to the action on the stage, creating a lush soundscape that drives the action."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-17 |title=Alice in Wonderland, Royal Ballet, review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/9935852/Alice-in-Wonderland-Royal-Ballet-review.html |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref> A suite from ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'', along with the score from the duo's first collaboration ''Fool's Paradise'', was recorded in London in November 2012 by the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] under Christopher Austin and released in January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AJL1DVK/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1358951797&sr=8-1|title=Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|access-date=10 March 2018|website=Amazon.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.planethugill.com/2013/03/joby-talbot-alices-adventures.html|title=A delightful disc - Joby Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|website=Planethughill.com|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>

In May 2013, Wheeldon choreographed sections of an orchestral version of Talbot's 2009 work ''Tide Harmonic'' for [[Pacific Northwest Ballet]], under the same title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pnb.org/AboutPNB/Repertory/TideHarmonic.aspx |title=PNB &#124; Tide Harmonic &#124; Pacific Northwest Ballet |access-date=2014-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127192506/http://www.pnb.org/AboutPNB/Repertory/TideHarmonic.aspx |archive-date=27 November 2014}}</ref>

In London in April 2014, the pair premiered a second full-length narrative work for The Royal Ballet and National Ballet of Canada, an adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[The Winter's Tale]]''. Talbot commented that he spent two years thinking about 'nothing else.' The project proved especially challenging as he was composing music to be played by unusual instruments and the contrasting nature of each act from one to three made it feel he had to 'start again' twice more.<ref>Interview on Opus Arte DVD 2015</ref> The critical reception was favourable with five stars from The Times<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/the-winters-tale-at-covent-garden-zg879h86fhl|title=The Winter's Tale at Covent Garden|first=Debra|last=Craine|website=[[The Times]] |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> and The Telegraph<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalcdreviews/10759738/The-Winters-Tale-Royal-Ballet-Covent-Garden-review.html|title=The Winter's Tale, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, review|first=Sarah|last=Crompton|date=11 April 2014|access-date=10 March 2018|website=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> and four from the ''[[Financial Times]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/6f6a5b46-c15b-11e3-97b2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3IzJE26RP |title=The Winter's Tale, Royal Opera House, London – review |website=[[Financial Times]] |access-date=10 Jan 2021 }}</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]'', which called the work 'a ballet to keep'.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/apr/13/winters-tale-christopher-wheeldon-british-ballet|title=The Winter's Tale review – 'a ballet to keep'|first=Luke|last=Jennings|date=12 April 2014|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ''The Winter's Tale'' was premiered in North America by the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto in November 2015 and returned to Covent Garden the following year. With some amendment it was performed again at the Royal Opera House in 2018.

In 2023 Talbot received an [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] nomination at The Ivors Classical Awards 2023. ''Like Water for Chocolate'' was nominated for Best Stage Work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Mark |date=2023-10-18 |title=Nominees announced for The Ivors Classical Awards 2023 |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/nominees-announced-for-the-ivors-classical-awards-2023/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The ballet ''[[Oscar (ballet)|Oscar]]'', based on the life of [[Oscar Wilde]], was premiered by The Australian Ballet at the [[Regent Theatre, Melbourne|Regent Theatre]], [[Melbourne]] in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grant |first=Yvette |date=2024-09-16 |title=Oscar: the tragedy and beauty of Wilde's life, and an historic moment on the ballet stage |url=https://theconversation.com/oscar-the-tragedy-and-beauty-of-wildes-life-and-an-historic-moment-on-the-ballet-stage-235649 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}</ref>