Pineapple Poll which the central character is named Poll Pineapple. The Gilbert and Sullivan opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" (especially its character Little Buttercup) was also based, in part, on this story. Cranko introduced new characters (Mrs Dimple) and gave Poll an admirer to enable a happy ending. Mackerras arranged the score of "Pineapple Poll" from the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire, as well as Sullivan's comic opera "Cox and Box" (written with F. C. Burnand), and Sullivan's "Overture di Ballo". Music from all of the extant Gilbert and Sullivan operas is included, except for "Utopia Limited" and "The Grand Duke". "Pineapple Poll" premiered on
Wild Swans (ballet) 2011 onwards has been used as the theme music for an ABC Radio National programme ("Late Night Live"), replacing another piece of hers ("Russian Rag"). The "Eliza Aria" was also used as the basis of "The Journey Continues", a dance music single and music video by DJ Mark Brown and singer Sarah Cracknell. The video is notable for its use of thousands of still photographs, played in sequence to produce a surreal effect, a form of stop motion animation with live subjects. Wild Swans (ballet) Wild Swans is a ballet by Soviet-born Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin. The story is based