Rambert Dance Company
T0120590102
Britain's biggest and most exciting touring dance company who often tour two programmes at a time. Dancing to a mixture of musical styles they provide enormously watchable evenings.
Archive :: production:T0120590102, dance or ballet:S887, venue:V749
Current production:Work
Judgment of Paris/Momenta/Dark Elegies/Constant Speed
Judgment of Paris Set to extracts from Kurt Weill's
Threepenny Opera, Antony Tudor's
Judgment of Paris is a sardonic take on the classical myth. In this black comedy, the three women are no longer goddesses but tired, tawdy floozies competing for the attentions of a drunken client in a seedy night-club. This little Tudor gem was first performed by Rambert in 1940 and has been revived on several occasions since.
Momenta by Rambert dancer Mikaela Polley was created for the Rambert Workshop Season in January 2005, and has been promoted to the Company's main repertory.
Momenta is an ensemble world for ten dancers and is performed to an original score of the same name by Patrick Nunn, a doctoral student at the Royal Academy of Music. Mikaela has been a dancer with the Company since 2001 and this promotion is continuing proof of Rambert's dedication to nurturing choreographers from within its ranks.
Dark Elegies initially struck a chord with those aware of civilian suffering in the Spanish Civil War, but its timeless and eloquent choreography has retained its significance, particularly to disasters involving groups of children. When it opened in Edinburgh in September 2004 it coincided with the breaking news of the school siege in Beslan, bringing a tragic relevance to the piece.
Constant Speed has been specially commissioned by The Institute of Physics to mark Einstein Year 2005. Einstein Year celebrates the centenary of the publication of Albert Einstein's major theories, including the theory of special relativity; theories which changed scientific thinking about the universe forever, Inspired by the fizz and sparkle of molecules ricocheting in space,
Constant Speed will be performed to the luxuriant music of Franz Lehar and designed by film/art director Michael Howells.
