Ballet Rambert 1966 onwards

Question 1

Who was the associate director alongside Marie Rambert in 1966?

Answer 1

Norman Morrice

Question 2

What changes did Norman Morrice make at the company?

Answer 2

Reduced the company’s size, encouraged the creation of new works with Glen Tetley and Anna Sokolow (“Pierrot Lunaire”), introduced Graham classes to dancers, preserved historic works in the repertoire and introduced choreographic works to the dancers.

Question 3

Who was the associate director in 1970 and artistic director in 1974?

Answer 3

John Chesworth

Question 4

What changes did John Chesworth make to Ballet Rambert?

Answer 4

Enhanced Rambert’s reputation for quality and diversity in the repertoire through different choreographers, developed the educational activities of the company for young people with the 1970s repertoire being dominated by Christopher Bruce and Glen Tetley.

Question 5

Who was the Artistic Director in 1981?

Answer 5

Robert North

Question 6

What changes did Robert North make to Ballet Rambert?

Answer 6

-drew together three British choreographers to develop the ‘British’ identity of the company- Robert north, richard Alston, Christopher bruce
-developed the physicality, musicality and dramatic qualities of the dancers
- he encouraged the creation of new choreography by visiting choreographers
-norths directorship of the company was diverse which offered wide and varied programmes for everyone.

Question 7

Who was the resident choreographer in 1980 and artistic director in 1986?

Answer 7

Richard Alston

Question 8

What changes did Richard Alston make to the company?

Answer 8

-changed technique from Cunningham to graham
-produced heavily abstractworks that were based on Cunningham ideas of movement for movements sake-void of expression, narrative and emotion]-reduced diversity of the works
-changed the name Ballet Rambert- Rambert Dance Company in 1987
-brought in choreographers that were similar in style to him
-developed idea of collaboration between artists, choreographers and composers

Question 9

who was the associate director in 1975, associate choreographer in 1979 and artistic director in 1994?

Answer 9

Christopher bruce

Question 10

what changes did Christopher bruce make to the company?

Answer 10

-bringing the company “back” to its original ethos that Marie Rambert had first intiated in 1966
-shift away from Alston’s Cunningham focus and resorted back to Graham training/influences
-diverse training- Ballet/Graham/Cunningham/folk dance
-restaged some popular historical works of the company and created many new ones
-1/3 of original dancers, 2/3 new dancers from other companies cross the world-created a company with the best dancers
-maintained the use of guest choreographers and developed dancers choreographic talent
-neo-classical and modern works made up most of the repertoire