Rambert revision Flashcards
What is eurhythmics?
a process for awakening, developing and refining innate musicality through rhythmic movement, ear-training and improvisation.
What is marie ramberts’ dance style?
Traditional ballet
What was Marie Rambert’s three inspirations?
Isadora Duncan, Ballet Russes and Martha Graham.
What is Ballet Russes and how did it inspire Marie?
They work in a highly collaborative way, introduced the idea of ignoring the background music and allowed for Maries’ passion of classical ballet to grow.
Who is Isadora Duncan and how did she inspire Marie?
Duncan broke away from conventional classical ballet techniques and introduced being emotionally expressive whilst dancing in tunics and scarves. Using costume to a great extent. She inspired Marie to branch into looking at ballet from a more modern perspective.
What are the three names of Marie’s dance company?
The Ballet club - Ballet Rambert - Rambert dance company.
What is the name of the man who created his first choreography in 1958?
Norman Morrice
What choreographers made an impact on Rambert dance company?
Glen Tetley and Christopher Bruce
List 5 key changes of 1966
Incorporating new things, preserving old things, smaller company, no hierarchy, smaller orchestra.
List 4 reasons why the company needed to change in 1966
The company could no longer afford the expense of putting on and touring large scale ballets, to return to the original aims and roots of the company, other leading ballet companies at the time were more successful and more financially stable so the company had to change or die, to bring new choreographic influences to the company.
Richard Alston
Glen Tetley
Norman Morrice
