swansong

Question 1

what is the storyline?

Answer 1

A prisoner being interrogated by two guards

Question 2

What dance styles does it inculde?

Answer 2

ballet, contemporary, tap, vaudeville and music hall routines

Question 3

what inspired Christopher Bruce and what does Swansong mean?

Answer 3

A passage in Oriana Fallaci’s novel ‘A man’
Swansong means farewell or a final appearance and it represents Bruce’s farewell to his dance career.
Swansong is what swans do before they pass away.
Relates with the work of amnesty international and what’s to have a vioce about someone being wrongly imprisoned

Question 4

what was it originally preformed without?

Answer 4

A program note, so the audience could interpret it with their own imagination

Question 5

How many dancers are there and is it gender specfic?

Answer 5

There are 3 dancers in total: one prisoner and two guards

They were all male but it is not gender specific

Question 6

Who composed to music?

Answer 6

Philip Chambon

Question 7

how designed lighting?

Answer 7

David Mohr

Question 8

Who choreographed Swansong?

Answer 8

Christopher Bruce

Question 9

How many sections are there?

Answer 9

7

Question 9

Can you name all the sections?

Answer 9

Section 1- question and answer
Section 2- tea for two 
Section 3- first solo 
Section 4- slow trio 
Section 5- second solo 
Section 6- cane dance 
Section 7- third solo

Question 9

The guards always exit and enter from stage right. What does this indicate?

Answer 9

The stage is like a prison and there only one way to leave

Question 10

What appears during the victims solo and what does this represent?

Answer 10

A shaft of light and it could represent a window or freedom

Question 11

What is the company?

Answer 11

Various, including rambert dance company