The Tempest (1979) By Glen Tetley

Question 1

What year was The Tempest first performed by Rambert?

Answer 1

1979

Question 2

What is the subject matter for this work?

Answer 2

A plotless work, based around Shakespeare’s The Tempest, each dancer represents a mythical creature. The soliloquy’s from Shakespeares work had each been turned into a solo, but presented in a different order.

Question 3

What is the physical setting for this work?

Answer 3

• Set: influenced by oriental theatre, the first image is a seascape, filled with taste gauze shapes
• Costume: shiny blue leotards
• Props: a very long silk cloth= represents the sea. Different shapes are created on stage by filling the cloth up with air, making it into wings, and gathering it up into a ball then throwing it out to make waves

Question 4

Who was the set designer?

Answer 4

Nadine Baylis

Question 5

What structure was the work?

Answer 5

Episodic, but was a full length ballet

Question 6

1. what is a movement example from this work

Answer 6

Movement: Male dancer is on a lunge, with one leg extended straight to the side. One arm is positioned at the front of the body, and he’s supporting a female dancer in a backbend. Her left hand and foot is supporting her on the floor, and her other arm and leg is lifted up off the floor.