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932# Answer for Emily
By Mikaela Polley, Rehearsal Director on Mon, 16 May 2011 at 04:55:41 PM
Hi Emily, The dancers train every day Monday to Saturday. The day starts with a 1 hour and a half hour technique class, alternating between classical ballet and contemporary, followed by 5 hours of rehearsals. When the dancers are on tour the technique class is just over 1 hour followed by up to 3 hours of rehearsals and a performance.
Choreographers have approximately 6 weeks to create a new dance work for the company with some of that time also used to prepare our other repertoire.
Our dancers come from a variety of backgrounds and schools from around the world and have to go through an audition process to gain a position in the company.
Hope that answers some of your questions.
931# being part of a dance company
By Emily on Sun, 8 May 2011 at 05:06:25 PM
Hi there, i just wondered if you could answer a few of my queries about being part of Rambert as it would really help me to understand if the training that i participate in at the moment is enough to lead me to a career in dance.
Firstly how long do the dancers train for? is there a set timetable, is it everyday or whole days or just few hours sessions?
How long does the rehearsal process take before the show goes ahead?
How long do the contracts as a dancer last in the company?
and how would you go about getting into the company? would you have to first of all train at the school? or is it an audition process?
Good luck with everything in the future and keep being amazing!
Emily Garner
827# Reply for Emma: Rambert School
By Gillian on Mon, 29 November 2010 at 10:08:21 AM
Hi Emma,
Great to hear from you and of your ambitions. I think you are probably keen to get into the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, we are Rambert Dance Company - we are seperate organisations. You could contact them directly and ask their advice? This is their website: http://www.rambertschool.org.uk/
Good luck for the future!
825# Rambert!!!
By Emma.H. on Sat, 27 November 2010 at 03:19:36 PM
Hello,
I was just wondering if it was hard to get into Rambert. I am 13 and really want to go in a few years times. Iam currently studying at grade 4 in ballet, but am taking my exam next week (yay). I have no training in Contemporoary dance. (yet) Any advice you can give me would be really helpful. Thanks for reading.
From Emma in Okehampton, Devon!!!
639# For Grace re: Rooster
By Stephanie Moore on Mon, 12 April 2010 at 08:09:31 AM
Hi Grace - thanks for your question. I asked Mark Baldwin, our Artistic Director, for his thoughts on this and he suggested the following: "Rooster was originally created in the 1980s for the Geneva Ballet. Christopher is now in his mid-60s and, I think, at around the same time period had worked with the Rolling Stones on a video. I dont think Christopher intended the work to be a retrospective as such; the Stones have always been popular and I would say for his generation they were a huge influence on everybody. His preference as a choreographer is towards the rhythms which reference American blues. He has always been interested in this, and most of his work for Rambert since the 80s, for instance Ghost Dances, Sergeant Earlys Dream, and most recently Hush, has had a folk element - one could say the Rolling Stones are latter day folk singers. They have now become part of our heritage and background. In our present repertoire we have RainForest which I would consider a real retrospective because of the other elements, namely Andy Warhols silver pillows, David Tudors sound sculpture and the costumes (originally Warhol wanted the dancers to be naked)."
I hope this is of some help and good luck with your dissertation!
Stephanie
(Marketing Manager)
638# Rooster
By Grace on Wed, 7 April 2010 at 03:44:29 PM
Hello, I am writing a dissertation on memory and nostalgia in the arts, focussing on how the arts have influenced memory of the 1960s. I am using Rooster as my case study for dance. I am particularly interested in Bruce's motivations for creating this piece for a 1990s audience (how it was received at the time and whether the early 1990s where particularly welcoming of a retrospective on the sixties) and wondered if anyone who was involved in either creating or dancing in the choreography could give me an insight. I have been through the archives at Rambert which were helpful but unfortunately had no luck with speaking to the man himself. If anyone could divulge what Bruce wanted to convey most about the 1960s or any other comments on 'Rooster' it would be much appreciated. Thanks, Grace
601# role of a dancer
By deanne on Thu, 11 February 2010 at 08:08:58 PM
I was just wondering if you could help me with an assignment for university. I have to find out what the roles of being a dancer/performer in a company are, for example musicality, stamina, research into choreographers style and knowing about the intentions of the peice etc. I need proof of evidence for this. can you help please?
309# math
By joyleen on Wed, 11 February 2009 at 04:29:07 PM
i like dance do you !!!!!!!
219# FAO Robert: Career path
By Glenn Wilkinson on Mon, 27 October 2008 at 06:42:56 AM
Hi Robert,
In answer to your quaetions, there are no particular age limits for Rambert's dancers, other than that they need to be old enough to be eligible to work in the UK. Dancers leave dance companies for many reasons - to work with other choreographers, or to choreograph themselves, to work abroad, to take up another career or to dance different styles, to name just a few. When a dancer has finished their dancing career they can take up every kind of work from massage therapy to plumbing, organic farming to window fitting - although many dancers stay within dance - teaching, managing and directing dancers and dance companies. I hope that's gone some way to answering the points you raise. Thanks for your interest in the Company.
Glenn (Dancers' Management Team)
214# Career path
By Robert John Roberts on Fri, 24 October 2008 at 01:19:11 PM
Hello everyone,
I have noticed that there are regular changes of personnel within dance companies. Obviously age is a factor when someone leaves a particular company. Just what minimum and maximum age limits does Rambert work to? Besides age,what reasons would dancers leave a particular company? Does Rambert ever cancel a dancer`s contract? Exactly what type of work do dancers tend to under take when their professional dancing days are over?
Keep up the excellent work.