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971# SwanSong
By Grace on Thu, 11 August 2011 at 11:32:34 AM
what is the stimulus for this dance im doing fasttrack dance GCSE that means im doing it a year early Please help thankyou.
970# SwanSong
By Grace on Thu, 11 August 2011 at 11:32:13 AM
what is the stimulus for this dance im doing fasttrack dance GCSE that means im doing it a year early Please help thankyou.
840# Reply for Mike
By Gillian - Web Manager on Mon, 31 January 2011 at 12:57:26 PM
Hi Mike, thanks for your question. In response we'd like to advise that there is no reference that Swansong responds to any political stance. In an interview Bruce stated that 'there were two basic inspiration points for which Swansong sprung. One is reading about and being very aware of the work of Amnesty International and wanting to say something about the prisoner of conscience. The other image was saying good-bye to something, and for me, it was saying goodbye to dance.'
There is no particular target audience for this work and it has been performed in countries throughout the world, to people of all ages and background.
839# Bruce as a political Practitioner
By Mike on Tue, 25 January 2011 at 01:05:58 PM
Swansong is openly political and responds to a Left Wing stance. However those who are truly Left Wing use more universal mediums than ballet and target a more working class audience. How does Bruce justify his target audience and and his medium of delivery?
831# Swansong, for Celeste & Ruby
By Gillian - Web Manager on Mon, 6 December 2010 at 10:23:07 AM
Hi Celeste & Ruby,
The cast of Swansong has varied over the years and by Company. Swansong is a Christopher Bruce piece which he first created for London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet), although we have, as you know, performed it many times (with different dancers so there is not a set cast that I can tell you about); the same for Houston Ballet.
I do not know of a website with large amounts of information but you could try Houston Ballet, or buy our notes from our shop which are there to give as much information as we have.
I hope you find what you're looking for.
Best wishes,
Gillian.
830# Swansong
By Ruby on Sun, 5 December 2010 at 12:33:17 PM
Hi, im doing a fast track G.C.S.E course and have left my coursework a little late and its all abot Swansong. I was wondering if you could tell me the names of the dancers in it or direct me to a website with laods of info?? x
828# swansong
By ruth on Tue, 30 November 2010 at 12:59:07 PM
who designed the set design and what do the guards do to torment the prisnor.:-/
826# swan song
By beth on Sun, 28 November 2010 at 08:40:10 PM
why is swansong called swansong?
819# swansnong
By celeste on Sat, 20 November 2010 at 02:07:30 PM
who were the three dancers in christopher bruce's swansong?
749# For Jenna: Swansong
By Gillian - Web Manager on Wed, 10 November 2010 at 12:58:23 PM
Hi Jenna,
The video mentioned in the previous forum post should be of interest, Christopher talks about Swansong: http://www.rambert.org.uk/unmasked/hush Interview 2 (the third video), and there are Swansong study notes available in our online shop: http://cnb-host3.clickandbuild.com/cnb/shop/rambert-dance-co?listPos=2&productID=24&search=swansong&op=catalogue-product_info-null
I hope these will be useful.