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610# For Emilie @ Ghost Dances
By Joce Giles on Wed, 17 February 2010 at 05:41:32 PM
Hi Emilie
The music in Ghost Dances is South American folk music; three of the numbers are of Argentinean origin and two are from Bolivia.
Ghost Dances Study Notes are available to buy at our online shop; it has detailed information about the costumes and set designs as well as a description on each section of the work, including analysis of the movement and background information.
You might find it useful to watch the Christopher Bruce interview 2 film in the Hush Unmasked section of our website. In the interview he talks about Swansong and Ghost Dances and describes how his dances can mean many different things to different people.
It would be great to hear from other visitors to this website on how they interpreted Ghost Dances.
Good luck with your Dance GCSE coursework!
Joce - Head of Learning & Participation
605# Ghost Dances
By Emilie on Sun, 14 February 2010 at 02:49:36 PM
Hi - I am hoping somebody can help me - I'm in my 7th month ofa GCSE dance course and for one of my coursework peices me and a freind have to create a project on 'Rambert - Ghost Dances' I have managed to find a little information on wha inspired Christopher Bruce with Ghost dances as earlier this year i did a coursework pice on him although i still need to find out : what type of music is used, what the costmesworn in the show are like and if there is any staging/props?
Please if anybody knws anything or any sites that will be helfull i will be most gratefull !!!
Thank-you , Emilie
595# what a graet site
By overte on Sun, 10 January 2010 at 09:56:11 PM
hello, i've been lookin for forums to chat about dance and this is the only good one i've found so far,
are there any more
thanks
591# Carnival of Animals
By Rosie Wilson - Sidlauskas on Sat, 2 January 2010 at 11:17:10 PM
I just wanted to say that i watched Rambert at The Royal Derngate in Northamton recently. They were very inspiring and the performances were Amazing! Well done very entertaining!!
:D
544# For Ruth: Carnival of the Animals
By Stephanie Moore on Mon, 9 November 2009 at 03:27:27 AM
Hi Ruth
Thanks for your enquiry and I'm sorry your daughter wasn't able to come along last week. We don't have a video recording for sale here at Rambert but there is a film of the work available to view online at www.siobhandaviesarchive.com, along with background information about the work. You simply need to register on the site(for free) then you can easily search for and access the film. You can also contact Siobhan Davies Dance Company via the same website if you need to find out more. I hope that is of some assistance.
Stephanie (Marketing Manager)
543# Carnival of the Animals. Please Help!
By Ruth Fisher on Fri, 6 November 2009 at 01:17:29 PM
I hope someone can help me. My daughter is studying dance and drama at college. She was in a full length play this week and so had to miss seeing Carnival of the Animals (Siobhan Davies) the evening before the first performance of her play as she was in the last rehearsal for it.
Does anyone know if there is a dvd of it, that we can buy? I would be very grateful for any help. Bad staff planning has made this a real problem.
Many hopeful thanks,
Ruth Fisher.
538# Ghost Dances update
By Gillian, Rambert on Tue, 3 November 2009 at 07:59:13 AM
Many people are asking about Ghost Dances so I thought I'd copy and paste an earlier reply here, unfortunately the situation has not changed: originally posted 4 Dec '08
"Many of you have requested that we produce a DVD copy of Christopher Bruce's Ghost Dances. You may already know that the film we sold on our website was danced by The Houston Ballet and was available on VHS. Earlier this year we looked into buying more stock to sell on our website and we were told that it has been discontinued due to an expired license. Although Ghost Dances was choreographed for Rambert, we were not involved in the production of The Houston Ballet film so we are not in a position to renew the license. I believe there is also a copyright issue with the music so I doubt that a straight forward re-license would occur.
I have just spoken to Christopher Bruce and as promised I passed on all of your comments. He understands your frustrations and is sorry he isn't able to do anything about the situation as it is out of his hands.
My advice would be to contact other companies that have performed Ghost Dances to see if they hold a copy. If we get further information in the future we will post it on our website and on Facebook."
518# Ghost Dances
By Terrry Pedersen on Mon, 26 October 2009 at 02:44:05 AM
Oh, I was so disappointed to find that this is no longer available!
What are the chances that this will be brought back?? It is such a wonderful piece.
Thanks.
-T-P-
516# Ghost Dances
By Imogen Dent on Wed, 21 October 2009 at 06:20:03 AM
I've been trying to track down Dvds of some of Christpher Bruce's marvellous ballets; I remember having seen Ghost Dances & Journey, and also Sergeant Early's Dream, on sale in the past, but now cannot seem to find any of these. Is there any liklihood of these pieces being re-released? It would seem a shame - and clearly others feel the same - when there are terrific performances of these ballets in existance as recordings, that one cannot buy a copy to enjoy (and be moved by) again and again at home.
442# ghost dance
By mandy on Fri, 14 August 2009 at 04:33:22 PM
please please bring it back, i saw it in 1981 in bristol and its the most inspiring thing I have ever seen please release on dvd