Collections
The Rambert Dance Company collection focuses on Rambert Dance Company and its predecessor organisations: The Marie Rambert Dancers; the Ballet Club in the 1930s; and Ballet Rambert (1935-1987).
The Archive also holds smaller collections for other organisations which have directly affected the Company or grown out of Ballet Rambert. These include the Camargo Ballet Society (1930-33), Dance Theatre (1937), the London Ballet (1938-40), Ballet Workshop (1951-55) and other productions which took place at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate.
In addition there are collections of material relating to individuals associated with the company like Andree Howard, Paula Hinton and Walter Gore. This includes the Marie Rambert Archive documenting the life of the Company's Founding Director presented to the Archive just before her death in 1982, material passed on to the Archive by Angela and David Ellis (her daughter and son-in-law) in autumn 2002 and Company documents. We are grateful for the significant gifts the Archive has received from former members of the Company and its supporters.
If you have material which you feel should be in the Archive, please write to or email [sally.gilbert@rambert.org.uk] giving your contact details and information about the items.
At present all collections are uncatalogued.
Rambert Dance Company Collection: A Brief Outline
Board and Administrative papers
Management and administrative papers for the organisation dating from the mid-20th century. Includes Rambert trust Ltd board papers, financial records and files relating to British and overseas tours.
Publicity material
A range of programmes, posters, leaflets, photographs and press cuttings dating back to 1926.
Design material
Designs for costumes, sets and lighting, as well as costumes from seminal productions.
Audio visual material
Rambert productions have been recorded on video from the early 1970s and all premieres are now recorded to DVD. Unfortunately due to contracts and intellectual copyright copies of most material is not available to researchers. However, it is possible to visit the archive to view individual items for non-commercial purposes.
Rambert productions at the Ballet Club in the 1930s were recorded on film. The masters of these films form the Marie Rambert Film Collection at The BFI National Archive.
Productions
Includes Production Files, Choreographic Notes, Notation and Music Scores
Backstage records
Stage management material including prompt books and stage management reports.
Special Collections
In addition to the main collection of Rambert Dance Company material there are a number of smaller collections relating to organisations and people connected with the Company. In some cases, as with the Charles Boyd Collection or the Reg Wilson Collection, these are purely records of their interaction with the Company. In other cases, such as Walter Gore- Paula Hinton Archive, the records have a broader coverage. View »