Swansong
Christopher Bruce
One of Britain's leading choreographers, with an international reputation, Christopher trained at the Ballet Rambert School. He joined Ballet Rambert in 1963 where he was acclaimed as one of the most gifted performers of his generation, and remembered particularly for his performances in Glen Tetley's Pierrot Lunaire and his own Cruel Garden. He is recognized as the last major choreographer to have been nurtured by Marie Rambert. In addition to performing and choreographing, he was Associate Director of Ballet Rambert from 1975 to 1979 and in 1980 became its Associate Choreographer. In 1994 he returned to the Company as Artistic Director until 2002. He has created numerous works for Rambert, and for Nederlands Dans Theater, Houston Ballet (where he is Associate Choreographer), Cullberg Ballet, the Gulbenkain Ballet and Ballet du Théâtre Grand Geneve among many others, and has had a long-term association with ENB. His best-known creations include Cruel Garden, Ghost Dances, Sergeant Early's Dream, Swansong, and Rooster (to music by the Rolling Stones). Among his many awards are two Evening Standard Awards for Outstanding Artistic Achievement. He was awarded the CBE in 1998.