Joan Booth
As Marie Rambert's assistant, Joan Booth was on Ballet Rambert's post-war tour to Germany in 1945.
Rambert Voices
For this oral history project, 36 people from eight decades of Rambert’s history were interviewed about their involvement in and experience of the Company. They include dancers, choreographers, artistic directors, music directors, members of staff, a conductor, a stage designer, a television producer, an audience member, and Marie Rambert’s grandson. Their recollections span from 1941 to 2017.
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- ...for those who die as cattle (Bruce, 1972) (1)
- 7DS (Veldman, 2000) (1)
- A Linha Curva (Galili, 2009) (1)
- A Tragedy of Fashion (Ashton, 1926) (1)
- Andrée Howard (1)
- Angela Ellis (1)
- Anna Sokolow (2)
- Antony Tudor (1)
- Ashley Dukes (4)
- Australia & New Zealand tour (1)
- Ballets Russes (1)
- BBC Dance for Camera Series (1)
- Berlin (3)
- Bertram Batell's Sideshow (The Company, 1970) (5)
- Big Top, Battersea Park (2)
- Carlos Miranda (2)
- Celebration (Davies, 1979) (1)
- Central School of Arts and Craft (1)
- Chiswick Studios (1)
- Choreography (2)
- Christopher Bruce (15)
- Classical Ballet (12)
- Conflicts (Morrice, 1962) (1)
- Contemporary Art (1)
- Contemporary Dance (25)
- Cruel Garden (Bruce/Kemp, 1977) (5)
- Dance animateurs (1)
- Dance for older people (1)
- Dance UK (1)
- Dance Umbrella (1)
- Dark Elegies (Tudor, 1937) (8)
- Diversities (Taylor, 1965) (1)
- Don Quixote (Gorsky, 1900/1962) (3)
- Embarque (Davies, 1988) (1)
- ENSA (1)
- Filming dance for television (1)
- Frederick Ashton (1)
- Gavin Higgins (2)
- Ghost Dances (Bruce, 1981) (6)
- Giselle (Coralli/Perrot/Petipa, 1884/1946/1965) (3)
- Glen Tetley (8)
- Grey Matter (Veldman, 1997) (1)
- Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (2)
- John Chesworth (6)
- Judgement of Paris (Tudor, 1938/1940) (1)
- Kaleidoscope (Gore, 1949) (1)
- Kim Brandstrup (1)
- Kol Simcha (1)
- L'après-midi d'un faune (Nijinsky, 1912/1931) (1)
- La Sylphide (Bournonville, 1836/1960) (1)
- Les Sylphides (Fokine, 1909/1930) (1)
- Lindsay Kemp (2)
- London Musici (1)
- Lucette Aldous (1)
- Mark Baldwin (4)
- Maude Lloyd (1)
- Merce Cunningham (7)
- Mercury Theatre (7)
- Michael Clark (1)
- Movimientos (Charnley, 1952/1952) (1)
- Nadine Baylis (2)
- New Movement Collective (1)
- Norman Morrice (10)
- Parades Gone By (Kemp, 1979) (2)
- Paula Hinton (3)
- Pierrot Lunaire (Tetley, 1962/1967) (5)
- Plainsong (Davies, 1981/1991) (1)
- Prismatic Variations (Paltenghi, 1950) (1)
- Rag Dances (Tetley 1971) (4)
- Ralph Koltai (3)
- Rambert Archive (1)
- Rambert School (6)
- Richard Alston (7)
- Robert North (3)
- Rooster (Bruce, 1991/1994) (1)
- Sally Gilmour (4)
- Scottish Opera (1)
- Simple Symphony (Gore, 1944) (2)
- Sounding (Davies, 1989) (1)
- Stage Design (1)
- Swansong, (Bruce, 1987/1995) (2)
- That is the Show (Morrice, 1971) (3)
- The Rite of Spring (Nijinsky, 1913) (4)
- The Tempest (Tetley, 1979) (2)
- Tis Goodly Sport (Taylor, 1970) (1)
- Touchbase (Cunningham, 1992) (1)
- Trisha Brown (3)
- Two Brothers (Morrice, 1958) (1)
- Walter Gore (7)
- Winnsboro' Cotton Mill Blues (Davies, 1992) (1)
- Winter Night (Gore, 1948) (1)
- Youth dance (1)
- Ziggurat (Tetley, 1967) (2)
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Christopher Bruce
Choreographer Christopher Bruce was Rambert's Artistic Director 1994-2002. -
Shirley Rees Edwards
Shirley Rees Edwards talks about her career with Rambert from 1949 to 1953. -
Adam Gatehouse and Nicoline Nystrom
Adam Gatehouse was Music Director 1974-1978; Nicoline Nystrom was a dancer in the 1950s and 1960s. (Content advice: strong language.) -
Beryl Goldwyn
Beryl Goldwyn joined Ballet Rambert in 1949 and danced many principal roles. -
Keith Hodiak
Keith Hodiak danced with Rambert from 1972 to 1975. -
Ronald Hynd
Ronald Hynd recalls his days as a student and dancer at Rambert from the 1940s. -
Dreas Reyneke
Dreas Reyneke was a Rambert dancer from 1962 to 1972. -
June Sandbrook and Jenny Kelly
June Sandbrook and Jenny Kelly were Rambert dancers during the 1950s and 1960s. -
Jonathan (Jack) Taylor
Jonathan (Jack) Taylor was a dancer and choreographer with Rambert, 1960-1974. (Content advice: strong language.) -
John Webley and Kenneth Bannerman
John Webley was an administrator and Kenneth Bannerman a dancer with Rambert from the 1950s on. -
Glenn Wilkinson
Glenn Wilkinson talks about his 17 years as a Rambert dancer and teacher.
Interviewer: Claire Izzard; filmmaker: Paul Izzard. With assistance of the oral history volunteers: Alison, Christine, Fiona, Georgina, Jo, Joy, Leslie, Lyndsay, Mary, Mil, Paula, Peter, Rosie, Ruth.
Rambert Voices is part of Rambert at 90, a project marking the company's 90th anniversary, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
