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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Choreographer Richard Alston was Rambert's Artistic Director 1986-1992.
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Sylvia Briar
As a dancer in the 1940s, Sylvia Briar went on the famous Australia/New Zealand tour, 1947-1949. -
Beryl Goldwyn
Beryl Goldwyn joined Ballet Rambert in 1949 and danced many principal roles. -
Ronald Hynd
Ronald Hynd recalls his days as a student and dancer at Rambert from the 1940s. -
Lindsay Kemp
Choreographer and performer Lindsay Kemp collaborated on landmark 1970s Rambert productions. (Content advice: strong language.) -
June Sandbrook and Jenny Kelly
June Sandbrook and Jenny Kelly were Rambert dancers during the 1950s and 1960s. -
John Webley and Kenneth Bannerman
John Webley was an administrator and Kenneth Bannerman a dancer with Rambert from the 1950s on.
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.