Robert North (1945-)

Biography: Associate Choreographer of Ballet Rambert 1975-1981; Artistic Director of Ballet Rambert 1981-1985; dancer with Ballet Rambert 1981-1985.

Robert North was a student at the Central School of Arts before going on to study at the Royal Ballet School and the London School of Contemporary Dance (1965-1967). He was a founding member of London Contemporary Dance Theatre in 1967. North became Associate Choreographer of Ballet Rambert in 1975 before being appointed Artistic Director in 1981. While Artistic Director, he created six works for the company and restaged three earlier works.

After leaving Ballet Rambert in 1986, North went on to create works for Batsheva Dance Company, English National Ballet, Geneva Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet. He was Ballet Director at Turin (1990-1991), Artistic Director of Gothenburg Ballet (1991-1998), Ballet Director at Verona (1997-1999), and Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet (1999-2002).

Archive catalogue: DS/UK/14

Works

Colour Moves
Robert North, 1983

Death and the Maiden (North, 1984): still from the film 'Different Steps' (1985)

Death and the Maiden
Robert North, 1980/1984

Entre dos Aguas
Robert North, 1984

Light and Shade
Robert North, 1985

Lonely Town, Lonely Street
Robert North, 1980/1981

Pribaoutki (North, 1982). Photo © Catherine Ashmore.

Pribaoutki ('A Telling')
Robert North, 1982

Reflections (North, 1976): Catherine Becque, Sylvia Yamada, Judith Marcuse. Photo © Alan Cunliffe. RDC/PD/01/268/1

Reflections
Robert North, 1976

Running Figures (North, 1975). Photo © Alan Cunliffe. RDC/PD/01/257/1

Running Figures
Robert North, 1975

Scriabin Preludes
Robert North, 1978/1982

Performances

Date ↿⇂	Dance Work ↿⇂	Role ↿⇂	Venue ↿⇂
17 Jul 1981 Evening	Lonely Town, Lonely Street (duet)	Dancer	Teatro Malibran, Venezia, Italy
16 Oct 1981 Evening	Lonely Town, Lonely Street^*	Dancer	Grand Theatre Leeds
11 Mar 1982 Evening	Berlin Requiem^*	Great Hymn of Thanksgiving	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
11 Mar 1982 Evening	Berlin Requiem^*	God in Mahagonny	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
18 Mar 1982 Evening	Airs^*	2nd Movement	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
18 Mar 1982 Evening	Ghost Dances	Ghost Dancer	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
18 Mar 1982 Evening	Lonely Town, Lonely Street	Dancer	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
18 Mar 1982 Evening	Airs^*	6th & 7th Movements	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
6 May 1982 Evening	Pribaoutki^*	Minotaur	Theatre Royal, Brighton
28 Jun 1982 Evening	The Kitchen Table^*	Father	Theatre Royal, Bristol
28 Jun 1982 Evening	Pribaoutki ('A Telling')	Minotaur	Theatre Royal, Bristol
27 Jul 1982 Evening	Airs	6th & 7th Movements	Big Top, Battersea Park, London
27 Jul 1982 Evening	Airs	2nd Movement	Big Top, Battersea Park, London
27 Jul 1982 Evening	Lonely Town, Lonely Street	Dancer	Big Top, Battersea Park, London
10 Dec 1982 Evening	The Kitchen Table	Father	Empire Theatre, Liverpool
10 Dec 1982 Evening	Requiem	Great Hymn of Thanksgiving	Empire Theatre, Liverpool
10 Dec 1982 Evening	Scriabin Preludes^*	Dancer	Empire Theatre, Liverpool
10 Dec 1982 Evening	Requiem	God in Mahagonny	Empire Theatre, Liverpool
3 Feb 1983 Evening	Chicago Brass^*	1st Movement	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
3 Feb 1983 Evening	Chicago Brass^*	3rd Movement	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
3 Feb 1983 Evening	Chicago Brass^*	2nd Movement	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
11 Feb 1983 Evening	Fielding Sixes^*	Dancer	Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
1 Sep 1983 Evening	Colour Moves^*	Dancer	King's Theatre, Edinburgh
9 Feb 1984 Evening	Entre Dos Aguas^*	Dancer	Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
17 May 1984 Evening	Entre Dos Aguas	Dancer	Theatre Royal, Brighton
5 Oct 1984 Evening	Colour Moves	Dancer	Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
16 Nov 1984 Evening	Voices and Light Footsteps	Dancer	Theatre Royal, Bath
16 Nov 1984 Evening	Death and the Maiden^*	Dancer	Theatre Royal, Bath
16 Nov 1984 Evening	Voices and Light Footsteps	Dancer	Theatre Royal, Bath
16 Nov 1984 Evening	Voices and Light Footsteps	Dancer	Theatre Royal, Bath
8 Feb 1985 Evening	Entre Dos Aguas	Dancer	Palace Theatre, Manchester
13 Mar 1985 Evening	Mythologies^*	Hatsenas	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
13 Mar 1985 Evening	Death and the Maiden	Dancer	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
9 May 1985 Evening	Light and Shade^*	Dancer	Theatre Royal, Brighton
26 Jul 1985 Evening	Java^*	Dancer	Big Top, Battersea Park, London