Lady into Fox
Choreographer:
Andrée Howard, Mark Baldwin
Composer:
Benjamin Pope
Set designer:
Michael Howells
Costume designer:
Michael Howells
Lighting designer:
John B. Read
World premiere:
14 Nov 2006, Rambert Dance Company, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
Work note:
For the company's 80th anniversary, Mark Baldwin staged a new production of 'Lady into Fox'. From a 12-minute, silent, black-and-white film, he re-created the extended duet from Andrée Howard's original 'Lady into Fox' (1939). He added a prologue and an epilogue. The choreography credit was given as: Choreography, Andrée Howard; Additional choreography, Mark Baldwin; Repetiteur, Amanda Eyles. Baldwin dedicated the work to Sally Gilmour, the original Mrs Tebrick in Howard's 'Lady into Fox'.
Duration:
36 minutes
Music title:
Lady into Fox (2006)
Music details:
Live music: chamber orchestra: flute (doubling piccolo and alto flute), clarinet in Bb (doubling bass clarinet and clarinet in Eb), trumpet, horn, trombone, percussion, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Music commissioned by Rambert:
Yes
Source:
Programme in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0444