Swansong
Choreographer:
Christopher Bruce
Composer:
Philip Chambon
Set designer:
Christopher Bruce
Costume designer:
Christopher Bruce
Lighting designer:
David Mohr
Rambert premiere:
12 Apr 1995, Rambert Dance Company, Theatre Royal, Norwich
World premiere:
25 Nov 1987, London Festival Ballet, Teatro Arriaga, Bilboa, Spain
Duration:
32 minutes
Music title:
Swansong (1987)
Music details:
Recorded music
Awards:
2008 TMA (Theatrical Management Association) Theatre Award presented to Ballet Rambert for Achievement in Dance for reviving two British contemporary dance landmarks: 'Carnival of the Animals' and 'Swansong'.
Source:
Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue:
WORK/0387
Performances
| Date ↿⇂ | Programme ↿⇂ | Venue ↿⇂ |
|---|---|---|
|
12 Apr 1995 Evening |
Banter Banter | Swansong* | Rooster | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
|
17 May 1995 Evening |
Swansong | Jupiter is Crying* | Rooster | Wyvern Theatre, Swindon |
|
6 Dec 1995 Evening |
Helen | Small Hours* | Swansong | Rooster | Grand Theatre, Blackpool |
|
7 Dec 1995 Matinee |
Helen | Small Hours | Swansong | Rooster | Grand Theatre, Blackpool |
|
7 Dec 1995 Evening |
Helen | Small Hours | Swansong | Rooster | Grand Theatre, Blackpool |
|
8 Dec 1995 Evening |
Helen | Small Hours | Swansong | Rooster | Grand Theatre, Blackpool |
|
9 Dec 1995 Evening |
Helen | Small Hours | Swansong | Rooster | Grand Theatre, Blackpool |
|
7 Feb 1996 Evening |
Banter Banter | Swansong | Kol Simcha (Voice of Celebration)* | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
|
20 Feb 1998 Evening |
Stream | Swansong | Gaps, Lapse and Relapse* | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne |
|
10 Mar 2000 Matinee |
Swansong | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
|
12 Apr 2000 Matinee |
Swansong | Grand Theatre Leeds |
|
22 Nov 2000 Evening |
7DS (Seven Deadly Sins) | Swansong | The Celebrated Soubrette | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
23 Nov 2000 Matinee |
Swansong | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
23 Nov 2000 Evening |
7DS (Seven Deadly Sins) | Swansong | The Celebrated Soubrette | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
30 Nov 2000 Matinee |
Swansong | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
|
1 Dec 2000 Evening |
7DS | Swansong | The Celebrated Soubrette | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
|
18 Jan 2001 Matinee |
Swansong | Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield |
|
10 Oct 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Lady into Fox | Swansong | Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe |
|
11 Oct 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Lady into Fox | Swansong | Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe |
|
12 Oct 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Lady into Fox | Swansong | Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe |
|
13 Oct 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Lady into Fox | Swansong | Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe |
|
17 Oct 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Constant Speed | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
|
18 Oct 2007 Matinee |
L'eveil | Constant Speed | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
|
18 Oct 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Constant Speed | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
|
19 Oct 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Constant Speed | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Venue Cymru, Llandudno |
|
31 Oct 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Stand and Stare | Swansong | Constant Speed | Grand Theatre Leeds |
|
1 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Stand and Stare | Swansong | Constant Speed | Grand Theatre Leeds |
|
2 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Stand and Stare | Swansong | Constant Speed | Grand Theatre Leeds |
|
3 Nov 2007 Matinee |
L'eveil | Stand and Stare | Swansong | Constant Speed | Grand Theatre Leeds |
|
3 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Stand and Stare | Swansong | Constant Speed | Grand Theatre Leeds |
|
7 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh |
|
8 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh |
|
9 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Festival Theatre, Edinburgh |
|
13 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
14 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
15 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
15 Nov 2007 Matinee |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
16 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
17 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
17 Nov 2007 Matinee |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
21 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Constant Speed | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent |
|
22 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Constant Speed | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent |
|
23 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Constant Speed | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent |
|
28 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
|
29 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
|
30 Nov 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
|
1 Dec 2007 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Theatre Royal, Plymouth |
|
13 Feb 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Hall for Cornwall, Truro |
|
14 Feb 2008 Matinee |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Hall for Cornwall, Truro |
|
14 Feb 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Hall for Cornwall, Truro |
|
20 Feb 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Scribblings* | His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen |
|
21 Feb 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Scribblings | His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen |
|
22 Feb 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Scribblings | His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen |
|
5 Mar 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Grand Theatre, Swansea |
|
6 Mar 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Grand Theatre, Swansea |
|
12 Mar 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
|
13 Mar 2008 Matinee |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
|
13 Mar 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
|
14 Mar 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
|
15 Mar 2008 Matinee |
Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
|
15 Mar 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Gran Partita | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
|
1 Apr 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne |
|
2 Apr 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne |
|
3 Apr 2008 Matinee |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne |
|
3 Apr 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne |
|
4 Apr 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne |
|
5 Apr 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne |
|
8 Apr 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold |
|
9 Apr 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold |
|
10 Apr 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold |
|
11 Apr 2008 Evening |
L'eveil | Scribblings | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold |
|
25 Sep 2008 Evening |
Eternal Light* | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | The Lowry, Salford, Manchester |
|
26 Sep 2008 Matinee |
Eternal Light | Swansong | The Lowry, Salford, Manchester |
|
26 Sep 2008 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | The Lowry, Salford, Manchester |
|
27 Sep 2008 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Anatomica #3 | The Lowry, Salford, Manchester |
|
16 Oct 2008 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
|
17 Oct 2008 Matinee |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
|
17 Oct 2008 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
|
18 Oct 2008 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Norwich |
|
6 Nov 2008 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Bath |
|
7 Nov 2008 Matinee |
Infinity | Swansong | Eternal Light | Theatre Royal, Bath |
|
7 Nov 2008 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Bath |
|
8 Nov 2008 Matinee |
Infinity | Swansong | Eternal Light | Theatre Royal, Bath |
|
8 Nov 2008 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Infinity | Theatre Royal, Bath |
|
13 Nov 2008 Matinee |
Swansong | Eternal Light | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
15 Nov 2008 Matinee |
Swansong | Eternal Light | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
19 Nov 2008 Evening |
See Me | Two Solos as a Tribute to Norman Morrice | Swansong | Eternal Light | Malvern Festival Theatre |
|
20 Nov 2008 Matinee |
See Me | Two Solos as a Tribute to Norman Morrice | Swansong | Eternal Light | Malvern Festival Theatre |
|
20 Nov 2008 Evening |
See Me | Two Solos as a Tribute to Norman Morrice | Swansong | Eternal Light | Malvern Festival Theatre |
|
21 Nov 2008 Evening |
See Me | Two Solos as a Tribute to Norman Morrice | Swansong | Eternal Light | Malvern Festival Theatre |
|
22 Nov 2008 Matinee |
See Me | Two Solos as a Tribute to Norman Morrice | Swansong | Eternal Light | Malvern Festival Theatre |
|
22 Nov 2008 Evening |
See Me | Two Solos as a Tribute to Norman Morrice | Swansong | Eternal Light | Malvern Festival Theatre |
|
10 Mar 2009 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Carnival of the Animals | Eden Court Theatre, Inverness |
|
11 Mar 2009 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Carnival of the Animals | Eden Court Theatre, Inverness |
|
1 Apr 2009 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Carnival of the Animals | Birmingham Hippodrome |
|
2 Apr 2009 Matinee |
Swansong | Eternal Light | Birmingham Hippodrome |
|
2 Apr 2009 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Carnival of the Animals | Birmingham Hippodrome |
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3 Apr 2009 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Carnival of the Animals | Birmingham Hippodrome |
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4 Apr 2009 Evening |
Eternal Light | Swansong | Carnival of the Animals | Birmingham Hippodrome |