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Rambert is Britain’s national dance company. Its programme of world-class dance touring the UK this autumn includes two new creations alongside a selection of contemporary classics.
Artistic Director Mark Baldwin’s new creation, The Strange Charm of Mother Nature, will premiere at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth in September. This work continues Baldwin’s fascination with scientific discovery, following recent pieces inspired by Einstein’s physics and by Darwin’s theories of evolution. The Strange Charm of Mother Nature is inspired by a visit to the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and the recent discovery of the Higgs boson 'God Particle.
The work is in three movements representing the different particles and rays that are the fundamental building blocks of our universe. The movements are accompanied by JSBach’sBrandenburg Concerto No. 3, Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks and a new piece composed by Cheryl Frances-Hoad (a former Rambert Music Fellow), each musical works illustrating a continuing tradition, acknowledging the influence of the one that went before. Spectacular lighting representing the beauty and majesty of the cosmos is by Mark Henderson.
ShobanaJeyasingh’sTerra Incognita premieres at Sadler’s Wells in London and is the ground-breaking choreographer’s first work for the Company. Jeyasingh’s distinctive style is influenced by the elaborate patterning of Indian classical dance and music, and Terra Incognita draws on urban legends and ancient cartography to look at the politics and power of journeying into the unknown. The new electro-acoustic score is by composer, DJ and producer Gabriel Prokofiev, whose other recent commissions include a violin concerto marking the 100th anniversary of the First World War for the 2014 BBC Proms season. The work features set and costumes by award-winning designer Jean-Marc Puissant and lighting by Lucy Carter.
Christopher Bruce’s homage to the swinging sixties, Rooster, is propelled by the rock ‘n’ roll swagger of the Rolling Stones. Sharp-suited, snake-hipped men and strong, sassy women perform virtuoso courtship dances set to some of the Stones’ most famous tunes, including Not Fade Away, Paint It, Black, As Tears Go By, and Sympathy for the Devil and Little Red Rooster. First performed by Rambert in 1994 and back on the UK stage for the first time in 13 years, Rooster is firmly established as a modern classic and an audience favourite.
Also featured in Rambert’s autumn tour repertoire are recent commissions and revivals of seminal pieces. Lucinda Childs’ minimalist Four Elements, revived by the Company earlier this year, joins Barak Marshall’s darkly comic dance theatre creation The Castaways. Ashley Page’s atmospheric Subterrain, also features, alongside Merce Cunningham’s iconic Sounddance and Richard Alston’s classic short solo, Dutiful Ducks.
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