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Summary
With Dame Marie Rambert as its lifeline, the history of Ballet Rambert is traced chronologically in relation to those choreographers whose works were created for the company since its inception.
Uniform title
Foyer de danse (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Death and the maiden (Choreographic work : Howard)
Lady into fox (Choreographic work : Howard)
Pierrot lunaire (Choreographic work : Tetley)
Façade (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Two brothers (Choreographic work : Morrice)
Sylphide (Choreographic work : Rosen, E after Bournonville)
H (Choreographic work : Chesworth)
Blind-sight (Choreographic work : Morrice)
there is a dream that is dreaming me (Choreographic work : Blaikie)
Included are excerpts from the following works: Façade (Ashton): the Polka, danced by Judith Marcuse -- Foyer de dance (Ashton): the Ballerina danced by Alicia Markova -- Dark elegies (Tudor): pas de deux danced by Lenny Westerdijk and Zoltan Imre -- Death and the maiden (Howard), danced by John Chesworth and Jane Sandbrook -- Lady into fox (Howard), danced by Walter Gore and Sally Gilmour -- Two brothers (Morrice), danced by John Chesworth and Norman Morrice -- La sylphide (Rosen, E after Bournonville), danced by Lucette Aldous and Flemming Flindt -- Pierrot Lunaire (Tetley), danced by Christopher Bruce and Julia Blaikie -- 'H' (Chesworth) -- Blind-sight (Morrice).
Also included are rehearsals of There is a dream that is dreaming me (Blaikie) and Black angels (Bruce).
Call number
*MGZIDF 7275
Note
Telecast on BBC-II as part of their Dance Month series on May 21, 1978 in honor of Dame Marie Rambert's 90th birthday. Originally telecast by the BBC on June 15, 1976 under the title, Ballet Rambert: The first fifty years.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
Commentary by John Chesworth.
Funding (note)
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Title
Rambert at 90 [electronic resource]/ BBC-TV ; produced by Margaret Dale.
Imprint
U.K. : BBC-TV, 1978.
Country of producing entity
U.K.
Performer
Commentary by John Chesworth.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.