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Love, art & rock n roll: Rambert at Sadler's Wells

03 Nov 15 – 07 Nov 15, 19:30 mat Sat 14:30

A tantalising triple bill of dances about love, art and rock ‘n roll will burst onto the stage, with the return of Rambert at Sadler’s Wells this autumn.

By Teresa Guerreiro on 30/10/2015

Rambert - Love, art & rock n roll
Rambert - Love, art & rock n roll
Love, art & rock n roll: Rambert at Sadler's Wells Love, art & rock n roll: Rambert at Sadler's Wells Teresa Guerreiro
As Britain’s oldest dance company, Rambert aims to commission the most exciting choreographers of today to create diverse compositions which challenge and showcase its 22 classically and contemporary trained dancers. The company tours these new pieces along with seminal works throughout the UK to critical acclaim.

Culture vultures in the capital are fortunate to have the opportunity to experience two recent additions to Rambert’s repertoire in November, while also taking advantage of the final chance to see a much-loved favourite.

A moonlit confrontation between two lovers is shown twice in double Olivier Award-winning choreographer Kim Brandstrup’s Transfigured Night. This cinematic love story is presented once from the woman’s point of view and once from the man’s – revealing their individual hopes, fears and secrets.

Set to ‘Verklärte Nacht’ (Transfigured Night) by 20th Century musical giant Arnold Schoenberg, this is Brandstrup’s first new work for Rambert since 2004. Audiences should anticipate virtuosic dancing which echoes the achingly beautiful music’s theme of embracing unconditional love.

Picasso’s brushstrokes are vividly brought to life by former Rambert dancer turned dance-maker Didy Veldman in The Three Dancers. She was inspired by the painter’s Cubist masterpiece of the same name, which artfully depicts a passionate - and ultimately tragic - love triangle.

Expect love, desire and betrayal to fuse with haunting undercurrents of ecstasy and doom in Veldman’s piece, performed to new orchestral music by acclaimed Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.

Topping the bill is your final chance to see Rambert’s revival of Christopher Bruce’s classic crowd-pleaser, Rooster, first performed by Rambert in 1994.

An electrifying smash-hit, Rooster is about boys meeting girls in the swinging sixties. Sharply-dressed, snake-hipped men strut their stuff to the pulsating rock ‘n’ roll rhythms of the Rolling Stones’ most toe-tapping tunes including Little Red Rooster, from which it takes its name. Why? Well, it’s all in a bid to impress the sassy women who found their je ne sais quoi during the era of sexual revolution.

Bruce’s infectious production is packed full of potent partnerships, humour, personality and - obviously - swagger. Moves like Jagger’s are par for the course, but Bruce’s playfully technical style prevails, incorporating contemporary, modern ballet, jazz, jive, social dance, courtly dance and rock ‘n’ roll.

Prepare to be entertained.


Free pre-show talks: with Artistic Director Mark Baldwin (BSL-interpreted) Wed. 18:30

with Musical Director Paul Hoskins Fri. 18:30


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What Love, art & rock n roll: Rambert at Sadler's Wells
Where Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN | MAP
Nearest tube Angel (underground)
When 03 Nov 15 – 07 Nov 15, 19:30 mat Sat 14:30
Price £12-£40
Website Click here to book via the Sadler's Wells website



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    The Dance-Makers 

    KIM BRANDSTRUP

    Danish choreographer Kim Brandstrup has worked extensively for leading companies around the world during his 30 year career. He founded his own dance company, Arc, in 1985.

    Brandstrup has forged a narrative approach to dance-making that demonstrates his early cinematic training. He has an instinctive feel for storytelling and portraying intensely human themes.

    DIDY VELDMAN

    Dutch choreographer Didy Veldman also has an international choreographic career. She co-founded Compagnie Alias with Guilherme Botelho in Switzerland in 1992 before joining Rambert as a dancer in 1994.

    Veldman left Rambert in 2000 to concentrate on choreographing and has since worked for a large number of contemporary companies the world over.

    CHRISTOPHER BRUCE

    Christopher Bruce was born in England and studied at the Rambert School before joining Rambert Ballet in 1963. Here, he swiftly became a star dancer.

    He was appointed Associate Director of the company in 1977 and was Associate Choreographer from 1979 until 1987. During this time he created over twenty works.

    Bruce was Rambert Artistic Director from1994 to 2002. Productions include Cruel Garden (1977), Ghost Dances (1981), Swansong (1987) and Rooster (1991).    

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