Podcast » Beryl Grey
Beryl Grey talks to Frank Freeman about her early training, first with Madeleine Sharp and then with Phyllis Bedells before going to the Sadler’s Wells School at the age of…
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Podcast » Patrick Harding-Irmer
Here is Patrick Harding-Irmer proving that it is never too late to start dancing! He says, in this interview with Patricia Linton, founder and director of Voices of British Ballet,…
One of Glen Tetley’s earliest works, Pierrot Lunaire, danced to music by Arnold Schoenberg, brought him immediate recognition. An attempt at fusing classical and contemporary dance forms, he departed from…
Timeline Event » 1968 – Premiere of Glen Tetley’s Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain by Ballet Rambert
Inspired by the concentrated tranquility of Chinese T’ai-chi, Glen Tetley’s Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain indicated the continuing re-focusing of Ballet Rambert’s repertoire towards the contemporary. It featured ten…
Glen Tetley’s Field Figures, a world premiere for The Royal Ballet New Group in 1970, signalled a radical shift in repertoire for the newly renamed and re-formed company towards contemporary…
Timeline Event » 1966 – Ballet Rambert, under the direction of Norman Morrice, becomes a modern dance company
Norman Morrice was born in Mexico in 1931. He studied at Marie Rambert’s school and joined Ballet Rambert in 1953, becoming a principal dancer. In 1962, Morrice travelled to the…