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Christopher
Bruce
- Introduction
- At the age of eleven,
Christopher began tap
and ballet
- Attended Rambert
school on a scholarship
until 1963 and then
joined Ballet Rambert in
1963
- 1966 - Bruce is
recognised as an
expressive and
proficient performer
- 1967 - Bruce
made his
reputation as a
dancer in the
role Pierrot in
Tetley's 'Pierrot
Lunaire'
- Bruce renowned his
dramatic power and
this followed into his
choreography for the
company n 1969 with
his debt George
Fredric 1962
- 1975-79
Christopher Bruce
becomes
Associate
Director of Ballet
Rambert
- 1980 onwards
Bruce was
Associate
Choreographer
at
Ballet
Rambert
- 1967-94 -
freelance career
for Bruce
including Berlin
Ballet, Houston
Ballet, English
National Ballet
- At the age of eleven,
Christopher began tap
and ballet
- Choreographic style
- Lyrical and
fluid ballet
influence
- Contracted torso, flexed
feet, sense of weight,
floor work and use of
serious themes - Graham
influence
- Folk dance,
tap, jazz and
flamenco
- Blends ballet and
contemporary by
formality yet off
balanced, angular
and weighty
movements
- Body posture is
typically open
chested and
balletic
- Contractions to
highlight
emotions
- Actions which
flow from the
body
- Lyrical and
fluid ballet
influence
- Movement
content
- Description and
analysis of
movement content
- Use of flamenco
dance and the
integration of ballet
and contemporary
styles
- Description and
analysis of
movement content
- Relationship with
music/accompaniment
and set design
- Analysis of above,
including Spanish
influences in musical
score, use of singers on
set levels, backcloth
proper and costumes
- Analysis of above,
including Spanish
influences in musical
score, use of singers on
set levels, backcloth
proper and costumes
- Influences
- Martha
Graham and
Merce
Cunningham
- Cunningham's work
moulded the foundation for
contemporary dance today -
opened up the use of space,
time, movements and
dynamics through the
expression of dance
- Martha explored new
ways to create shapes
using particular body
languages and
focusing on core
movement phrases
- Bruce blended all
areas of dance to
develop
advanced works
and begin his
legacy
- Glen Tetley
- Martha
Graham and
Merce
Cunningham
- Meaning behind
the works
- Works each
represent a theme
throughout the
dance
- social or
political
issues
- Taught audiences the
effects of war and
general society
opening up a new
interpretation
through dance
- He has created abstract
pieces but even these have
a strong undercurrent of
emotion - uses a wide range
of starting points e.g,
poetry, literature, music,
newspaper articles and
world events
- Works each
represent a theme
throughout the
dance
- "I hope to entertain
to provoke thought
and emotion"
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