Ghost Dances- basic information

Ghost Dances- basic information

1. choreographer- Christopher Bruce

2. premiered- 1981

3. performed by Rambert Dance Company- contemporary/ ballet style

   • eclectic approach - wide variety
     • creates a mood

4. one act dance work

   • seven sections
     • episodic glances

5. purpose- public opinion means something and he wanted the audience to be moved

6. powerful political statement

   • universal story
     • anyone who has suffered cruelty, injustice or lack of human rights

7. two main sets of characters

   • three skeletal Ghost Dancers- represent dictatorship
   • living dead/ villagers
     • in a limbo- transition between heaven and hell
       • relieving memories
     • characterisation