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History of Rambert
Marie Rambert Background
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Influences:
- Isadora Duncan; freedom of movement.
- Dalcroze; created eurythmics.
- Cecchetti; method of ballet training she received.
- Diaghlev and Njinsky; worked with Ballet Russes (where she taught eurythmics) and had an ethos of creative collaboration through dance and design.
Eurythmics: process of developing and refining musicality through rhythmic movement, ear-training and improvisation.
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Creating the company
- 1920, Marie Rambert opened her school of dancing in Kensington, teaching ballet.
- 1926, student Frederick Ashton created Tragedy of Fashion (premiere of the first original British Ballet), launching both their careers.
- 1928, Duke's bought a disused church hall in Notting Hill Gate and turned it into the Mercury Theatre, providing a home for the company.
- 1930, company was named the Ballet Club.
- 1935, it was renamed Ballet Rambert.
Post War Company
- The company had seasons at Sadler's Wells and international tours.
- This included Australia, where only 14 of the 26 dancers returned back to England.
- 1960s, the company began facing financial issues (articles such as 'Ballet Rambert Facing Extinction').
- Morrice proposed the 1966 changes that would save the company.
Norman Morrice:
- began choreographing for Ballet Rambert and created Two brothers (1958); a step forward in the company's development, due to its modern, casual costumes and challenging themes, such as urban violence.
- Morrice went to America and studied modern dance technique with Marha Graham company (1961-62), which he would later use in his directorship of the company.
World War Two
- Company toured to non-theatrical venues, such as community centres, canteens and miner's welfare halls, to stay financially stable.
- However, they lacked experimentation, repeating the same ballets over and over.
Reasons:
- had no choreographer at the time.
- extensive touring meant no time to create new works.
- audiences became more general and less adventurous in their tastes.