Rambert Dance Company
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The Rambert Dance Company, formerly Ballet Rambert, is a contemporary dance company founded in 1926 by Dame Marie Rambert at the Mercury Theatre in London. Initially founded as a touring ballet company, it was relaunched during the mid-1960s as a contemporary dance company.
The Company is associated with Sadler's Wells,[1] the Theatre Royal Brighton[2] and The Lowry[3] in Salford.
The Company tours Britain annually, accompanied by its Associate Orchestra, London Musici[4] and internationally, and has recently performed in Italy, China, Russia and Hungary.
Notable members of the Company have included: Frederick Ashton, Antony Tudor, Diana Gould, Maude Lloyd, Sally Gilmour, Beryl Goldwyn, Lucette Aldous, Christopher Bruce and Norman Morrice.
The current Artistic Director is Mark Baldwin (a former dancer with the company), Executive Director is Nadia Stern.
In 2005 the Institute of Physics commissioned the Rambert Dance Company to produce a dance commemorating the centenary of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking scientific ideas of 1905. The piece, choreographed by Mark Baldwin, was called Constant Speed. One of the dancers, Ana Lujan-Sanchez, was named Outstanding Female Artist (Modern) at the Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards in 2003.
Rambert also has a full time school of ballet and contemporary dance which is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. This was established in 2001 and provides vocational dance training in ballet and contemporary dance styles.
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- Marie Rambert (1972). Quicksilver: Autobiography. London: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-333-08942-1.
- Clement Crisp (1981). Ballet Rambert: 50 Years and on. London: Ballet Rambert, 111. ISBN 0-9505478-1-6.
