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Britain's biggest and most exciting touring dance company who often tour two programmes at a time. Dancing to a mixture of musical styles they provide enormously watchable evenings. Unrest - an elegant work for six dancers, performed to an expressive score for violin and piano. Hurricane - a dramatic work for solo dancer, based on a true-story of the black American boxer, Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, who was wrongfully imprisoned for murders he never committed. Ghost Dances - is acknowledged as a masterpiece of contemporary dance. Performed to traditional South American music, the ballet is laced with an emotional power and lyrical beauty. Grinning In Your Face - was inspired by images of the American mid-west during the middle decades of the last century, with music by the virtuoso blues and folk guitarist, Martin Simpson. Rambert Dance Company website.

Creatives/Company

Company: Rambert Dance Company
Choreographer(s): Richard Alston (Unrest), Christopher Bruce (Hurricane), Christopher Bruce (Ghost Dances), Christopher Bruce (Grinning In Your Face)
Music(s): Arvo Part (Unrest), Bob Dylan (Hurricane), N Mojsiejenko (arr. Ghost Dances), Martin Simpson (Grinning in Your Face)