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By Ballet Rambert (Visual)1edition publishedin1986inEnglishand held by32 WorldCat memberlibrariesworldwideThe musical and thematic basis for choreographer Christopher Bruce's ballet 'Intimate Pages' was the String Quartet No. 2by the Czech composer. Indeed, Bruce even borrowed the quartet's title for his choreographed work. A victim of unrequitedlove, the composer wrote this delicate and finely crafted work in 1928, the last year of his life. For a little over a decadehe had been corresponding with a young married woman he had met in 1917, having written in the intervening period over sixhundred letters. The ballet conveys both the joy and the anguish expressed in the music. Robert North's jazz ballet 'LonelyTown, Lonely Street', in which he himself takes part, is a passionate and energy-laden portrait of a lonely person in thebig city.

The work takes its title from the popular music of Bill Withers on which it is based, and from the stage designby Andrew Storer, whose set with fire escapes represents a rundown neighborhood in a North American metropolis. The titlesof the compositions alone give an indication of the stage action: 'Song for Guy', 'Lonely Town, Lonely Street', 'Another dayto run', 'Let me in your life', 'I don't want you on my mind', 'Who is he and what is he to you', 'Ain't no sunshine whenshe's gone' and 'You'.

Sergeant Early's Dream Woven into the musical accompaniment of English, Irish, and American folksongs,Christopher Bruce's dance work 'Sergeant Early's Dream' tells a story of migration to the New World from the Old. The thoughtsof the emigrants are filled with sadness as they give up their familiar surroundings, the family home, friends, and neighborsand ultimately their roots. Yet they discover that they carry within themselves their own culture, and it is this which givesthem a sense of identity and belonging. Consequently the ballet - built around contrasts and marked rhythms - recurrentlyconjures up fleeting references to a past life: the folklore of the Old World and the harsh lives, the loves and the tragediesof the people they knew there. Christopher Bruce, one of the leading contemporary British choreographers, has very close tiesto the Rambert Dance Company. He trained here, joined the company in 1963 and soon rose to prominence as one of its leadingdancers.

In 1969 he created the first of many ballets he has devised for the troupe's repertoire. From 1975 to 1979 he tooka hand in directing the ensemble, later returning after a number years of freelance choreography to take up the position ofartistic director in 1996. (Visual)1edition publishedin2017inUndeterminedand held by2 WorldCat memberlibrariesworldwide'The Dance Theatre of Harlem, America's first outstanding classical ballet company of African-American dancers started outas a ghetto experiement that quickly reached world-class level. It was created by Arthur Mitchell, a School of American Balletstudent who had broken through ballet's colour barrier by becoming the first African-American dancer to join an internationallyrenowned company, the New York City Ballet'-Container. (Visual)inGermanand held by1 WorldCat memberlibraryworldwideTwo-part documentary on the Stuttgart Ballet's tour of China and Japan in autumn 1987. The documentary begins with the company'spreparations in Stuttgart, then follows the dancers through classes, rehearsals, performances, sightseeing, and post-performanceparties in Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo.

Cassette 1 includes footage of Chinese ballet students in Shanghai; cassette 2 includesexcerpts from a Chinese dance performance that combines traditional and contemporary elements, and an interview of MarciaHaydée by Prince Takamoto. Haydée's pas de deux ENAS, which was premiered in Tokyo during this tour, is seen in rehearsaland performance.

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Biography: Associate Choreographer of Ballet Rambert 1975-1981; Artistic Director of Ballet Rambert 1981-1985; dancer with Ballet Rambert 1981-1985.Robert North was a student at the Central School of Arts before going on to study at the Royal Ballet School and the London School of Contemporary Dance (1965-1967). He was a founding member of London Contemporary Dance Theatre in 1967. North became Associate Choreographer of Ballet Rambert in 1975 before being appointed Artistic Director in 1981. While Artistic Director, he created six works for the company and restaged three earlier works.After leaving Ballet Rambert in 1986, North went on to create works for Batsheva Dance Company, English National Ballet, Geneva Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet.

He was Ballet Director at Turin (1990-1991), Artistic Director of Gothenburg Ballet (1991-1998), Ballet Director at Verona (1997-1999), and Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet (1999-2002).