Christopher Bruce Biography (1945-)
Born October 3, 1945, in Leicester, England; married Marian Meadowcroft, 1967; children: two sons, one daughter. Career: Dancer, choreographer, andproducer. Debut with Walter Gore's London Ballet, 1963; Ballet Rambert (now Rambert Dance Company), dancer, 1963-79, leading dancer in modern roles,1966-79, choreographer, 1969--, associate choreographer, 1979-87, associate director, 1975-79, artistic director, 1994--; London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet), associate choreographer, 1986-91; Houston Ballet, resident choreographer, 1989. Awards, Honors: Evening Standard Inaugural Dance Award, 1974. Addresses: Office: Rambert Dance Company, 94 Chiswick High Road, London W4 1SH, England; Houston Ballet, 1916 West Gray, P.O. Box 13150, Houston, TX 77219-3150.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Dancer, choreographer, producer
- Birth Details
- October 3, 1945
- Leicester, England
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Appearances
- Principal dancer, The Realms of Choice, Ballet Rambert, London, England, 1965
- Principal dancer, Diversities, Ballet Rambert, 1966
- Pierrot, Pierrot Lunaire, Ballet Rambert, 1967
- Principal dancer, Hazard, Ballet Rambert, 1967
- Faune, L'Apres-midi d'un faune, Ballet Rambert, 1967
- Principal dancer, Ziggurat, Ballet Rambert, 1967
- Principal dancer, Ricercare, Ballet Rambert, 1967
- Principal dancer, Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain, Ballet Rambert, 1968
- Principal dancer, The Act, Ballet Rambert, 1968
- Principal dancer, Blind Sight, Ballet Rambert, 1969
- Principal dancer, That Is the Show, Ballet Rambert, 1971
- Principal dancer, Stop-Over, Ballet Rambert, 1972
- Principal dancer, Table, Ballet Rambert, 1975
- The Poet, Cruel Garden, Ballet Rambert, 1977
- Principal dancer, Praeluduem, Ballet Rambert, 1978
- Prospero, The Tempest, Ballet Rambert, Swetzingen, Germany, 1979
- Principal dancer, Celebration, Ballet Rambert, 1979
- Tchaikovsky/Drosselmeyer, The Nutcracker, London Festival Ballet,London, England, 1986
- Title role, Petrushka, London Festival Ballet, 1988
- Also appeared as Espada, Don Quixote, 1965; Wilfred, Giselle, 1965; and Principal dancer, tutti-fruiti, Ballet Rambert.
- Stage Choreographer
- George Frideric, Ballet Rambert, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1969
- Living Space, Ballet Rambert, Guildford, England, 1969
- Wings, Tanz Forum, Cologne, Germany, 1970
- for these who die as cattle, Ballet Rambert, London, England, 1972
- There Was a Time, Ballet Rambert, London, 1973
- Duets, Ballet Rambert, London, 1973
- Weekend, Ballet Rambert, London, 1974
- Unfamiliar Playground, Royal Ballet, Sadler's Wells, London, England, 1974
- Ancient Voices of Children, Ballet Rambert, London, 1975
- Black Angels, Ballet Rambert, Horsham, England, 1976
- Promenade, Ballet Rambert, London, 1976
- Echoes of a Night Sky, Batsheva Dance Company, Israel, 1976
- Voices, Batsheva Dance Company, 1976
- (With Lindsay Kemp) Cruel Garden, Ballet Rambert, London, 1977
- Responses, EMMA Dance Company, 1977
- Labyrinth, Australian Dance Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, 1979
- Night with Waning Moon, Ballet Rambert, London, 1979
- Sidewalk, Ballet Rambert, Oxford, England, 1979
- Interactions, Springplank, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1980
- Preludes and Songs, Ballet Rambert, Cheltenham, England, 1980
- Dancing Day, Rambert Academy, London, England, 1981
- Cantata, Tanz Forum (of Cologne), London, England, 1981
- Ghost Dances, Ballet Rambert, Bristol, England, 1981
- Holiday Sketches, London Contemporary Dance School, London, England, 1981
- Village Songs, Nederlands Dans Theater, Scheveningen, The Netherlands, 1981
- Berlin Requiem, Ballet Rambert, London, 1982
- In Alium, Nederlands Dans Theater, The Hague, 1982
- Concertino, Ballet Rambert, Norwich, England, 1983
- Curses and Blessings, Nederlands Dans Theater, Scheveningen, The Netherlands, 1983
- Intimate Pages, Ballet Rambert, Birmingham, England, 1984
- Sergeant Early's Dream, Ballet Rambert, Canterbury, England, 1984
- Remembered Dances, Scottish Ballet, Glasgow, Scotland, 1985
- Land, London Festival Ballet, London, 1985
- Mutiny, Piccadilly, London, England, 1985
- Ceremonies, Ballet Rambert, London, 1986
- The World Again, London Festival Ballet, London, 1986
- The Dream Is Over, Cullberg Ballet, 1986
- Swansong, London Festival Ballet, Bilbao, 1987
- Les Noces, Gulbenkian Ballet, Lisbon, Portugal, 1989
- Gautama Buddha, Houston Ballet, Houston, Texas, 1989
- Symphony in Three Movements, English National Ballet, Bristol, England, 1989
- Journey, Houston Ballet, Houston, 1990
- Rooster, Grand Theatre, Geneva, Switzerland, 1991
- Nature Dances, Houston Ballet, Houston, 1992
- Kingdom, Grand Theatre, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993
- Moonshine, Nederlands Dans 3, 1993
- Waiting, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Nottingham, 1993
- Crossing, Rambert Dance Company, 1994
- Meeting Point, Rambert Dance Company, San Francisco, CA, 1995
- Also worked as choreographer of dances in the operas Il Ballo Del Ingrate, Il Contattimento di Trancredi e Clorinda, and Venus and Adonis, all Kent Opera; choreographer of movement and dance, A Winter's Tale, 1987; choreographer of movement and dance, Changeling, 1988; choreographer of dances, Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
- Other Stage Work
- Coproducer, Agrippina, Kent Opera.
- Television Choreographer
- Ancient Voices of Children, BBC, 1977
- Cruel Garden, BBC, 1981-82
- Ghost Dances, Channel 4, 1982 Danmarks Radio, 1990
- Silence Is the End of Our Song, Royal Danish Ballet, Danish television commission, 1985
- The Dream Is Over, Cullberg Ballet, London Weekend Television, 1986
- Swansong, Danmarks Radio, 1989
- Journey, Danmarks Radio, 1990
- Requiem, Danish-German coproduction, 1982; The Dream Is Over, Danish-German coproduction, 1985; Moonshine, Danmarks Radio.
- Film Work
- Choreographer, Salome, Cannon, 1986
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- Plays and Players, July, 1995, pp. 718-19.