Christopher Bruce
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- Christopher Bruce
- Training
- Introduced to dance in order to strengthen his legs after suffering from polio
- Trained at Benson Stage Academy doing Ballet, Tap and Acrobatics
- He joined ballet Rambert School at 13 years old and ballet Rambert in 1963 until 1988
- Under Norman Morrice direction, he became the companies leading male modern dancer
- Choreography
- Marie Rambert nurtured choreographic talent
- Stimulated Bruce's variety and experimentation
- She exposed him to the use of narrative and character in dance
- After 1966, he began to use the Graham technique and was inspired by Tetley's use of classical and contemporary
- Norman Mortice influenced him to move away from drama to universal themes
- Marie Rambert nurtured choreographic talent
- Artistic Director
- He was Associate director before becoming artist director in 1994
- Bruce's intentions with the company was to use it's heritage and on going innovation
- Bruce's aim was to create and perform works which is both entertaining and thought provoking
- Movement Style
- Fuses dance style; ballet, contemporary, tap, folk
- It draws on arabesques, attitudes and jetes which show ballet and contemporary with spiralling with the torso, contractions and tilts.
- uses distinct dynamics with stillness contrasting with fluid movements off balance
- uses motif repetition and accumulation to enhance themes
- Influences
- His works are stimulated by literature, poetry and experiences that he has had or heard about.
- Subject matters reflect awareness of social, political issues
- Norman Morrice
- Morrice is described as a man of vision that changed the face of british dance
- Transformed the company to reflect contemporary dance, and subject matters
- influenced bruce to use universal themes within his choreographies
- Morrice is described as a man of vision that changed the face of british dance
- Glen Tetley
- his style fuses ballet and modern dance inspiring bruce to use this new way of looking at dance
- His work 'Pierrot Lunaire' exposed Bruce to this style
- his style fuses ballet and modern dance inspiring bruce to use this new way of looking at dance
- His works are stimulated by literature, poetry and experiences that he has had or heard about.
- Born in 1945, Scarborough
- Training
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