Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told - Rambert Dance Company
- Composer:
- Maurice Ravel/Stephen McNeff
- Management:
- Rambert Dance Company
- Cast:
- Eryck Brahmania, Antonette Dayrit, Julia Gillespie, Robin Gladwin, Dane Hurst, Vanessa Kang, Mbulelo Ndabeni, Pieter Symonds, Angela Towler, Stephen Wright
- Design:
- Michael Howells
- Lighting:
- Michael Mannion
- Choreography:
- Mark Baldwin
Production information can change over the run of the show.
The shadow of Peter Pan hovers benignly over Mark Baldwin's latest work for Rambert Dance Company. In an effort to recapture the magic and wonder of a child's imagination he conjures up a series of vignettes depicting playground games, dolly tea parties and wannabe Wild Boys. In an imaginary forest where the trees are festooned with Spanish moss and the floor is crayon-green, the dancers deliver the pouts and gestures, random leaps and sudden movements with total conviction. Baldwin's choreography, assisted by Stephen McNeff's lively score with a little help from Ravel, rarely oversteps the mark into adult gesture. The inclusion of a little Orientalism here and there adds an exotic dimension while the pas de trois with three girls, two of whom sport lacy 'wings' advances the idea that this is a never-never land. Including costumes that depict old-style Cub Scouts and Brownies, this is a nostalgia trip for adults although, like the source of its title, it remains a magpie work, a random collection of intriguing baubles rather than a fully-structured ballet... November 17, 2011
Rambert's 2011 tour opens with the unveiling of a super new creation from Mark Baldwin, the company's artistic director, which looks at children's thinking and how it develops through their play... September 22, 2011
Run sheet
- Marlowe Canterbury
- March 21-23
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