Christopher Bruce influences

  • Began dancing at age 11 at Benson Stage Academy, Scarborough

  • Joined Rambert school age 13

  • Danced with Walter Gore’s London Ballet

  • Joined Ballet Rambert in 1963, which at the time was mostly a classical company

  • Glen Tetley brought to Rambert to create a new work for the company

  • Influences:

    • Classical ballet

    • Graham technique

    • Tap

    • Ballroom

    • Flamenco

    • Folk

    • Pedestrian movement

  • Themes

    • Emotions

    • Autobiographical

    • Political

    • Social

    • Ecological

  • Stimuli

    • Selects themes from stimuli which may be conveyed through dance and/or movement

    • Music

    • Paintings

    • Literature

  • Often uses episodic structure, occasionally this is cyclic (such as in Rooster)

  • Focus on a strong sense of musicality and characterisation in dancers

  • Music is often chosen to enhance choreographic intention