Title: Dancing Day/Unsuitable Case/Rainbow Ripples/The Rite of Spring/Lonely Town, Lonely Street/Night Music/Ghost Dances
Date: Tuesday 20th-Saturday 24th October 1981, Matinee & Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: Ballet Rambert
Location: Apollo Theatre, Oxford, England
Composer: Gustav Holst (Dancing Day), Johann Strauss II (Unsuitable Case), Charles Amirkhanian, George Hamilton-Green (Rainbow Ripples), Igor Stravinsky (The Rite of Spring), Bill Withers (Lonely Town, Lonely Street), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Night Music), Ernesto Cavour, Atahualpa Yupanqui (Ghost Dances)
Choreographer: Christopher Bruce (Dancing Day, Ghost Dances), Sally Owen (Unsuitable Case), Richard Alston (Rainbow Ripples, The Rite of Spring, Night Music), Robert North (Lonely Town, Lonely Street)
Production: 1981 Ballet Rambert Production (Dancing Day), Original 1981 Production (Unsuitable Case), Original 1980 Ballet Rambert Production (Rainbow Ripples), 1981 Richard Alston Production (The Right of Spring) 1981 Ballet Rambert Production (Lonely Town, Lonely Street), Original 1981 Production (Night Music), Original 1981 Production (Ghost Dances)
Conductor: Nicholas Carr
Collection Folder: Folder 27
Cast
Dancing Day/Unsuitable Case/Rainbow Ripples/The Rite of Spring- Tuesday 20th-Thursday 22nd October 1981
Dancing Day
Dancers: Hugh Craig, Kathy Chard, Guy Detot, Rebecca Ham, Nelson Fernandez, Quinny Sacks
Violin: Ann Hooley
Tenor Singer: Rogers Covey-Crump
Sopranos: Patricia Hooper, Nicole Tibbels
Contralto: Shirley Minty
Baritone: Christopher Swithinbank
Bass: Geoffrey Shaw
Unsuitable Case
Dancers: Lucy Burge, Lucy Bethune, Hugh Craig
Cello: Anthony Hinnigan
Violin: Ann Hooley
Viola: James Shenton
Piano: Christopher Swithinbank
Rainbow Ripples
Dancers: Michael Ho, Jkky Maas, Mary Evelyn, Cathrine Price, Frances Carty, Paul Melis, Michael Popper
The Rite of Spring
Women: Frances Carty, Kathy Chard, Lucy Burge
Men: Hugh Craig, Guy Detot, Nelson Hernandez, Michael Ho, Jkky Maas, Paul Melis
Adolescents: Lucy Bethune, Rebecca Ham, Cathrine Price, Quinny Sacks, Diane Walker, Elizabeth Wright
The Sage: Robert North
The Chosen One: Diane Walker
Pianists: Nicholas Carr, Christopher Swithinbank
Lonely Town, Lonely Street/Night Music/Ghost Dances- Friday 23rd-Saturday 24th October 1981
Lonely Town, Lonely Street
Dancers: Robert North, Lucy Burge, Nelson Fernandez, Quinny Sacks, Guy Detot, Kathy Chard, Cathrine Price
Night Music
Dancers: Diane Walker, Hugh Craig, Rebecca Ham, Mary Evelyn, Paul Melis, Michael Popper, Jkky Maas, Lucy Burge, Frances Carty
Soprano: Patricia Hooper, Nicole Tebbels
Bass: Martin Elliot
Basset Horns: Glenn Martin, Michael Langdon-Davis, Paul Sargeant
Ghost Dances
The Ghost Dancers: Hugh Craig, Nelson Fernandez, Michael Ho
The Departed: Frances Carty, Diane Walker, Lucy Bethune, Cathrine Price, Quinny Sacks, Paul Melis, Jkky Maas, Guy Detot
Sikus: Christopher Swithinbank, Michael Taylor
Quena: Michael Taylor
Charango: Simon Rogers
Guitar: Forbes Henderson
Bass Guitar: Anthony Hinningar
Percussion: Andrew Tyrrell
Crew
For the Mixed Bills
Design, Dancing Day: Christopher Bruce, Pamela Marre
Lighting, Dancing Day: Paul Taylor
Design, Unsuitable Case: Sally Owen
Lighting, Unsuitable Case & Rainbow Ripples: Sid Ellen
Design, Rainbow Ripples: David Buckland
Design and Lighting, The Rite of Spring: Peter Mumford
Costumes, The Rite of Spring: Anne Guyon
Design, Lonely Town Lonely Street: Andrew Storer
Lighting, Lonely Town Lonely Street: John B. Read
Design, Night Music: Howard Hodgkin
Lighting, Night Music: Peter Mumford
Design, Ghost Dances: Christopher Bruce
Costumes, Ghost Dances: Belinda Scarlett
Lighting, Ghost Dances: Nick Chelton
For Ballet Rambert
Artistic Director: Robert North
Administrative Director: Prudence Skene
Resident Choreographer: Richard Alston
Associate Choreographer: Christopher Bruce
Musical Director: Nicholas Carr
Rehearsal Director: Lucy Burge
Associate Administrative Director: John Webley
Chief of Production: William Ferguson
Technical Director: Sid Ellen
Stage Manager: Bill Hammond
Stage Carpenter: George Shilton
Electrician: Malcolm Glanville
Sound Technician: Pete Hart
Wardrobe Supervisor: Carolyn Fry
Choreologist: Elizabeth Cunliffe
Guest Ballet Teachers: Laverne Mayer, Maryon Lane
Company Pianist: Christopher Swithinbank
Secretary: Laura Carr
Publicity Assistant: Joanna Freeman
Education Liaison Officer: Jenny Mann
Press and Public Relations Officer: Jane Attenborough
For the Apollo Theatre
Managing Director: Paul Gregg
General Manager: Mike Adamson
Assistant Manager: David Ashley
Technical Director: Adrian Leggett
Stage Manager: Will Urbanek
Box Office Manager: Shirley Werrett
Chief Electrician: Jerry Jones
Housekeeper: Joan Cook
Programme Printed By: Stilwell Darby & Co. Ltd.