Biography:
Dancer with Ballet Rambert (later Rambert Dance Company) 1979-1980, 1983-1992; Artistic Director of Rambert Dance Company (later Rambert) 2002-2018.
Born in Fiji and educated in New Zealand, Mark Baldwin graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Auckland where his enduring interest in choreography began. He helped found Limbs Dance Company, later dancing with the New Zealand Ballet, EMMA Dance Company, and Australian Dance Theatre. Upon leaving Rambert as a dancer in 1992, Baldwin established the Mark Baldwin Dance Company, which he ran for almost 10 years.
Baldwin returned to Rambert as Artistic Director in December 2002. As a choreograher, he created 12 works for Rambert as well as works for other companies, including the Royal Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Cisne Negro (Brazil), Royal New Zealand Ballet, Berlin State Opera House and Teatro dell' Opera di Roma. Baldwin was instrumental in the capital campaign to build Rambert's purpose-built headquarters on London's South Bank (opened in 2013), as well as establishing the post of Music Fellow at Rambert as a result of his interest in choreographic development and its relationship to music.
Baldwin's oral history interview for the Rambert Archive is available at http://www.rambert.org.uk/explore/rambert-archive/rambert-voices
Born in Fiji and educated in New Zealand, Mark Baldwin graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Auckland where his enduring interest in choreography began. He helped found Limbs Dance Company, later dancing with the New Zealand Ballet, EMMA Dance Company, and Australian Dance Theatre. Upon leaving Rambert as a dancer in 1992, Baldwin established the Mark Baldwin Dance Company, which he ran for almost 10 years.
Baldwin returned to Rambert as Artistic Director in December 2002. As a choreograher, he created 12 works for Rambert as well as works for other companies, including the Royal Ballet, Scottish Ballet, Cisne Negro (Brazil), Royal New Zealand Ballet, Berlin State Opera House and Teatro dell' Opera di Roma. Baldwin was instrumental in the capital campaign to build Rambert's purpose-built headquarters on London's South Bank (opened in 2013), as well as establishing the post of Music Fellow at Rambert as a result of his interest in choreographic development and its relationship to music.
Baldwin's oral history interview for the Rambert Archive is available at http://www.rambert.org.uk/explore/rambert-archive/rambert-voices
Archive catalogue:
DS/UK/17
Works
Performances
Date ↿⇂ | Dance Work ↿⇂ | Role ↿⇂ | Venue ↿⇂ |
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24 Jan 1980 Evening |
Bell High* | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
9 Feb 1984 Evening |
Entre Dos Aguas* | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
27 Mar 1984 Evening |
Voices and Light Footsteps* | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
27 Mar 1984 Evening |
Voices and Light Footsteps* | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
17 May 1984 Evening |
Wildlife* | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
17 May 1984 Evening |
Entre Dos Aguas | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
5 Oct 1984 Evening |
Sergeant Early's Dream* | Dancer | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
16 Nov 1984 Evening |
Sergeant Early's Dream | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Bath |
16 Nov 1984 Evening |
Death and the Maiden* | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Bath |
16 Nov 1984 Evening |
Voices and Light Footsteps | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Bath |
8 Feb 1985 Evening |
Entre Dos Aguas | Dancer | Palace Theatre, Manchester |
8 Feb 1985 Evening |
An Occasion for Some Revolutionary Gestures* | Dancer | Palace Theatre, Manchester |
13 Mar 1985 Evening |
Death and the Maiden | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
13 Mar 1985 Evening |
Mythologies* | Asdiwal | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
13 Mar 1985 Evening |
Sergeant Early's Dream* | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
26 Nov 1985 Evening |
Dipping Wings (Continual Departing)* | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Glasgow |
4 Feb 1986 Evening |
Soda Lake* | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
4 Feb 1986 Evening |
Death and the Maiden | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
5 Feb 1986 Evening |
Soda Lake | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
5 Feb 1986 Evening |
Death and the Maiden | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
6 Feb 1986 Evening |
Soda Lake | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
6 Feb 1986 Evening |
Death and the Maiden | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
7 Feb 1986 Evening |
Pierrot Lunaire | Pierrot | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
7 Feb 1986 Evening |
It's A Raggy Waltz* | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
8 Feb 1986 Evening |
It's A Raggy Waltz | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
8 Feb 1986 Evening |
Pierrot Lunaire | Pierrot | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
13 Feb 1986 Evening |
It's A Raggy Waltz | Dancer | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
13 Feb 1986 Evening |
Pierrot Lunaire | Pierrot | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
14 Feb 1986 Evening |
Pierrot Lunaire | Pierrot | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
14 Feb 1986 Evening |
It's A Raggy Waltz | Dancer | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
15 Feb 1986 Evening |
It's A Raggy Waltz | Dancer | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
15 Feb 1986 Evening |
Pierrot Lunaire | Pierrot | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
30 May 1986 Evening |
Soda Lake | Dancer | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford |
30 May 1986 Evening |
Zansa* | Zansa | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford |
31 May 1986 Evening |
Zansa | Zansa | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford |
31 May 1986 Evening |
Soda Lake | Dancer | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford |
11 Jun 1986 Evening |
'Duet' from 'Concertino' | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
11 Jun 1986 Evening |
'Unsquare Dance' from 'It's a Raggy Waltz' | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
11 Jun 1986 Evening |
Mercure* | La Nuit | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
11 Jun 1986 Evening |
Mercure* | Danse des Grâces | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
17 Jun 1986 Evening |
Soda Lake | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
17 Jun 1986 Evening |
Swamp* | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
18 Jun 1986 Evening |
Swamp | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
18 Jun 1986 Evening |
Soda Lake | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
19 Jun 1986 Evening |
Swamp | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
20 Jun 1986 Evening |
Soda Lake | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
25 Jun 1986 Evening |
Swamp | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
25 Jun 1986 Evening |
Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum* | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
10 Oct 1986 Evening |
Mercure | Night: The Comte de Beaumont | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
10 Oct 1986 Evening |
Mercure | Bath of the Graces: The Comte de Beaumont | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
10 Oct 1986 Evening |
Zansa | Zansa | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
13 Jan 1987 Evening |
Pulcinella* | Caviello | Grand Theatre Leeds |
8 May 1987 Evening |
Carmen Arcadiae | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
8 May 1987 Evening |
Rushes* | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
8 May 1987 Evening |
Night with Waning Moon | The Captain | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
6 Aug 1987 Evening |
Dipping Wings (Continual Departing) | Dancer | Big Top, Battersea Park, London |
6 Aug 1987 Evening |
Strong Language* | Dancer | Big Top, Battersea Park, London |
11 Aug 1987 Evening |
Rushes | Dancer | Big Top, Battersea Park, London |
11 Aug 1987 Evening |
Wolfi (An Allegory)* | Leopold, Mozart's father | Big Top, Battersea Park, London |
11 Aug 1987 Evening |
Strong Language* | Dancer | Big Top, Battersea Park, London |
20 Nov 1987 Evening |
Strong Language | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Glasgow |
3 Mar 1988 Evening |
Rushes | Dancer | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
3 Mar 1988 Evening |
Rhapsody in Blue* | Dancer | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
28 Apr 1988 Evening |
Rhapsody in Blue | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
28 Apr 1988 Evening |
Swamp | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
8 Jun 1988 Evening |
Dark Elegies | 2nd Song | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
21 Oct 1988 Evening |
Soldat* | Tango | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
21 Oct 1988 Evening |
Strong Language | Dancer | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
21 Oct 1988 Evening |
Hymnos* | Dancer | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
22 Oct 1988 Evening |
Hymnos | Dancer | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
22 Oct 1988 Evening |
Strong Language | Dancer | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
22 Oct 1988 Evening |
Soldat | Tango | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
27 Oct 1988 Evening |
Embarque* | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
27 Oct 1988 Evening |
Dark Elegies | 2nd Song | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
28 Oct 1988 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
28 Oct 1988 Evening |
Dark Elegies | 2nd Song | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
29 Oct 1988 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
29 Oct 1988 Evening |
Dark Elegies | 2nd Song | Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester |
2 Mar 1989 Evening |
Dark Elegies | 2nd Song | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
2 Mar 1989 Evening |
Cinema* | Dancer | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
3 Mar 1989 Evening |
Dark Elegies | 2nd Song | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
3 Mar 1989 Evening |
Cinema | Dancer | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
4 Mar 1989 Evening |
Dark Elegies | 2nd Song | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
4 Mar 1989 Evening |
Cinema | Dancer | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
8 Mar 1989 Evening |
Hymnos | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
8 Mar 1989 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
9 Mar 1989 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
9 Mar 1989 Evening |
Hymnos | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
10 Mar 1989 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
10 Mar 1989 Evening |
Hymnos | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
11 Mar 1989 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
11 Mar 1989 Evening |
Hymnos | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
12 May 1989 Evening |
Cinema | Black and Yellow | Nottingham Playhouse |
12 May 1989 Evening |
Cinema | Red and Blue | Nottingham Playhouse |
12 May 1989 Evening |
Septet | Dancer | Nottingham Playhouse |
13 May 1989 Evening |
Cinema | Black and Yellow | Nottingham Playhouse |
13 May 1989 Evening |
Cinema | Red and Blue | Nottingham Playhouse |
13 May 1989 Evening |
Septet | Dancer | Nottingham Playhouse |
21 Jun 1989 Evening |
Carmen Arcadiae | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
21 Jun 1989 Evening |
Mythologies | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
22 Jun 1989 Evening |
Mythologies | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
22 Jun 1989 Evening |
Carmen Arcadiae | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
23 Jun 1989 Evening |
Carmen Arcadiae | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
23 Jun 1989 Evening |
Mythologies | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
24 Jun 1989 Evening |
Mythologies | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
24 Jun 1989 Evening |
Carmen Arcadiae | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
30 Jan 1990 Evening |
Soldat | Tango | Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
9 Feb 1990 Evening |
Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain | Dancer | Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold |
9 Feb 1990 Evening |
Septet | Dancer | Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold |
9 Feb 1990 Evening |
Currulao* | Dancer | Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold |
14 Mar 1990 Evening |
Currulao | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
14 Mar 1990 Evening |
Hymnos | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
21 Mar 1990 Evening |
Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
21 Mar 1990 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
24 May 1990 Evening |
Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Brighton |
16 Nov 1990 Evening |
Four Elements* | Air | Apollo Theatre, Oxford |
16 Nov 1990 Evening |
Four Elements* | Water | Apollo Theatre, Oxford |
16 Nov 1990 Evening |
Currulao | Dancer | Apollo Theatre, Oxford |
7 Dec 1990 Evening |
Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne |
7 Dec 1990 Evening |
Roughcut* | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne |
12 Apr 1991 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Mayflower Theatre, Southampton |
23 Apr 1991 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Riverside Studios, London |
24 Apr 1991 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Riverside Studios, London |
26 Apr 1991 Evening |
Soda Lake | Dancer | Riverside Studios, London |
27 Apr 1991 Evening |
Embarque | Dancer | Riverside Studios, London |
27 Apr 1991 Matinee |
Embarque | Dancer | Riverside Studios, London |
27 Apr 1991 Evening |
Dealing with Shadows | Dancer | Riverside Studios, London |
27 Apr 1991 Matinee |
Soda Lake | Dancer | Riverside Studios, London |
27 Apr 1991 Matinee |
Dealing with Shadows | Dancer | Riverside Studios, London |
19 Jul 1991 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Complexe sportif Val de l'Arc , Aix-en-Provence, France |
20 Jul 1991 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Complexe sportif Val de l'Arc , Aix-en-Provence, France |
11 Oct 1991 Evening |
Four Elements | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
12 Oct 1991 Evening |
Four Elements | Dancer | Haymarket Theatre, Leicester |
22 Oct 1991 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
22 Oct 1991 Evening |
Four Elements | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
23 Oct 1991 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
23 Oct 1991 Evening |
Four Elements | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
24 Oct 1991 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
24 Oct 1991 Evening |
Four Elements | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
20 Nov 1991 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Apollo Theatre, Oxford |
20 Nov 1991 Evening |
Four Elements | Dancer | Apollo Theatre, Oxford |
21 Nov 1991 Evening |
Four Elements | Dancer | Apollo Theatre, Oxford |
21 Nov 1991 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Apollo Theatre, Oxford |
22 Nov 1991 Evening |
Wildlife | Dancer | Apollo Theatre, Oxford |
23 Nov 1991 Evening |
Wildlife | Dancer | Apollo Theatre, Oxford |
13 Apr 1992 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Northcott Theatre, Exeter |
14 Apr 1992 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Northcott Theatre, Exeter |
15 Apr 1992 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Northcott Theatre, Exeter |
12 Jun 1992 Evening |
Cat's Eye* | Dancer | Bristol Old Vic |
12 Jun 1992 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Bristol Old Vic |
13 Jun 1992 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Bristol Old Vic |
13 Jun 1992 Evening |
Cat's Eye | Dancer | Bristol Old Vic |
20 Jun 1992 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
23 Jun 1992 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
24 Jun 1992 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
25 Jun 1992 Evening |
Roughcut | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
26 Jun 1992 Evening |
Cat's Eye* | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
27 Jun 1992 Matinee |
Cat's Eye | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
27 Jun 1992 Evening |
Cat's Eye | Dancer | Royalty Theatre, London |
12 Feb 2003 Evening |
The Parades Gone By | Dracula | Hall for Cornwall, Truro |
13 Feb 2003 Evening |
The Parades Gone By | Dracula | Hall for Cornwall, Truro |
13 Feb 2003 Matinee |
The Parades Gone By | Dracula | Hall for Cornwall, Truro |