Biography:
Dancer with Ballet Rambert 1952-1964; Associate Artistic Director of Ballet Rambert 1966-1970; Artistic Director of Ballet Rambert 1970-1974.
Norman Morrice trained at the Rambert School and joined Ballet Rambert as a dancer in 1953, after performing with the company as a student during its previous season. He choreographed his first work ‘Two Brothers’ in 1958, drawing inspiration from the film ‘East of Eden’. In 1961-1962 he studied modern dance techniques in New York City with Martha Graham among others.
Appointed Associate Artistic Director of Ballet Rambert in 1966, Morrice oversaw its restructuring from a mid-scale ballet company which performed the classics to a small-scale group of soloists who embraced modern dance techniques. He was Artistic Director of Ballet Rambert 1970-1974. He choreographed 18 works for the company.
During his career, Morrice completed international commissions for Batsheva Dance Company, Tanz Forum Cologne, Australian Dance Theatre and Australian Ballet. He served as director of The Royal Ballet 1977-1986 and was the director of Choreographic Studies at the Royal Ballet School 1987-2000. He was awarded the Royal Academy of Dance Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award for services to dance in 1974.
Norman Morrice trained at the Rambert School and joined Ballet Rambert as a dancer in 1953, after performing with the company as a student during its previous season. He choreographed his first work ‘Two Brothers’ in 1958, drawing inspiration from the film ‘East of Eden’. In 1961-1962 he studied modern dance techniques in New York City with Martha Graham among others.
Appointed Associate Artistic Director of Ballet Rambert in 1966, Morrice oversaw its restructuring from a mid-scale ballet company which performed the classics to a small-scale group of soloists who embraced modern dance techniques. He was Artistic Director of Ballet Rambert 1970-1974. He choreographed 18 works for the company.
During his career, Morrice completed international commissions for Batsheva Dance Company, Tanz Forum Cologne, Australian Dance Theatre and Australian Ballet. He served as director of The Royal Ballet 1977-1986 and was the director of Choreographic Studies at the Royal Ballet School 1987-2000. He was awarded the Royal Academy of Dance Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award for services to dance in 1974.
Archive catalogue:
DS/UK/12
Works
Performances
| Date ↿⇂ | Dance Work ↿⇂ | Role ↿⇂ | Venue ↿⇂ |
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21 Apr 1954 Evening |
The Bartered Bride (dances in the opera)* | Dancer | Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, England |
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24 Apr 1954 Evening |
The Bartered Bride (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, England |
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17 May 1954 Evening |
Façade (The Original Version) | Scotch Rhapsody | Oxford Playhouse |
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17 May 1954 Evening |
Winter Night | Dancer | Oxford Playhouse |
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20 May 1954 Evening |
The Life and Death of Lola Montez (1816-1861)* | Dancer | Oxford Playhouse |
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20 May 1954 Evening |
Swan Lake Act II | Huntsman | Oxford Playhouse |
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21 Jun 1954 Evening |
Winter Night | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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21 Jun 1954 Evening |
Variations on a Theme* | Chorus | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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20 Oct 1954 Evening |
Giselle Act I | Courtier | Stoll Theatre, London |
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20 Oct 1954 Evening |
Ballet of the Game of Cards (Scene 6 of the play ‘Joan of Arc at the Stake’)* | Death | Stoll Theatre, London |
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28 Jun 1955 Evening |
Past Recalled | Her Friend | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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28 Jun 1955 Evening |
Persephone* | Shade | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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30 Jun 1955 Evening |
The Life and Death of Lola Montez (1818-1861) | Dancer | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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30 Jun 1955 Evening |
The Lilac Garden | Guest | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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4 Jul 1955 Evening |
Giselle | Huntsman | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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4 Jul 1955 Evening |
Laiderette* | Guest | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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7 May 1956 Evening |
Swan Lake (Act II) | Huntsman | Arts Theatre Cambridge |
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7 May 1956 Evening |
Winter Night | Dancer | Arts Theatre Cambridge |
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7 May 1956 Evening |
Coppélia (Act III)* | Pas-de-Six | Arts Theatre Cambridge |
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10 Jul 1956 Evening |
Winter Night | Dancer | Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod |
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10 Jul 1956 Evening |
Façade | Scotch Rhapsody | Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod |
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24 Sep 1956 Evening |
The Mirror* | Guest | King's Theatre, Southsea, Portsmouth |
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24 Sep 1956 Evening |
Coppélia (Act III) | Pas de Six | King's Theatre, Southsea, Portsmouth |
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24 Sep 1956 Evening |
Swan Lake (Act II) | Huntsman | King's Theatre, Southsea, Portsmouth |
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17 Jan 1957 Evening |
Coppélia* | Coppélius, a toymaker | Theatre Royal, York |
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22 Jul 1957 Evening |
Plaisance | Dancer | Theatre Royal, Exeter |
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22 Jul 1957 Evening |
Variations on a Theme | Perpetual Movement | Theatre Royal, Exeter |
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22 Jul 1957 Evening |
Conte Fantastique* | Courtier | Theatre Royal, Exeter |
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22 Jul 1957 Evening |
The Gala Performance | Cavalier | Theatre Royal, Exeter |
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12 May 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris, France |
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13 May 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris, France |
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15 May 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris, France |
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16 May 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris, France |
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27 May 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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29 May 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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30 May 1958 Time unknown |
Alceste (dances in the opera)* | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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31 May 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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1 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Alceste (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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4 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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5 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Alceste (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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6 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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7 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Alceste (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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8 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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10 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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12 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Alceste (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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13 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Le nozze di Figaro (dances in the opera)* | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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14 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Alceste (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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15 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Le nozze di Figaro (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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17 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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18 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Le nozze di Figaro (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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19 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Alceste (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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20 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Falstaff (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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21 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Alceste (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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22 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Le nozze di Figaro (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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25 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Le nozze di Figaro (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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27 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Le nozze di Figaro (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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29 Jun 1958 Time unknown |
Le nozze di Figaro (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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5 Jul 1958 Time unknown |
Le nozze di Figaro (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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9 Jul 1958 Time unknown |
Le nozze di Figaro (dances in the opera) | Dancer | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Lewes |
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14 Aug 1958 Evening |
Two Brothers* | His Brother | Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury |
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25 May 1959 Evening |
Giselle | Hilarion, a Gamekeeper | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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25 May 1959 Evening |
Giselle | Hilarion | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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25 May 1959 Evening |
Hazaña* | The Local Priest | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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1 Jun 1959 Evening |
Laiderette | Guest | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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1 Jun 1959 Evening |
Czernyana | Visions | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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1 Jun 1959 Evening |
Hazaña | The Local Priest | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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16 Jun 1960 Evening |
The Lilac Garden | The Man she must marry | Essoldo Theatre, Brighton |
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16 Jun 1960 Evening |
The Wise Monkeys* | Her Husband | Essoldo Theatre, Brighton |
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20 Jul 1960 Evening |
The Sylph* | Villager | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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20 Jul 1960 Evening |
The Sylph* | Her Attendant | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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20 Jul 1960 Evening |
The Sylph* | One of Two Villagers | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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20 Jul 1960 Evening |
Two Brothers | His Brother | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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18 Jul 1961 Evening |
Night Shadow* | The Poet | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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25 Jul 1961 Evening |
A Place in the Desert* | A Company Agent | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
|
28 Jun 1962 Evening |
Don Quixote* | Impresario | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
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28 Jun 1962 Evening |
Don Quixote* | Duke of Barcelona | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
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29 Jun 1962 Evening |
Don Quixote | Impresario | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
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29 Jun 1962 Evening |
Don Quixote | Duke of Barcelona | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
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30 Jun 1962 Evening |
Don Quixote | Impresario | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
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30 Jun 1962 Evening |
Don Quixote | Duke of Barcelona | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
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30 Jun 1962 Matinee |
Don Quixote | Impresario | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
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30 Jun 1962 Matinee |
Don Quixote | Duke of Barcelona | Empire Theatre, Liverpool |
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23 Jul 1962 Evening |
Façade (The Original Version) | Popular Song | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |
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23 Jul 1962 Evening |
Façade (The Original Version) | Yodelling Song | Sadler's Wells Theatre, London |