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Black Angels (Bruce, 1976): costume in the Rambert Archive. Photo: Janie Lightfoot Textiles. RDC/PD/05/01/0267

Black Angels (Bruce, 1976): Leigh Warren, Catherine Becque. Photo © Alan Cunliffe. RDC/PD/01/267/1

Choreographer: Christopher Bruce

Composer: George Crumb

Set designer: Nadine Baylis

Costume designer: Nadine Baylis

Lighting designer: John B. Read

World premiere: 11 May 1976, Ballet Rambert, The Arts Centre, Christ's Hospital, Horsham

Production note: In the programme, Nadine Baylis is credited as 'design'.

Music title: Black Angels - Images I (1970)

Music details: Live music: electric string quartet

Sponsors: The choreography, design and lighting design for this ballet were commissioned by Ballet Rambert with assistance from the Dance Commissioning Fund of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive

Archive catalogue: WORK/0267

Performances

Date ↿⇂	Programme ↿⇂	Venue ↿⇂
11 May 1976 Evening	Moveable Garden \| Black Angels^* \| Wings	The Arts Centre, Christ's Hospital, Horsham
12 May 1976 Evening	Moveable Garden \| Reflections^* \| Black Angels	The Arts Centre, Christ's Hospital, Horsham
29 Aug 1976 Evening	Moveable Garden \| Window^* \| Table \| Black Angels	Koninklijke Opera, Gent, Belgium
22 Mar 1977 Evening	The Pool^* \| Window \| Musical Offering \| Black Angels	Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
23 Mar 1977 Evening	The Pool \| Window \| Musical Offering \| Black Angels	Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
24 Mar 1977 Evening	The Pool \| Window \| Musical Offering \| Black Angels	Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
30 Mar 1977 Evening	The Pool \| Window \| Musical Offering \| Black Angels	Theatre Royal, Glasgow
25 Jun 1977 Evening	Promenade \| Window \| Frames, Pulse and Interruptions^* \| Black Angels	Snape Maltings
9 Mar 1978 Evening	Ancient Voices of Children \| Laocoon \| Nuthouse Stomp^* \| Black Angels	Sadler's Wells Theatre, London

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