Performance Database

Choreographer: Richard Alston
Recording artist: Charles Amirkhanian
Costume designer: Richard Alston
Lighting designer: Sid Ellen
Rambert premiere: 10 Oct 1986, Ballet Rambert, Marlowe Theatre
World premiere: 6 Nov 1982, Michael Clark, Riverside Studios, London, United Kingdom
Work note: Originally a solo for Michael Clark, when the work entered the Rambert repertoire in 1986, it was expanded into a quartet. In Rambert's 2012-2014 revival, it was presented as a solo.
Number of dancers: 1 dancer or 4 dancers
Music title: Dutiful Ducks (1977)
Music details: Recording: text-sound piece from the album 'Lexical Music' (no. 1750 ARCH 1779)
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0343

Performances

Date ↿⇂ Programme ↿⇂ Venue ↿⇂
10 Oct 1986
Evening
Dipping Wings | Mercure | Dutiful Ducks* | Zansa Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
8 May 1987
Evening
Carmen Arcadiae | Dutiful Ducks | Rushes* | Night with Waning Moon Opera Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
20 Nov 1987
Evening
Dancing Day | Dutiful Ducks | Septet* | Strong Language Theatre Royal, Glasgow
3 Feb 2010
Evening
Dutiful Ducks | Don't think about it* | The Comedy of Change | Tread Softly Theatre Royal, Brighton
4 Feb 2010
Matinee
Dutiful Ducks | Don't think about it | The Comedy of Change | Tread Softly Theatre Royal, Brighton
4 Feb 2010
Evening
Dutiful Ducks | Don't think about it | The Comedy of Change | Tread Softly Theatre Royal, Brighton
5 Feb 2010
Evening
Dutiful Ducks | Don't think about it | The Comedy of Change | Tread Softly Theatre Royal, Brighton
6 Feb 2010
Matinee
Dutiful Ducks | Don't think about it | The Comedy of Change | Tread Softly Theatre Royal, Brighton
6 Feb 2010
Evening
Dutiful Ducks | Don't think about it | The Comedy of Change | Tread Softly Theatre Royal, Brighton
16 Oct 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love* | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance* Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
17 Oct 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
18 Oct 2012
Matinee
Labyrinth of Love | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
18 Oct 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
19 Oct 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
20 Oct 2012
Matinee
Labyrinth of Love | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
20 Oct 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
24 Oct 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Theatre Royal, Plymouth
25 Oct 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Theatre Royal, Plymouth
26 Oct 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Theatre Royal, Plymouth
8 Nov 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Elysian Fields Theatre Royal, Bath
9 Nov 2012
Matinee
Labyrinth of Love | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Elysian Fields Theatre Royal, Bath
9 Nov 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Elysian Fields Theatre Royal, Bath
10 Nov 2012
Matinee
Labyrinth of Love | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Elysian Fields Theatre Royal, Bath
10 Nov 2012
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Elysian Fields Theatre Royal, Bath
13 Mar 2013
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
14 Mar 2013
Matinee
Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Labyrinth of Love Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
14 Mar 2013
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
15 Mar 2013
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
16 Mar 2013
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Monolith | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Anthony Hopkins Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
9 Apr 2013
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
10 Apr 2013
Evening
Labyrinth of Love | Roses | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
17 Oct 2013
Evening
SUB | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | The Castaways Theatre Royal, Norwich
18 Oct 2013
Matinee
The Castaways | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Theatre Royal, Norwich
18 Oct 2013
Evening
SUB | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | The Castaways Theatre Royal, Norwich
26 Feb 2014
Evening
The Castaways | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Theatre Royal, Brighton
27 Feb 2014
Matinee
The Castaways | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Theatre Royal, Brighton
27 Feb 2014
Evening
The Castaways | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Theatre Royal, Brighton
28 Feb 2014
Evening
The Castaways | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Theatre Royal, Brighton
1 Mar 2014
Evening
The Castaways | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Theatre Royal, Brighton
20 May 2014
Evening
Four Elements | Rooster | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
21 May 2014
Evening
Four Elements | Rooster | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
22 May 2014
Matinee
Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
22 May 2014
Evening
Four Elements | Rooster | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
23 May 2014
Evening
Four Elements | Rooster | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
24 May 2014
Matinee
Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
24 May 2014
Evening
Four Elements | Rooster | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
1 Oct 2014
Evening
The Strange Charm of Mother Nature | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
2 Oct 2014
Evening
The Strange Charm of Mother Nature | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
3 Oct 2014
Evening
The Strange Charm of Mother Nature | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster The Lowry, Salford, Manchester
8 Oct 2014
Evening
The Strange Charm of Mother Nature | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
9 Oct 2014
Evening
The Strange Charm of Mother Nature | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
10 Oct 2014
Evening
The Strange Charm of Mother Nature | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
21 Oct 2014
Evening
The Castaways | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Theatre Royal, Nottingham
22 Oct 2014
Evening
The Castaways | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Theatre Royal, Nottingham
23 Oct 2014
Evening
The Castaways | Dutiful Ducks | Sounddance | Rooster Theatre Royal, Nottingham