Performance Database

Choreographer: Christopher Bruce
Composer: Ernesto Cavour, Atahualpa Yupanqui
Music arranger: Nicholas Carr
Set designer: Christopher Bruce
Costume designer: Belinda Scarlett
Lighting designer: Nick Chelton
World premiere: 3 Jul 1981, Ballet Rambert, Theatre Royal, Bristol
Revival credits: 2016 revival: Dedicated to the late Nicholas Mojsiejenko, Musical Director of the company from 1980-1987, whose arrangement of the music enabled the Rambert musicians to play the score live. (Mojsiejenko was known as Carr during his time at Rambert.)
Music title: Tema de la Quebrada de Humahuaca Ojos Azules (traditional); Huajra (Yupanqui); Dolencias (traditional); Papel de Plata (traditional); Mis Llamitas (Cavour); Sicuriadas (traditional)
Music details: Live music: charango, tiple, 2 guitars, guitarron, panpipes, and singer
Music note: The score includes traditional South American folk songs arranged by Nicholas Carr from recordings by Inti-Illimani.
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0305