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Choreographer: Christopher Bruce
Composer: Bobby McFerrin, Antonio Vivaldi, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Charles-François Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach
Recording artist: Bobby McFerrin, Yo-Yo Ma
Set designer: Marian Bruce
Costume designer: Marian Bruce
Lighting designer: Christina Giannelli
Rambert premiere: 25 Mar 2009, Rambert Dance Company, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne
World premiere: 9 Mar 2006, Houston Ballet, Brown Theater, Wortham Theater Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Scene/role note: The six roles are: Father, Mother, Elder Son, Elder Daughter, Younger Son, Younger Daughter.
Music title: Tracks from the album 'Hush' (1991): Grace (McFerrin); Andante from Double Mandolin Concerto in G, RV 532 (Vivaldi); The Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov); Stars (McFerrin); Hush Little Baby (traditional); Ave Maria (Gounod/Bach); Hoedown! (McFerrin); Good-bye (McFerrin)
Music details: Recorded music
Awards: 2009 Critics' Circle National Dance Award for Best Modern Choreography; 2009 TMA (Theatrical Management Association) Theatre Award for Achievement in Dance.
Source: Programme in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0454