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Choreographer: Mark Baldwin
Composer: Julian Anderson
Set designer: Kader Attia
Costume designer: Georg Meyer-Wiel
Lighting designer: Michael Mannion
World premiere: 16 Sep 2009, Rambert Dance Company, Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Work note: Created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of 'On the Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin. Professor Nicola Clayton, Professor of Comparative Cognition at the University of Cambridge, was Mark Baldwin's scientific advisor for the work.
Music title: The Comedy of Change (2009)
Music details: Live music: chamber ensemble: flute (doubling piccolo), clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), horn, trumpet, percussion, harp, synthesizer, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
Music commissioned by Rambert: Yes
Sponsors: Commissioned by the Darwin Festival for Shrewsbury Theatre Severn. The music score was jointly commissioned by Rambert Dance Company and Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, and The Drummond Fund, which is administered by the Royal Philharmonic Society. Jointly supported by BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) and the Wellcome Trust.
Source: Tour programme and cast sheet in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0457