Performance Database

Choreographer: Hans van Manen
Composer: James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff
Lyricist: James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Ron Lenhoff
Recording artist: James Brown with The JB's
Lighting designer: John Anderton
Rambert premiere: 10 Dec 1973, Ballet Rambert, Royal Exchange, Manchester
World premiere: 5 Nov 1970, Nederlands Dans Theatre, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Work note: Ballet Rambert performed only a male solo from 'Twice'. This work is not listed in the programme for the Royal Exchange, Manchester, 10-15 December 1973, but it is mentioned in a review in Manchester Guardian (13 December 1973) as performed by Jon Benoit.
Production note: The lighting designer is listed in the programme for the Gala Ballet Programme at the London Palladium (28 April 1974) at which Jon Benoit again performed the solo.
Music title: 'Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine' (1970)
Music details: Recorded music
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0249