Performance Database

Choreographer: Christopher Bruce
Composer: Bob Downes
Lighting designer: Richard Caswell
Rambert premiere: 17 May 1971, Ballet Rambert, Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London
World premiere: 7 Nov 1970, Ballet Company of the Bühnen der Stadt (Tanz-Forum Köln), Cologne Opera, Cologne, Germany
Production note: Dieter Rose designed the costumes for the Cologne premiere. It is possible Christopher Bruce designed them for the Rambert premiere, but this needs to be confirmed.
Duration: 25 minutes
Number of dancers: 16 dancers
Music title: Bird of the Seventh Dimension (1970)
Music details: Recorded music
Source: Programme and reference file in the Rambert Archive
Archive catalogue: WORK/0225

Performances

Date ↿⇂ Programme ↿⇂ Venue ↿⇂
17 May 1971
Evening
The Empty Suit | L'Après-midi d'un faune | George Frideric | Wings* Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London
2 Dec 1974
Evening
Spindrift | Project 6354/9116 Mk 2* | Pierrot Lunaire | Wings Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
10 May 1976
Evening
Moveable Garden* | Ricercare | Judgment of Paris | Wings The Arts Centre, Christ's Hospital, Horsham
11 May 1976
Evening
Moveable Garden | Black Angels* | Wings The Arts Centre, Christ's Hospital, Horsham
18 Jun 1976
Evening
Girl with Straw Hat | Ricercare | The sea whisper'd me* | Wings Sadler's Wells Theatre, London
4 Nov 1976
Evening
Girl with Straw Hat | Ricercare | Musical Offering* | Wings Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling