Rambert Works

Pribaoutki

A group of clowns playing a guitar on a stage.

Pribaoutki 

First performed: 1982 Choreographer: Robert North Composer: Igor Stravinsky Set and costume designer: Andrew Storer Lighting designer: John B. Read

Programme note: 

I have not told the stories of the songs which are mostly ‘nonsense verse’ but made up my own stories using the characters from Picasso’s paintings and Stravinky’s music with its Russian folk influence. The ballet is a series of day-dreams and night-thoughts,

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