On this episode of Super Humans, Ash Palmisciano and Max Day talk about having the courage and confidence to be themselves.
Ash Palmisciano is the first-ever transgender actor to appear on Emmerdale and his character Matty Barton is the first character written into the show to have transitioned. Watched by an average of 5 million people, Ash won the best Newcomer award at the 2018 Inside Soap Awards for his work on Britains hugely popular soap.
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Future Movement meet youth activist Anita Okunde to hear her take on female empowerment. And Rambert dancers Aishwarya Raut and Seren Williams who share personal reflections on being women in their industry.
This film was made by and features:
Izzie Lord-Vayro
Iqra Begum
Janet Alao
Hannah Rana
Jenna Ashworth
Jess Pearce
Aamina Asad
Directed and edited by: Emily Badescu
Co-produced by: Chloe Young & Daniel Fulvio
Executive Producer: Helen Shute
Filmed by: Emily Badescu
Additional filming: Darryl Daniel
Drone filming Mike Rumsey
Camera Assistant: Acacia Daniel
Sound mix: Ben Sims
Colour grade: Lita Bosch
Future Movement is Rambert’s free creative youth programme for young people aged 16-19. This fresh collaboration takes place in three locations – Rambert South Bank, Touchstones Rochdale and Mansfield Palace Theatre.
Find out more about Girl Up Manchester @GirlUpManchester
Calling all over-thinkers. Or perhaps you’ve suffered imposter syndrome…
In honour of International Day of Women & Girls in Science, 11 Feburary, this episode of our Super Humans podcast features soon-to-be Doctor of Neuroscience Julia Ravey in conversation with Rambert dancer Aishwarya Raut as they take a fascinating dive into how our brains work.
Julia is a neuroscience PhD researcher studying Alzheimer’s disease with a passion for making science understandable. Alongside from her vlogging and blogging, Julia has worked as television presenting, most recently for BBC Bitesize, and is a writer for a worldwide learning community, Kwik Learning.
Image credits: Aishwarya Raut by Camilla Greenwell
In this episode of the Super Humans podcast, Rambert dancer Edit Domoszlai and Film actress Romola Garai discuss their shared roots and what it takes to be a feminist in the entertainment industry.
For Edit, Romola was most recognisable for her turn (literally) in Dirty Dancing: Havan Nights, but you may know her from her starring roles in films such as Atonement, Amazing Grace and Suffragette, and television series Emma, The Crimson Petal and the White and The Hour. Recently Romola has taken to directing and her directorial debut feature film, Amulet, was released this year.
Outside of her career, Romola has been a vocal advocate for women’s rights in the entertainment industry, as well as the rights of parents returning to work. She is an ambassador for PiPA (Parents in Performing Arts), an organisation Rambert works in alignment with, and International Rescue Committee (IRC).
In this episode of the Super Humans podcast, Rambert dancer Juan Gil chats with actor Olivia Williams. Find out why she was angry when Kevin Costner rang her up with a big break, how she struggled to get a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, and both of their experiences of working closely with their partners.
Where do you recognise her from? An impressive stage career including three years at the RSC, Emma (ITV), Rushmore, The Sixth Sense, Friends (NBC), An Education, Counterparts (Starz) … the list goes on, and there are more big projects coming out soon.
Image credits:
Olivia Williams by Chris McAndrew
Juan Gil by Camilla Greenwell
In our Super Humans podcast series we talk to people who inspire us. In this episode songwriter and Radiohead Drummer Philip Selway and Rambert dancer Jacob Wye share stories of finding your own voice and holding your nerve to step outside what’s expected of you.
Philip is the drummer of Radiohead, who after forming as friends in secondary school in 1985, went on to become one of the world’s greatest bands.
Outside of Radiohead, Philip has also enjoyed a hugely successful career as a solo artist, as well as turning his talents to composing music for film and stage. Rambert has been lucky enough to work with Philip, as he composed the music for one of our productions The Rambert Event, which was performed at Sadler’s Wells theatre in London in 2019, and toured to theatres in Paris, Italy and Switzerland.
Philip recently collaborated on a music documentary called Long and Winding Road, that documents his journey on a road trip searching the country for the pubs and clubs that give artists their big breaks, and reflects on why these venues are so loved and very much needed. The film is due to be released in independent cinemas this summer.
Image credits:
Philip Selway by Colin Greenwood
Jacob Wye by Camilla Greenwell
Through the eye of the camera…
Take a leap into the unknown and land right in the middle of a real-time, live performance.
Draw from Within by Wim Vandekeybus was live streamed here on Rambert Plus.
You can now watch Draw from Within on Marquee TV.
Dancer Naya speaks with Super Human guest, writer, journalist and unashamed clothes fanatic, Lauren Bravo.
Lauren’s latest book ‘How to Break Up with Fast Fashion’ was top of our Rambert book club last year, and inspired many of us to shop more sustainably and fall back in love with the wardrobe we already have. So we were massively excited to get her onto the podcast.
There’s a lot to unpack in this chat about our relationship with clothes and the cost that comes with it – but Lauren covers it all in a way that’s so compassionate, honest, and even self deprecating.
From the impact to the environment, sexism in the industry, greenwashing, and where does the buck actually stop? Plus some really useful tips and recourses on how to overhaul your habits, what to look for when you shop, and ultimately, break up with the toxic relationship that is fast fashion.
We love Australian band The Avalanches and during lockdown, we collaborated with them and The Experience Machine (TEM Studios) on this video for their new album We Will Always Love.
Reflecting Light was filmed at the Rambert studios in London, is choreographed by our Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, and features our dancers.
TEM Studios filmed our dancers using 4 volumetric time-of-flight cameras that capture extreme three-dimensional detail. The cameras were exposed with a thousandth-of-a-second delay from each other 30 times a second. If you’re not a camera technician this may make no sense – so we recommend just giving it a watch and taking a look at the results.
Be sure to listen to The Avalanches’ new album ‘We Will Always Love You’ which ‘Reflecting Light’ is part of.
In our Super Humans podcast series one of our dancers talks to someone who inspires them. Actor and writer Lolita Chakrabarti talks to Rambert dancer Daniel Davidson.
You may recognise Lolita from television and film dramas such as Riviera, Netflix’s Criminal and The Casual Vacancy on the BBC, but her talents expand far beyond acting. She is an acclaimed playwright and her most recent work, an adaptation of the Booker Prize winning Life of Pi, is currently set to premiere in London’s West End in 2021.
Lolita’s first prominent work as a playwright, Red Velvet, saw her win Most Promising Playwright at the Critics Circle Awards in 2012, and this work has been restaged over 40 times by both professional and amateur theatre companies across the UK and United States.
Lolita also collaborated with Rambert last year, where she adapted the novel Invisible Cities by Italian writer Italo Calvino for the stage. It was directed by Leo Warner from 59 Productions and choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and we had the exciting job of premiering at the Manchester International Festival.
Image credits:
Lolita Chakrabarti by Maruska Mason
Daniel Davidson by Camilla Greenwell
