In this Rambert Plus exclusive, Simon Sinek and Rambert dancer Simone explore a simple way to use your mentality to overcome nerves.
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Simon Sinek is an optimist and bestselling author of several books including The Infinite Game, Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last. He is working to build a world in which the vast majority of us will wake up feeling inspired, feel safe at work, and return home sign in fulfilled at the end of the day. His TED talk, ‘How Great Leaders Inspire Action’ is one of the most widely viewed of all time.
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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.
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
Super Humans podcast series: in each episode we invite someone who inspires us to exchange stories with our dancers.
Here actor, writer, director Simon Callow chats with Rambert Dancer Hannah Rudd.
You may know Simon from his roles in films like Four Weddings and a Funeral, A Room with a View and Shakespeare in Love. And his pursuits go far beyond his acting. He simultaneously pursues careers as actor, director and writer and his lifelong passion for classical music has seen him directing opera productions and appearing alongside major symphony orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra.
He’s currently working on the fourth and final volume of his multi-toned biography of Orson Wells and had lockdown not struck, would now be performing in a new stage production “I’m Sorry Prime Minister I Can’t Quite Remember” by BAFTA award-winning writer Jonathan Lynn.
Despite all these talents, we still can’t offer you a dance class with Simon – but we can oblige with Hannah who teaches beginners ballet here – or for advanced dancers there’s a class here.
Image credits: Hannah Rudd by Camilla Greenwell
Welcome to the Rambert Studio.
Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer encourages our dancers to showcase their individuality and unique expression.
This class with members of Rambert and Rambert2 took place on 17 March 2020, the last day the dancers came into the Rambert studios before the COVID-19 lockdown period began.
We think Musa sums himself up perfectly – “Musa Motha doesn’t believe in impossibilities. Instead, I break the word impossible into two. I am possible.”
The job title ‘Intimacy Director’ is one you’ve might’ve started hearing more often recently. Our guest on this episode on Super Humans is Yarit Dor, a leader in the field who’s worked on a string of big titles including Bridgerton and Glass Onion. Oh, and also Rambert’s popular “Rooms”. Dancers Simone and Guillaume caught up with her again, having worked with her closely on this popular live stream.
We’re so proud to have an Olympic finalist on our podcast. And she even matched her new personal best in the final! We’re so inspired by you Jodie, today and everyday.
Did you know…
Jodie is the only athlete to be in the all-time fastest in British history lists for; 60m, 100m, 200m & 400m.
Have have you ever wondered what being a British Athlete and a contemporary dancer have in common? In this episode of the Super Humans podcast Rambert dancer Conor Kerrigan and Olympian Jodie Williams discover a surprising number of similarities in their disciplines and what inspires and drives them.
Jodie also shares what its like to compete in front of millions of people and how she mentally prepares for a race.
Jodie is a 200m British Olympian. After a hugely successful juniors career where she had a five-year-long unbeaten streak of 151 races, she made the transition into seniors and obtained her first senior medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games representing England. In 2019, Jodie became British champion for the second time after winning the 200 metres event at the 2019 British Athletics Championships and she is currently competing in the Tokyo Olympics (alongside her sister Hannah).
Always one to talk about the two sides of herself – the “athlete” and “me” – Jodie does not let her athletics career define who her is. In her own words “Track is what I do but it does not define me, I am #MoreThanJustAnAthlete.”
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Conor Kerrigan by Camilla Greenwell
Hear all about our new production by Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight.
In this Rambert Plus short, we teamed up with Pandemonia, a persona created as a living conceptual artwork by an anonymous London-based artist.
Her image has been spread virally around the world. She is like a modern-day Trojan Horse – on the surface, she is the consumerist vision in person; forever young, tall, and glossy. Under the veneer, the work promotes discourse; a dismantling of that same image.
This is what happened when pop art’s ultimate party guest entered the Rambert building, just in time for our latest livestream.
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