Analysis Of Rambert Dance By Christopher Bruce

Christopher Bruce is a famous British choreographer and performer, Bruce was also an artistic director for the Rambert Dance Company. He has been a resident choreographer for the English National Ballet since 1989.
Bruce created ghost dances in 1981, an influence for this creation was the 1970’s political coup against the Chilean government. After meeting dancer Joan Jara and learning of how her husband was murdered and their experiences and the experience of other survivors who lost family members in the conflict, he empathised with these people and decided to help the Chilean Human Rights Committee. As he was helping the committee he became immersed in the South American culture, music and even the traditional rituals such as the Day(s) …show more content…
There were also multiple blocks on the stage which represented the rocks on the mountain they were in. At the start of the piece one of the ghosts was stood on one of these rocks whilst the other two were doing a duet which suggested that it may have been the look-out for the dead. However once the dead had entered the space the lighting changed to highlight that they are coming onto the stage. The lighting is a key part of the piece as it emphasises key parts in the piece. For instance, when the ghosts kill the dead the lighting changes to highlight their deaths. This is shown in the first deaths when the ghosts kill the 3 girls there is a sudden change in lighting to the green light like in the beginning, when the ghosts are stood at the edge of the space each of them has picked up one of the 3 girls, when they did this it, it almost looked like the girls were hanging in the air. When this happened, the lights were just on them at the front of the stage and they stayed in the hanging tableaux until the music started for the next scene as it was almost like a transition. The change in lighting also is a key moment as it signals a scene