Christopher Bruce (UK) was a dancer and choreographer for Ballet Rambert in London.<\/p>\n
Ghost Dances<\/i> takes place in a South American milieu, an allegorical perspective on life and death inspired by and derived from Native American cultures. Bruce referred to Chilean activist Victor Jara’s widow as a source of inspiration for the ballet. He dedicated Ghost Dances<\/i> to the people of South America who have been continually oppressed since the days of the Spanish conquistadors. The work utilizes South American folk music performed by the well-known Chilean group Inti-Illimani. Much of the evocative mood in Ghost\u00a0<\/i>Dances<\/i> is derived from the music.<\/p>\n
It was Mats Ek, artistic director of the Cullberg Ballet, who while on a trip to Holland saw a performance by Ghost Dances<\/em> (originally premiered in 1981)and became interested in Bruce\u2019s work. Ek contacted Christopher Bruce in\u00a0London to ask him whether he might set Ghost Dances <\/i>on the Cullberg\u00a0Ballet.<\/p>\n Bruce says of Ghost Dances <\/i>that despite it being a game of life and death, it\u00a0is ultimately the will to live that is its driving force and main thematic thrust.<\/p>\n The work was performed by eleven dancers from the Cullberg Ballet with\u00a0original scenography by Christopher Bruce and costumes by Belinda\u00a0Scarlett.<\/p>\n Music: Christopher Bruce (UK) was a dancer and choreographer for Ballet Rambert in London. Ghost Dances takes place in a South American milieu, an allegorical perspective on life and death inspired by and derived from Native American cultures. Bruce referred to Chilean activist Victor Jara’s widow as a source of inspiration for the ballet. He dedicated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-17715","archived_performance","type-archived_performance","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archived_performance\/17715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archived_performance"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/archived_performance"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nInti Illimani, South American folk songs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"