Bruce, Christopher

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English choreographer and dancer. He was artistic director of the Rambert Dance Company 1994–2002. His work integrates modern and classical idioms and often chooses political or socially conscious themes, as in Ghost Dances (1981), which treats the theme of political oppression.

Other works include Cruel Garden (1977), Sergeant Early's Dream (1984), The Dream is Over (1987) – a tribute to John Lennon, Swansong (1987), Rooster (1991), Moonshine (1993), Quicksilver (1996) – a tribute to Marie Rambert, and Four Scenes (1998), created for the opening of the new Sadler's Wells theatre in October 1998. As a dancer, Bruce took key roles in Glen Tetley's Pierrot lunaire (1967), the recreation of Nijinsky's L'Après-midi d'un faune (late 1960s), his own Cruel Garden (1977), and Foukine's Petrushka (1988).

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