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Rambert dancers play with fire
This week
the company, formerly Ballet Rambert,
makes its long-awaited return to Perth, to
His Majesty's Theatre and dancing to music
by the Rolling Stones. The
company, established by Polish-born dance
teacher, Marie Rambert in 1926, is now
Britain's only large-scale contemporary
dance company and is directed
choreographer Christopher
Bruce. From a
history of classical dance, the company's
repertoire today is drawn from more
contemporary artists, including Merce
Cunningham, Twyla Tharp and Didy
Veldman. In 1997
the company collected three awards for
dance: the Olivier, Evening Standard and
Barclays Theatre Management Association
awards were for outstanding achievement in
dance. In the
1998 Royal Variety performance, Rambert
dancers performed with the Spice Girls,
Boyzone and Barry Manilow. This
Australian tour includes Gaps, Lapse and
Relapse, choreographed by Perth-born
Jeremy James, and Rooster, choreographed
by Christopher Bruce and danced to Rolling
Stones tunes, including Little Red Rooster
and Play With Fire. Rambert
dancers have been described as passionate,
witty, dazzling and dramatic. The New
York Times calls the company "one of Great
Britain's treasures". The
Rambert Dance Company will be at His
Majesty's from March 7 to 10. Tickets can
be booked through BOCS. Come
down to the
cabaret Kerry-Ella Cabaret Soiree began last weekend with
an exceptional tribute to Kurt Weill and
100 years of cabaret in Germany, featuring
James Brookes and Suzan Zeichner, both
seasoned European-based cabaret artists,
Cynthia Fenton and Helen McFarlane from
the WA Academy of Performing Arts and Tim
Cunniffe on piano. Each Friday and Saturday night till
April 7 cabaret artists and pianists will
re-introduce audiences to the world of
cabaret. The 14th century French word meaning
"wine cellar" was adopted to describe an
exciting new art form that developed
across Europe in the late 1800s. With its song, dance and vignettes,
cabaret instantly became popular
entertainment, drawing attention to
society's foibles and occasionally poking
a little fun. Kerry-Ella will do all that and more
next weekend. Winner of the Sydney Cabaret Convention
Ted Davis award, Kerry-Ella combines a
wicked sense of humour with licentious
tease, seductive songs and blues jazz. Her
show, Storm in A 'D' Cup is on March 9 and
10. From Sassafraz and the world's greatest
musicals this weekend to Broadway and
Paris, Cabaret Soiree features a new show
each weekend. The doors open at 7.30pm with the show
commencing at 8.30. There is a bar and the ticket price
includes a supper plate to share. Bookings are through BOCS. Door sales
are subject to availability. Back
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Britain's
longest established dance company, Rambert
Dance Company, was last in Perth in 1948,
performing a repertoire of classics at the
old Capitol Theatre.