Scottish Ballet

Scottish Ballet

General information
Name	Scottish Ballet
Previous names	Scottish Theatre Ballet Western Theatre Ballet
Year founded	1957
Founders	Peter Darrell Elizabeth West
Principal venue	Tramway Arts Centre, Glasgow
Website	www.scottishballet.co.uk
Senior staff
Director	Christopher Hampson

Scottish Ballet is the national ballet company of Scotland and one of the four leading ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet. Founded in 1957,^[1] the company is based in Glasgow, the resident ballet company at the Glasgow Theatre Royal and from 2009 in their purpose-built ballet centre in Tramway Arts Centre, Glasgow.^[2]

History

Founded by Peter Darrell and Elizabeth West as the Western Theatre Ballet in Bristol in 1957,^[1] the company moved to Glasgow in 1969 and was renamed Scottish Theatre Ballet, changing to Scottish Ballet in 1974. A year later its home theatre became the Theatre Royal, Glasgow when Scottish Opera bought it and transformed it as the first national opera house in Scotland. The Company performs across Scotland, the UK and abroad, with strong classical technique at the root of all of its work. Its broad repertory includes new versions of the classics, seminal pieces from the 20th century modern ballet canon, signature pieces by living choreographers and new commissions. As a national company, Scottish Ballet performs at theatres in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness and in smaller venues throughout Scotland. The company's long history of touring internationally includes visits to China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Portugal, Ireland and the rest of the UK. Scottish Ballet's many recent awards include the 2004 TMA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in recognition of its modernisation programme and dynamic performances. Scottish Ballet's current artistic director Christopher Hampson joined the company in 2012.

Its education initiatives and classes include work with people of all ages and abilities and its Associate Programme encourages young dancers to train for a career. As part of this commitment to broadening audiences, Scottish Ballet was the first dance company in the UK to offer live audio-description for the visually impaired; it maintains a programme of regular audio-described performances today.

Repertoire

The company has a broad repertoire, encompassing classical ballet, contemporary dance and new versions of classic full-length ballets. From the work of Kevin Walls to world premières by Stephen Petronio, Scottish Ballet's repertoire covers a wide range.

Current repertoire:

Dangerous Liaisons (1985) by Richard Alston
Apollo (1928) by George Balanchine
Episodes (1959) by George Balanchine
The Four Temperaments (1946, revised 1977) by George Balanchine
Rubies (1967) by George Balanchine
Five Rückert Songs (1978) by Peter Darrel
White Man Sleeps (1988) by Siobhan Davies
Suite From Artifact (1984, as Suite from Artifact 2004) by William Forsythe
Twilight (1972) by Hans van Manen
Two Pieces for HET (1997) by Hans van Manen
Acrid Avid Jam (2001) by Ashley Page
Cheating, Lying, Stealing (1998) by Ashley Page
Cinderella (2005) by Ashley Page
Nightswimming into day (2004) by Ashley Page
The Nutcracker (2003) by Ashley Page
The Pump Room (2005) by Ashley Page
Refurbished Behaviour (1985, revised 2005) by Ashley Page
Soft Underbelly (1999) by Ashley Page
Walking In The Heat (1990) by Ashley Page
32 Cryptograms (1996) by Ashley Page
MiddleSexGorge (1990) by Stephen Petronio
Agon (1957) by George Balanchine
Afternoon of a Faun (1953) by Jerome Robbins
In Light and Shadow (2000) by Krzysztof Pastor
Room of Cooks (1997) by Ashley Page
The Nutcracker – Diverts (2003) by Ashley Page
Façade (1931/1935) by Frederick Ashton
Sirocco (2006) by Diana Loosmore
Othello (1971) by Peter Darrell
The Sleeping Beauty (2007) by Ashley Page
Ride The Beast (2007) by Stephen Petronio
Fearful Symmetries (1994) by Ashley Page
For M.G. – The Movie (1991) by Trisha Brown
Chasing Ghosts (2007) by Diana Loosmore
Romeo and Juliet (2008) by Krzysztof Pastor
Traume (2008) by Gregory Dean
Lull (2008) by Diana Loosmore
Pennies from Heaven (2008) by Ashley Page
Carmen (2009) by Richard Alston
Workwithinwork (1998) by William Forsythe
Petrushka (2009) by Ian Spink
Scènes de Ballet (1947) by Frederick Ashton
Still Life (2010) by Val Caniparoli
From Where (2008) by Paul Liburd
Alice (2011) by Ashley Page
Song of the Earth (1965) by Kenneth MacMillan
New Work (2011) by Jorma Elo

Headquarters

In June 2009 Scottish Ballet moved to new, purpose-built premises in Glasgow's Southside, next to the Tramway Theatre,^[2] which had been designed by Malcolm Fraser Architects.^[3] The move to the Tramway complex was not without controversy.^[4]

Dancers

Principal dancers

Sophie Martin
Eve Mutso

Erik Cavallari
Christopher Harrison

Soloists

Constance Devernay
Bethany Kingsley-Garner

Remi Andreoni
Victor Zarallo

Andrew Peasgood

Coryphées

Quenby Hersh
Laura Joffre

Sophie Laplane
Araminta Wraith

Jamiel Laurence
Constant Vigier

Artists

Aisling Brangan
Nathalie Dupouy

Ellen Elphick
Amy Hadley

Marge Hendrick
Daniela Oddi

Claire Souet
Madeline Squire

Javier Andreu
Thomas Edwards

Pascal Johnson
Thomas Kendall

Lewis Landini
Evan Loudon

Rimbaud Patron
Nicholas Shoesmith

Eado Turgeman

^[5]

References

1 2 Craine, Debra; Mackrell, Judith (2010). The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford University Press. p. 484. ISBN 9780199563449.
1 2 "Scottish Ballet shifts base to Tramway hub". Daily Record. 17 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15.
↑ Bradbury, Dominic (1 January 2007). "A dance to the music of light". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15.
↑ Miller, Phil (14 October 2003). "Ballet's ambitious plans for Tramway Move called hugely positive". The Herald. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15.
↑ "Scottish Ballet". Scottish Ballet. Retrieved 2012-10-22.

Goodwin, Noël (1979). A Ballet for Scotland: the first ten years of the Scottish Ballet. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 0-903937-88-3.
Smith, Graeme (2008). The Theatre Royal: Entertaining a Nation. Glasgow: Glasgow Publications. ISBN 978-0-9559420-0-6.

External links

National performing arts companies of Scotland

Scottish Ballet Scottish Opera Royal Scottish National Orchestra Scottish Chamber Orchestra National Theatre of Scotland

Dance companies in the United Kingdom

Ballet	Ballet Cymru Birmingham Royal Ballet English National Ballet London Children's Ballet Northern Ballet Royal Ballet Scottish Ballet

Contemporary	Candoco DV8 Physical Theatre Motionhouse National Dance Company Wales New Adventures Phoenix Dance Theatre Rambert Dance Company Richard Alston Dance Company Scottish Dance Theatre Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company Siobhan Davies Dance Company Studio Wayne McGregor

Ballet companies

Africa	Cairo Opera Ballet Company Cape Town City Ballet

Asia	Ballet Manila Ballet Philippines Guangzhou Ballet Hong Kong Ballet Iranian National Ballet Company Israel Ballet K-ballet Korea National Ballet National Ballet of China Philippine Ballet Theatre Shanghai Ballet Company Singapore Dance Theatre State Ballet of Georgia Tokyo Ballet Universal Ballet

Europe	Ballet Cymru Les Ballets Persans Ballet Romand Ballet Zürich Barcelona Ballet Bayerisches Staatsballett Béjart Ballet Berlin State Ballet Birmingham Royal Ballet Bolshoi Ballet Cork City Ballet Royal Danish Ballet Donetsk Ballet Dutch National Ballet Eifman Ballet English National Ballet Finnish National Ballet Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet Greek National Opera Hamburg Ballet Hungarian National Ballet Kiev Ballet La Scala Theatre Ballet Mariinsky Ballet Mikhailovsky Theatre Ballet National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Moldova The Monte-Carlo Ballet National Opera and Ballet of Bulgaria Northern Ballet Norwegian National Opera and Ballet Novosibirsk Theatre Ballet Original Ballet Russe Paris Opera Ballet Perm Theatre Ballet Polish National Ballet National Ballet of Portugal The Royal Ballet Rambert Dance Company Russian State Ballet of Siberia Saint Petersburg Ballet Theatre Scottish Ballet Spanish National Dance Company Stanislavski Ballet Stuttgart Ballet Royal Swedish Ballet Théâtre du Silence Turkish State Opera and Ballet

North America	Alabama Ballet Alameda Civic Ballet Alberta Ballet Company Alexandra Ballet Alonzo King LINES Ballet American Ballet Theatre American Repertory Ballet Anaheim Ballet Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Atlanta Ballet Atlanta Festival Ballet Ballet Arizona Ballet Austin Ballet BC Ballet Des Moines Ballet Fantastique Ballet Hispanico Ballet Magnificat! Ballet Memphis BalletMet Ballet Minnesota Ballet Nebraska Ballet Nouveau Colorado Ballet Quad Cities Ballet San Jose Ballet Theatre of Maryland Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Ballet West Bay Pointe Ballet Boston Ballet Les Grands Ballets Canadiens California Riverside Ballet Carolina Ballet Charlotte Ballet Chicago Ballet Chicago Festival Ballet Cincinnati Ballet Cleveland Ballet Colorado Ballet Complexions Contemporary Ballet Cuban National Ballet Dance Theatre of Harlem Dayton Ballet Eugene Ballet Greensboro Ballet Houston Ballet Joffrey Ballet Kansas City Ballet Los Angeles Ballet Louisville Ballet Moscow Ballet (United States) National Ballet of Canada National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico New Jersey Ballet New York City Ballet Oklahoma City Ballet Oregon Ballet Theatre Pacific Northwest Ballet Pennsylvania Ballet Pittsburgh Ballet Royal Winnipeg Ballet San Francisco Ballet Tulsa Ballet

Oceania	The Australian Ballet Queensland Ballet Royal New Zealand Ballet West Australian Ballet

South America	Ballet Municipal de Lima Chilean National Ballet Colon Theater Ballet Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro

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