Last week I was able to watch Rambert at the beginning of their tour. It's the second time I've seen them, the first time being 2012, and these performances were just as impressive as the previous ones.
The first performances was a piece called Subterrain. This was a non narrative piece, choreographed by Ashley Page. It was not a bad production, but the dancing started to get very repetitive and I found my interest waned pretty quickly.
The second performance was Castaways, choreographed by Barak Marshall. This was a narrative piece focusing on a group of people, including an emcee, three mean girls and a naive young couple, who are stranded together. Unusually, for a ballet, this piece had the dancers talking in it. They even broke the fourth wall at points, with the mean girls insulting the audience members. There was a lot of humour in this piece which made it fun to watch. It was definitely more interesting to watch than the first piece.
The third and final performance was Rooster, choreographed by Christopher Bruce. This was another non narrative piece with music by the Rolling Stones to show preening men and also women. The use of pop music in ballet is a common find in Bruce's work. He did the same with a piece called Hurricane. This was fairly good, even if some audience members got a bit carried away clapping to the music.
All in all I would say Castaways was the best, although Rooster came a close second. It is definitely worth looking for if they perform near you.
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