"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" - evoking the dark, conflicted world of Macbeth through dance
Shakespeare has inspired dance works for over 250 years. Famous examples include Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet with its sweeping score by Prokofiev. Other Shakespeare plays which have been translated to dance include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello and Hamlet.
'Tomorrow' inhabits the dark and dangerous world of Macbeth and gives physical life to the psychological conflict that led a man to murder.
Choreographed by Lucy Guerin for Rambert and with a score by the composer, sound and multimedia artist Scanner (Robin Rimbaud), 'Tomorrow' concentrates on the play's constant use of opposition, summed up by the witches' "Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
Watch the full performance of 'Tomorrow' and find out more
An introduction to 'Tomorrow' by the choreographer, Lucy Guerin
"At the end of 2015 I co-directed a production of Macbeth with director Carrie Cracknell at the Young Vic in which we worked in the two mediums of theatre and dance. Based on this experience I was invited by Rambert to create a work for the company.
This duality reflects the reversals and oppositions present in MacbethLucy Guerin
In our Macbeth, Carrie and I worked to bring the text and movement into an integrated form. As the work progressed the movement built and the text receded, so that Act 5 became an almost completely danced section.
In this work for Rambert, I decided to do the opposite and to separate the play from the movement. One side of the stage presents a movement map of the play that runs in reverse order, without the text or any overt acting. The other side contains the illusory elements and themes as embodied by the ‘witches’; the supernatural, psychological disturbances that are constantly bubbling up in the play. This duality reflects the reversals and oppositions present in Macbeth. It is a structural form rather than a re-telling of the story.
One of the great things for me in working with Shakespeare is its robustness. It is indelible and so there is a great freedom to experiment without fear of erasing it. Macbeth has provided me with a compelling departure point for a new work.
I would like to acknowledge the generous and invaluable contribution that the Rambert dancers have made to Tomorrow. We have worked with a mix of my movement, and instructed tasks in which they have devised their own movement."
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Including Vicky McClure and Anne-Marie Duff as Lady Macbeth from the British Council and the RSC and Joseph Millson as Macbeth from Shakespeare's Globe.
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Get creative with Macbeth, remix the words of the Bard, cast a scene and give it your own spin on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's digital creativity website Mixital.
About Rambert
Rambert is Britain’s national dance company. It makes and takes new and historic dance works and participation opportunities to people of all ages, in all parts of the UK. It has a permanent company of world-class dancers, and performs with live music.
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