Theatre Costume
1968
| Artist/Maker |
Costume for a male dancer. Dance costume with low scoop necked top, sleeveless and low waisted, of satin lastex, random painted and spattered red orange yellow and light magenta. The bodice is attached to footless orange tights, sprayed and splattered red and light magenta. The costume fastens on the left shoulder with hooks and eyes. Elastic under feet. Tights of heavy weight nylon.
Object details
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| Brief description | Costume for a male dancer worn in 'Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain', Ballet Rambert, Jeanetta Cochran Theatre, London, 1968. |
| Physical description | Costume for a male dancer. Dance costume with low scoop necked top, sleeveless and low waisted, of satin lastex, random painted and spattered red orange yellow and light magenta. The bodice is attached to footless orange tights, sprayed and splattered red and light magenta. The costume fastens on the left shoulder with hooks and eyes. Elastic under feet. Tights of heavy weight nylon. |
| Object history | Costume for a male dancer worn in Glen Tetley's ballet 'Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain' performed by Ballet Rambert at the Jeanetta Cochran Theatre, London, 21st November, 1968. The music for the ballet was composed by Morton Subotnick, and the scenery and costumes were designed by Nadine Baylis. A programme note for the ballet states: 'In the 6th Century the Chinese developed a system of shadow-boxing known as T'ai-chi. Its thirty seven movements, of which Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain is the seventeenth, are non-aggressive and attempt by a concentration of stillness and centred balance to offset the opponent'. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Literary reference | Embrace Tiger and Return to Mountain |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.1123-1986 |
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| Record created | October 19, 2004 |
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