NATIONAL
DANCE
THEATRE
COMPANY
NATIONAL
DANCE
THEATRE
COMPANY
REPERTOIRE
REPERTOIRE
1979
Drumscore
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Traditional (Arranged by Marjorie Whylie)
Costumes: Rex Nettleford, Pansy Hassan
Back To Bach, Viva Bach
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi
Costumes: Claudia Robinson
Décor: George Carter
Chainlinks
Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Cedric ‘Im’ Brooks
Costumes: Garth Robinson
1978
The Crossing
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Quincy Jones
Costumes: Denise Robinson
Décor: Bert Rose
Elements
Choreography: Rex Nettleford (conception), Bert Rose, Patsy Ricketts, Jackie Guy
Music: Traditional (Arranged by Marjorie Whylie)
Costumes: Barbara Requa, Pansy Hassan, Rex Nettleford
The Brothers
Choreography: Patsy Ricketts
Music: Ernest Bloch
Costumes: Patsy Ricketts
Décor: Pansy Hassan
Ebb Flow
Choreography: Bert Rose
Costumes/Décor: Bert Rose
Woman Song
Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Keith Jarret
1977
Wonder Love And Raise
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Stevie Wonder
Costumes: Garth Robinson
Décor: Richard Montgomery
I Not I
Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Marjorie Whylie
Costumes/Décor: Kofi Kayaga
Switch
Choreography: Bert Rose
Music: Lubert Laws
Costumes: Garth Robinson
1976
Peace Offering
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Keith Jarret
Costumes: Rex Nettleford
Character Sketches
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Traditional
Costumes: Rex Nettleford
Ni-Woman Of Destiny
Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Marjorie Whylie
Costumes/Décor: Kofi Kayaga
Caro
(love duet)
Choreography: Bert Rose
Music: Denise Robinson
Jubilate
Choreography: Bert Rose
Costumes: Denise Robinson
Moods
(solo)
Choreography: Bert Rose
Costumes/Décor: Bert Rose
Someday
Choreography: Patsy Ricketts
Costumes: Patsy Ricketts
1975
Backlash
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Toots Hibbert, Marjorie Whylie
Costumes/Décor: Donat Bucknor
Court Of Jah
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Bob Marley
Costumes/Décor: Collin Garland
Reflections
Choreography: Bert Rose
Costumes: Bert Rose, Denise Robinson
Supernova
Choreography: John Jones
Music: Sun Ra
Costumes/Décor: John Jones
1974
Myal
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Traditional (Marjorie Whylie, arr.; Louise Bennett, consult)
Costumes: Rex Nettleford
Tribute To Cliff
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Jimmy Cliff
Costumes: Claudia Robinson
Glory Road
Choreography: Bert Rose
Music: American Spirituals
Costumes/Décor: Bert Rose
The Rope And The Cross
Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Costumes/Décor: Sheila Barnett
1973
Thursday’s Child
Choreography: Bert Rose
Costumes/Décor: Bert Rose
Homage
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Costumes: Donat Bucknor
Décor: Richard Montgomery
I’ve Been Buk’d
Choreography: Rex Nettleford, Sheila Barnett
Street People
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Reggae Selections
Costumes: Bruce Jones
Décor: Richard Montgomery
Windsong
Choreography: John Jones
Costumes/Décor: John Jones
1972
Celebrations
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Costumes: Bert Rose
Décor: Jerry Craig
Commissioned by Jamaican Heritage
Ballad Of A Lady
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Costumes/Décor: Donat Bucknor
Mountain Women
Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Marjorie Whylie
Costumes/Décor: Richard & Sally Montgomery
Commissioned by Texaco Caribbean Inc.
A Question Of Balance
Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Bob Sinicrope
Costumes/Décor: Michael Bryne
Resurrection
Choreography: John Jones
Costumes: John Jones
Commissioned by Bank of Nova Scotia (Jamaica) Ltd.
Desperate Silences
Choreography: Thomas Pinnock
Music: Reggae Selections
1971
Journeys
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Howard Roberts
Costumes: Bruce Jones
Décor: Richard & Sally Montgomery
Commissioned by Eastern Airlines
Kumina
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Traditional Jamaican
Costumes/Décor: Donat Bucknor
Commissioned by House of Dunhill
Murals
Choreography: Sheila Barnett
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and others
Costumes/Décor: Richard & Sally Montgomery
Ballot
Choreography: Thomas Pinnock
Music: Miles Davis, Yussef Lateef
Costumes: Bruce Jones
1970
Lucifer Lucifer
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Charles Gross
Costumes/Décor: Colin Garland
Married Story
Choreography: Rex Nettleford
Music: Traditional (Marjorie Whylie, arr.), Don Mills
Costumes: Easton Lee
Shadows
Choreograph: Sheila Barnett
Music: Marjorie Whylie
Costumes/Décor: Richard Montgomery
In The Spirit
Conception: Sheila Barnett
Music: American Spirituals
Costumes: Bert Rose
Synthesia
Conception: Rex Nettleford
Improvisation by the Company dancers with a sequence by Frank Ashley
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