Mark Baldwin (choreographer)
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Mark Baldwin is a ballet choreographer. He was born in Fiji
and raised and educated in New Zealand
. He is currently Artistic Director for Rambert Dance Company
.
and Rambert. He was Resident Choreographer at Sadler's Wells, London, where he established the Mark Baldwin Dance Company (1993-2001). He created over 40 works for his new company and other major dance companies including: The Royal Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Berlin State Opera House, Phoenix Dance Theatre
, Scottish Ballet
, London City Ballet and Rambert Dance Company. He was Resident Choreographer for Scottish Ballet in 1996.
In December 2002, Baldwin returned to Rambert as Artistic Director and since then the company has won several awards including the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in 2010 in recognition of the previous years' repertoire, and in 2011, the Critics' Circle National Dance Award 2010 for Outstanding Company.
Baldwin's first work for Rambert as Artistic Director was Constant Speed in 2005. Since then he has created Eternal Light and The Comedy of Change. In 2006 he choreographed The Wedding for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and collaborated with Amanda Eyles to rework Andrée Howard's 1939 work Lady into Fox.
He won the TMA Theatre Award for Achievement in Dance for Constant Speed and an Oliver Award for his restaging of Michael Clark's Swamp.
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
and raised and educated in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He is currently Artistic Director for Rambert Dance Company
Rambert Dance Company
Rambert Dance Company, is a leading British dance company. Formed at the start of the 20th century as a classical ballet company, it would exert a great deal of influence on the development of dance in the United Kingdom, and today, as a contemporary dance company, it continues to be one of the...
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Career
Baldwin has danced with Royal New Zealand BalletRoyal New Zealand Ballet
The Royal New Zealand Ballet is based in Wellington, New Zealand.The Royal New Zealand Ballet is a company of 32 dynamic dancers, performing an eclectic repertoire of outstanding dance, for national and international audiences, whilst continuing to build a style that is ultimately unique to the...
and Rambert. He was Resident Choreographer at Sadler's Wells, London, where he established the Mark Baldwin Dance Company (1993-2001). He created over 40 works for his new company and other major dance companies including: The Royal Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Berlin State Opera House, Phoenix Dance Theatre
Phoenix Dance Theatre
Phoenix Dance Theatre is a dance company based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which has grown from small beginnings in inner-city Leeds to be one of Britain’s leading contemporary dance companies...
, Scottish Ballet
Scottish Ballet
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...
, London City Ballet and Rambert Dance Company. He was Resident Choreographer for Scottish Ballet in 1996.
In December 2002, Baldwin returned to Rambert as Artistic Director and since then the company has won several awards including the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in 2010 in recognition of the previous years' repertoire, and in 2011, the Critics' Circle National Dance Award 2010 for Outstanding Company.
Baldwin's first work for Rambert as Artistic Director was Constant Speed in 2005. Since then he has created Eternal Light and The Comedy of Change. In 2006 he choreographed The Wedding for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and collaborated with Amanda Eyles to rework Andrée Howard's 1939 work Lady into Fox.
Awards
Baldwin has received awards including the Bonnie Bird Choreographic Award (1992), the 1995 Time Out Award for Dance, the South Bank Show Award in 2001 for The Bird Sings With Its Fingers, the French Grand Prix Award for Film (1996), for Echo, and the Dance Artist Fellowship for Outstanding Contribution to Dance in 2002.He won the TMA Theatre Award for Achievement in Dance for Constant Speed and an Oliver Award for his restaging of Michael Clark's Swamp.