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Article: Pay back time for Ghost Dancer; Retirement does not necessarily mean putting your feet up at home, as ballet legend Christopher Bruce tells Philip Key.(Arts)
- Article from:
- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- March 29, 2002
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ANYONE who has worked for the same company for nearly 40 years deserves a break, possibly settling for fireside and slippers. Christopher Bruce is no exception.
It was in 1963 that Bruce joined what was then Ballet Rambert as a dancer having already trained at the Rambert School.
Today, he is artistic director of Rambert Dance Company and has announced his plans to retire.
"Well, I'm not really a slippers man, " he laughs.
"But I do like sitting by my fire and reading at my home in Somerset."
Bruce has not gone quite yet - he gave the company a year's notice to ensure a smooth transition for whoever becomes his successor - ...