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Russell Maliphant (born 18 November 1961 in Ottawa, Canada) is a British choreographer who trained at the Royal Ballet School and graduated into Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet before leaving to pursue a career in independent dance. As a performer Maliphant worked with companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre, (Michael Clark Company ), Laurie Booth Company and Rosemary Butcher. He has studied anatomy, physiology, bio-mechanics, and the Rolfing Method of Structural Integration. In April 2000, he received an Arts Council Fellowship. He has created over 20 pieces to date, collaborating closely with lighting designer Michael Hulls, and has set works on renowned companies and artists including: Lyon Opera Ballet, Ricochet Dance Company, The Batsheva Ensemble and Ballet de Lorraine. In 2003, Russell created ''Broken Fall'' with Sylvie Guillem and George Piper Dances and music by Barry Adamson. ''Broken Fall'' premiered at the Royal Opera House in December 2003 and was awarded an Olivier Award in 2003. Rise and Fall – an evening of work at Sadler's Wells Theatre including ''Broken Fall'' – was awarded a Critics' Circle National Dance Award for Best Choreography (Modern) in 2006. ''Broken Fall'' marked the beginning of a collaborative relationship with Sylvie Guillem, which has seen further fruit with the award winning ''Push'' and ''Solo''. These two works premiered at Sadler’s Wells in Autumn 2005 in a programme entitled ''PUSH'', which has subsequently toured to sell-out audiences in France, Italy, Spain, Germany and America. The duet ''Push'' danced by Guillem and Maliphant has been presented by The Tokyo Ballet in Tokyo and on tour in Japan. Maliphant received a South Bank Show Award and an Oliver Award (2006) for the work; Guillem also received a Time Out Live Award for Solo (2006). This collaboration with Guillem continued in 2009 with the premiere of a new production, Eonnagata, created with the Canadian Director Robert Lepage. Eonnagata is touring through 2012 Russell does however continue to work with his own company, the (Russell Maliphant Company ), which acts as his creative lab for the development and presentation of new work. In the past two years, the Company have been touring Push, reworked for and presented by two of the company dancers, alongside the new female quintet, Transmission, and a new male solo, Flux. In 2007,the Company featured in Cast No Shadow, a new work exploring the ideas of identity and migration created in collaboration with the visual artists Isaac Julien which was presented at Sadler’s Wells and BAM in New York. Russell Maliphant is Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells and Wycombe Swan. In 2011, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts by Plymouth University. == External links == * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russell Maliphant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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