Rambert Glitter Girls
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Robert Heindel American Painter (1938 - 2005) Oil on Board 48 inches (w) x 47 inches (h) Seated in the darkened auditorium of Sadlers Wells during 'The Celebrated Soubrette' dress rehearsals, Heindel was able to hear and see the exchanges between director and dancers. He admitted to being enthralled by one specific moment, as the dance was halted a mixture of true emotions were to be seen on stage in addition to the spectacle of the cut-away costumes, sequins and fishnets which he obviously embraced, he commented that he'd become so used to a certain physical conformity in classical dance, yet in the contemporary the variety was often distinctive.
Study for The Glitter Girls (2001)
Robert Heindel American Painter (1938 - 2005) Mixed Media on Vellum
Robert Heindel American Painter (1938 - 2005) Mixed Media on Vellum 22 inches (w) x 31 inches (h) When, in 2000, Heindel was invited to work for a second time with Rambert Dance Company he enjoyed the dress rehearsals of a flamboyant work 'The Celebrated Soubrette' by Javier de Frutos. As the programme notes promised 'an intoxicating journey of discovery, swathed in the gaudy glamour of Las Vegas and inspired by the larger than life American icon, Liberace! 'Blue Shoes' features the dancer Elizabeth Old who wrote 'I played a central role, as the older chorus line dancing girl who knew all the tricks but was approaching the end of her career. It was to some degree a parallel of my own life'. Elizabeth added 'it is very rare for an artist to be able to capture that degree of precision, animation and movement'.
Robert Heindel American Painter (1938 - 2005) Oil on Vellum 18 inches (w) x 24 inches (h)
Glitter Girl on Orange II (2003)
Robert Heindel American Painter (1938 - 2005) Oil on Vellum
Robert Heindel American Painter (1938 - 2005) Charcoal on Vellum
