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Vincent Dance Theatre
Vincent Dance Theatre17 August. 0210-10.30am RFH Ballroom Orbital A showing of the skating video made by Vincent Dance Theatre and young men at the funfairs and on the seaside streets of Bridlington. 10.30am … Continue Reading
Ballroom Blitz
Ballroom BlitzPEGGY SPENCER 18 August. 0211am-2pm RFH BallroomCoffee Dance Your first chance to dance. Hosted by top DJ Nicky Miles. 12.30pm, 4.30pm and 9pm RFH BallroomStar Cabaret World-class cabaret performan… Continue Reading
Dance for the Camera Awards 2002
Dance for Camera Awards 2002Following shortlisting in Amsterdam and the UK 8 films have been selected for development, 4 in the UK and 4 in the Netherlands. Established by the BBC and the Arts Council of Englan… Continue Reading
English National Ballet reveals
English National Ballet reveals … this summer’s dream teamA huge More O’Ferrall billboard poster is to be erected on the corner of Warwick Road and Cromwell Road in West London today (Monday 27… Continue Reading
Get Fit with the Bolshoi
Get Fit with the BolshoiThe Times are running a series on the Bolshoi Fitness programme, launched in the UK last month, which is based on a training schedule used by touring Russian ballet dancers with minimal s… Continue Reading
A New Chief Executive of South Bank Centre
From Sydney Opera House to the South Bank Centre Michael Lynch, Chief Executive of Sydney Opera House, has been appointed Chief Executive of the South Bank Centre (Royal Festival Hall and Hayward Gallery). He ta… Continue Reading
Duckie
Duckie…began as a group of drag artists and their drunken admirers. The Guardian describes the average act as “a mutant hybrid of pub drag and performance art, performed in pubs and clubs. Recently t… Continue Reading
Christopher Wheeldon
Christopher Wheeldonleft his performing career behind two years ago to pursue his choreographic interests. He has been working with New York City Ballet, but has recently returned to London to create his first l… Continue Reading
Racism in Theatre
Racism in TheatreA report backed by the Arts Council of England concludes that racism is still rife in the theatre.“The English theatre world is so choked by institutional racism that arts bodies should co… Continue Reading
The Billy Elliott effect
The Billy Elliott effect“For the first time in its 76-year history, the establishment that spawned such stars as Dame Margot Fonteyn and Darcey Bussell has accepted more boys than girls.” Telegraph… Continue Reading
BBC 1's new identity
THe BBC’s decision to lose its ‘globe’ branding in favour of short dance/movement sequences has been getting a mixed response. The new idents show Brazilian dancers, rugby players, disabled bas… Continue Reading
These shoes are baked for dancing
These Shoes are Baked for DancingWhen ballet gets tough, the tough wear dainty pink slippers. Louise Levene from the Daily Telegraph excavates the secret history of dancers’ footwear. . . WHEN the great b… Continue Reading
New Chief Executive for Sadler's Wells.
Sadler’s Wells Announces New Chief ExecutiveJean-Luc Choplin has been appointed by the Sadler’s Wells Trust and Foundation to succeed Ian Albery in October 2002. Choplin, 52, who lives in Paris at p… Continue Reading
Arts Council Dance Fellowships 2002/3
Dance Artists Fellowships 2002 The Arts Council of England has announced the recipients of six dance fellowships worth £30,000 each in 2002/03. Awarded to artists in recognition of an outstanding contribution m… Continue Reading
Who goes to the Opera House?
According to the new research commissioned by the Royal Opera House by the leading market research company Experian, audiences for opera and ballet at the Royal Opera House are far younger and less affluent than… Continue Reading