August 2003
News: BSkyB is to buy a share in Artsworld
the digital arts channel.Guardian, 29 Aug. Continue Reading
News: Random Dance Return to the Place
Random Dance Return to the PlaceWayne McGregor’s Random Dance will be in residence at the Place for four weeks this September. They will be making and premiering their new work ‘Polar Sequences’… Continue Reading
News: Choreographer Trisha Brown's
collaborates with baritone Simon Keenlyside on a reinterpretation of Schubert’s Winterreise which comes to the Barbican this week. John O’Mahony writes in the Guardian, 25 Aug 03‘“No one … Continue Reading
News: Is clubbing dead?
Akin Ojumu thinks not. “..it’s easy to find a good swatch of clubs on most nights of the week in London, while recent visits to Liverpool, Glasgow and Leeds revealed a thriving scene in each city. Th… Continue Reading
News: The Kirov's Le Corsaire
- as reviewed by rock critic Kitty Empire for the Observer, 24 Aug 03 Continue Reading
News: Riverdance and after
“Nine years on .. the revolution that Riverdance supposedly heralded for Irish dancing has still to develop beyond its first phase.” Karina Buckley argues in theSun.Times, 24 Aug 03 Continue Reading
News: British Dance Edition 2004
British Dance Edition 2004British Dance Edition, showcasing the best of British dance in performance, takes place early next year, for the first time in Cambridge. Hosted by Dance East, the 3 day event runs from… Continue Reading
News: Circus Space Awards
Circus Space AwardsThe Circus Space has made four £1,000 and five £500 Creation Studio bursaries. The bursaries are designed to enable professional circus performers to experiment and work towards devising new… Continue Reading
News: New work by Christopher Wheeldon
will be performed by George Piper Dances and the Royal Ballet in London in the next few months. There has to be “a certain chemistry between the music, the dancers and the moment” he tells Judith Mac… Continue Reading
News: Sue Hoyle is to be Arts Council England's
Arts Council Englandhas appointed nine Advisors, all of whom are specialists in their field, to lead the new streamlined advisory system. The Lead Advisors will build on the work of the previous national adviso… Continue Reading
News: Les Ballets Russes
Serge Diaghilev formed the Ballets Russes, bringing together dancers, composers, painters and sculptors. Kelly Apter discusses the creative legacy that “had an almost unquantifable impact on the dance worl… Continue Reading
News: Edinburgh Festival 2003
The Edinburgh International Festivalruns from 10 – 30 August.If you fancy getting out of town – and seeing some dance, Scotland can offer Cullberg Ballet, Bordeaux Opera Ballet and San Francisco Ball… Continue Reading
News: Deborah Bull to be BBC Governor
Deborah Bull to be BBC GovernorDeborah Bull started a four-year term as a BBC Governor this August, 2003. She replaces Sir Richard Eyre who left the Board at the end of May 2003 due to increasing external commi… Continue Reading