June 2004
News: American choreographer Lar Lubovitch
makes a rare visit to London this week to celebrate his company’s 35th anniversary. They perform at the Queen Elizabeth Hall this Friday and Saturday. Read more in the Independent Continue Reading
News: Trailblazers Fellowships 2004
Following the success of last year’s Trailblazer Fellowships, ADAD @ Dance UK will provide four new fellowships of £1000 this year. These fellowships are available to dance artists working in dance forms … Continue Reading
News: Travelex & Royal Opera House open ballot for £10 tickets
Travelex today announced that tickets for the £10 Mondays at The Royal Opera House will be made available to the public on Thursday July 1 by means of a ballot, either online, or by post. The Travelex £10 Mon… Continue Reading
News: Get out of town
Slough is set to host a unique world record attempt – for the largest mass participation Bollywood dance – as part of the Dance in the Park festival this summer. Bollywood choreographer Honey Kalaria… Continue Reading
News: Random Dance performance for parliament
To mark the publication of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s report into Dance, Arts Council England and Frank Doran MP are presenting a performance by Random Dance in the Palace of Westminster. (Th… Continue Reading
News: The Rough Guide To Choreography,
*The Rough Guide To Choreography*, created in parallel with the Channel 4 series and published by Arts Council England in conjunction with Rough Guides Ltd, will be available from 3 July. Features in the book i… Continue Reading
News: Billy Elliot the Musical
- will reach the West End next March, at a cost of £6 million. It is being produced by Working Title, the same creative team behind the film. Elton John is writing the music. Billy Elliot was the most popular f… Continue Reading
News: Get out of town
Road To The Beach: The Edge is a large scale production combining visual dance performance and extreme sports, to be performed at Watergate Bay, Newquay, Cornwall on 25 & 26 June by Motionhouse Dance Theatre… Continue Reading
News: Carlos Acosta
The hit show is loosely based on his early life in Cuba. “Classical dance is very strict, and you need to have a certain kind of body and a certain kind of training. On the contrary, the Afro-Cuban is real… Continue Reading
News: Sulamith Messerer
The Russian dancer, who has died aged 95, was the Bolshoi Ballet’s prima ballerina for more than 20 years and, as a student, ballerina, teacher and choreographer, devoted her life to classical ballet Guard… Continue Reading
News: Strictly Come Dancing
- the BBC1 Saturday night series is pulling in the punters. ‘.. if you are not watching this bizarre yet curiously compelling oddity, you might not have noticed. But 5.5 million people a week are tuning in… Continue Reading
News: The Clore Leadership Programme
aims to address the shortage of British arts managers. The first group of 27 Fellows, who will spend a year developing their skills through placements in a variety of arts organisations. ‘According to Denn… Continue Reading
News: The Rough Guide to Choreography
- a four part series starring Michael Nunn and William Trevitt is currently running on Channel 4 on Saturdays @ 7pm. As George Piper Dances (Aka the Ballet Boyz) they have had a huge impact on the dance world i… Continue Reading
News: Marion North awarded CBE
Dr Marion North, former Principal and Chief Executive of Laban, has been honoured with a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in recognition of her services to dance. Widely respected and saluted a… Continue Reading
News: See the Royal Ballet's Onegin for free
The Royal Ballet’s production of Onegin can be seen this Thursday 17 June on a big screen in Trafalgar Square and in Victoria Park, East London. It will be a live relay from the Opera House in Covent Garde… Continue Reading