February 2005
News: Mayor blocks Royal Ballet School plans for expansion
Ken Livingstone could waive rules and allow the proposed development – but has refused on the grounds that the school does not benefit ‘all Londoners’. “There are very few kids who will b… Continue Reading
News: Michael Keegan-Dolan
is revolutionising the Irish contemporary dance scene. ‘ “There was nothing I saw here that made me want to become a dancer,” he says. “Anyone who was good left and didn’t come back… Continue Reading
News: Spellbinding women
Judith Mackrell looks at the reasons behind ballet’s enduring obsession with ghostly unattainable women. ‘Yet while these occult heroines were symptomatic of the collective fever of Romanticism, they… Continue Reading
News: Olivier Awards 2005
This year’s Olivier Award winners were announced at a ceremony at the London Hilton, Park Lane. Here are the winners and nominations for the dance related awards – for a full list of all awards visit… Continue Reading
News: New Arts Council survey
Arts Council England has just published Arts in England, a new research report on public engagement with the arts. The survey had 6,000 plus participants and was conducted between Sept 03 and Jan 04. It found th… Continue Reading
News: Lez Brotherston & Matthew Bourne
talk about their collaborative ways of working. “We were both in Leeds, because I was working with Northern Ballet Theatre,” says Brotherston, “and a costume supervisor told me about the seagul… Continue Reading
News: Dance Screen Festival 2005
For the first time ever, the bi-annual international festival and competition dance screen comes to the UK for the first time this year. It will take place in Brighton in June. Dance Screen Brighton 2005, the 1… Continue Reading
News: Senior Dance Management Fellowships awarded
Arts Council England, London has awarded funds for four fellows to take part in the Senior Dance Managers’ Fellowship Programme which was launched in October 2004. They are designed to enhance the profess… Continue Reading
News: Pina Bausch
Theatre directory Neil Bartlett explains why he looks forward to watching and experiencing Pina Bausch’s work.He recalls seeing his first Pina Bausch production and crying, ‘Not the easy pleasurable … Continue Reading
News: The Royal Academy of Dance
The Royal Academy of Dance is launching a new initiative to help counter the apparent dearth of British ballet dancers. Only two of the sixteen Royal Ballet Principals are British and English National Ballet has… Continue Reading
News: Shobana Jeyasingh & Michael Nyman
first collaborated on Configurations in 1988. It proved to be a turning point for both of them. They talk about their latest work, Flicker, in the Guardian, 31 Jan. It comes to the Royal Festival Hall March. Continue Reading
News: Matthew Bourne
- began this year with the success of Mary Poppins and a revival of Swan Lake, an award for Play Without Words and plans to bring Edward Scissorhands to the stage. _“I am much more a man of the theatre and… Continue Reading
News: Desperately seeking a composer/choreographer?
Shobana Jeyasingh’s latest collaboration with composer Michael Nyman happened when she bumped in to him outside her hairdressers. For choreographers and composers who don’t want to leave it to chance… Continue Reading