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Twitter for Tickets If you're a Facebook or Twitter user and you have started following organisations (dance companies, agencies, etc) then you may have noticed a number of "status" updates pushing performances and box office contacts for particular shows. These updates are obviously intended to generate ticket sales but do they and can they achieve that particular goal for the companies that use them? Published Tuesday, 19 January, 2010 at 04:53
The Awards 2009 The winners and losers for 2009. The winners were great, the losers probably already know who they are so let's pile on the hurt! Published Monday, 28 December, 2009 at 07:26
An Inconvenient Truth A recent seminar part of which focused on professional dancers with disabilities raised a question in our collective mind about just how those dancers might be able to integrate into mainstream, professional dance companies. Published Thursday, 5 November, 2009 at 06:11
The Siobhan Davies Archive If you've written a biography or you have a personal archive then chances are you've been around for a while and have a reason for said archive or biography. Siobhan Davies is one such person and as such her company, appropriately named Siobhan Davies Dance Company, has released an online archive of her works from 1977 to the present. Published Thursday, 9 July, 2009 at 04:29
The Breakin Convention As the weather heats up, the dance world also seems to be warming up for a cracking summer season in Edinburgh. (If the temperature and atmosphere inside the Festival theatre on Monday night was anything to go by!) Published Friday, 29 May, 2009 at 12:20
Get Dropped! Use online services to store files, share files, backup files and save yourself and your company a lot of money in the process. If you work in the arts, why aren't you a fan of saving money huh? Published Wednesday, 8 April, 2009 at 03:55
Video Up! As we discussed a few weeks ago most online video sites are offering up High Definition for both their users and viewers. Although the HD video on offer should really be be labeled as "Higher Quality" or "the quality we should have been giving all along but couldn't be bothered", is there a way to take advantage of these new formats if you don't have a HD video camera or source video? Published Monday, 9 March, 2009 at 04:16
In The Army Now Rosie Kay is a professional dancer and choreographer. She recently spent two weeks with 4 Battalion, The Rifles of the British Army as part of her Rayne Foundation Fellowship for research purposes. This article is re-published from rosiekay.co.uk by... Published Thursday, 12 February, 2009 at 02:26
Embed What in a Where Now? These days though most websites that allow users to upload their own content also provide options to embed that content anywhere the reader chooses. Published Sunday, 8 February, 2009 at 06:38
HD For Real or Not? Over the last few months there has been a lot of talk/buzz/nonsense written about new High Definition (HD) video services available on the world wide web. If you believe the hype then you never again have to watch small, smudgy video clips in your web browser ever again, fame and fortune awaits and world peace is at hand. But what's the truth? Published Monday, 12 January, 2009 at 05:07
The Awards 2008 The movies have the Oscars, Broadway has the Tonys and soap opera's have a distinct lack of acting talent. In the dance world we have, well, 'The Awards". They used to have a proper name but it was rubbish and we vowed to come up with a new one is short order. Sadly that was three years ago but, you never know! Published Friday, 26 December, 2008 at 10:41
Live on the Internet? Just before Christmas, on December 14th to be exact, US dance company Misnomer Dance Theatre, broadcast a live performance from the Joyce Theatre in Soho, New York. The live broadcast went out not on television but on the internet. How did they do this, was it any good and should you give it a try? Published Friday, 26 December, 2008 at 03:40
Dancer in the Light It has been said that if you stood every morning on the stairs between Studio 1 and Studio 3 at the London School of Contemporary Dance in the early 70s until the mid 90's, you could hear the shouts of, "faster, faster,.....harder, harder" from upstairs, and the calm instructions of, "slower, slower.....softer, softer", from downstairs. Published Tuesday, 9 December, 2008 at 01:59
Harvest Time Freelance dancers and dance teachers, and the freelance dancers who do lots of teaching (pretty much all of them), will understand the large amount of hassle that goes into tracking your clients, hours worked, invoicing, payments received and the numerous follow ups to actually get clients to hand over the money. Published Wednesday, 6 August, 2008 at 02:45
Crop, Resize, Re-Colour Martin French examines the latest online photo editing application to hit the internet. The Photoshop brand from Adobe has a solid pedigree, does this transfer to the online version? Photoshop Express gets put through its paces with a screen cast thrown in for good measure. Published Tuesday, 8 April, 2008 at 11:47
SDT All grown up Scottish Dance Theatre enter their 21st year. Susan Cunningham reports on the company's humble beginnings and how they have grown in to one of the best dance companies in the UK. Published Sunday, 6 April, 2008 at 12:10
Silver Bullet Using the internet for publicity purposes needs a more focused approach from all concerned. The venues and the companies need to work together to build audiences on a local level. Published Wednesday, 19 March, 2008 at 04:43
Video By Me = Vimeo! The US based dance blog Danciti raised some questions about the choice of the New York City Ballet to use YouTube to launch its push into the online video world citing better design, better compression technology and a nicer bunch of people over at rival video service Vimeo. So we decided to take a close look at Vimeo and see just what they have to offer and are they a viable platform for distributing your dance video material at no cost? Published Tuesday, 26 February, 2008 at 01:08
Contact Israel Professional dancer Vanessa Cook ventured to Israel just before Christmas for a month long contact improvisation festival to experience the dancing, the people and the culture. In a country that is dominated in western media coverage by political strife and violence something altogether different emerged. Published Sunday, 17 February, 2008 at 12:54
British Dance Edition 2008 Extensive video coverage of the four day dance festival held in Liverpool from January 30th to February the 2nd 2008. Video from Hofesh Shechter, Shobana Jeyasingh and many more. Published Monday, 11 February, 2008 at 10:10
British Dance Edition, The Overview If British Dance Edition 2008 in Liverpool is only ever remembered for one thing it will be for showcasing the strength of dance making on this chilly, windswept island of ours. Published Friday, 8 February, 2008 at 11:29
ACE 2009 and Beyond I'll bet you thought we'd missed this didn't you? Arts Council England releases it's brand new funding figures for the next three years and Article19 has fallen asleep at the wheel, the shame of it! Well not quite, we were busy putting together our BDE coverage which was far more important than spinning ACE's numbers but here we are, the number sin full and a touch of analysis. Published Thursday, 7 February, 2008 at 09:09
Give Me A Reason! Here in TheLab™, much to the chagrin of the bats, the in-house cat and the giant rats, we like to make a lot of noise and not just any noise, we like to make loud, incompressible music scores with our computers. Published Monday, 21 January, 2008 at 10:16
Excellence! How So? Reports are curious things. In government terms they are sometimes put together by appropriately skilled people for virtuous reasons and then promptly ignored by the powers that be for about ten years. The politicians will usually agree with what's in the report but in politics words speak far louder than action. Published Monday, 14 January, 2008 at 05:45
10 Things That Need To Happen In 2008 2008 is under way, it's cold, it's wet and it's miserable so let's cheer ourselves up by making some demands with a list of the ten things that really need to happen in dance this year so when we write the end of year review we don't have to copy and paste the last one! Published Wednesday, 2 January, 2008 at 12:52
The Awards 2007 This years ceremony was held in the small cupboard at the back of TheLab™, party frocks were optional and we really wish the EvilImp would keep that in mind! Nobody else was invited because, to be honest, there wasn't... Published Sunday, 23 December, 2007 at 05:11
ACE Spending The Money by Michael Devney Wading through an Arts Council England Annual Review is just the sort of thing to make you yearn for the Christmas holidays, exciting reading they are not. So, with thoughts of sticky pudding in our heads... Published Monday, 10 December, 2007 at 03:19
Get Your Story Straight Preparing, creating and shooting a short dance film is a fairly complex process, more complex than you might think, and there are a lot of mistakes to be made by those new to the game. So, here in TheLab™ we thought broad overview of the process might be a good idea, just to get you started! Published Thursday, 22 November, 2007 at 04:52
Shooting Stills, Weapon of Choice! Following our recent feature on shooting images of dancers with stills cameras we thought it might be a good idea to give you a rundown on some good value camera equipment to actually take the photos with. So let us dispense with the pleasantries and get on with it shall we? Published Tuesday, 30 October, 2007 at 03:45
Contact Moscow Festival Summer is the time of festivals and in dance terms this means summer schools, courses and contact festivals. Now, listening to the experiences of other dancers and friends in the profession, a huge quantity of people opt to go to ‘Impulstanz’, the dance festival/course held in Vienna every year. However, I felt the need to experience something a little different. Published Friday, 26 October, 2007 at 04:04
Frame The Dancer The proliferation of dance blogging has brought about a proliferation of dance photos all over the web, some of them good some of them bad and a few of them really really pointless. Even the most mundane dance shot can be brought to life however with a little bit of tweaking here and there. We offer up some quick tips to make those shots just a little bit more presentable. Published Wednesday, 24 October, 2007 at 02:46
The Video Web Part Deux by Martin French Making your own dance videos is all well and good but what happens when you want to put those videos online? Of course, you could use YouTube or some other online system to the job but... Published Sunday, 23 September, 2007 at 07:48
The Video Web by Martin French Making your own dance videos is all well and good but what happens when you want to put those videos online? Of course, you could use YouTube or some other online system to the job but... Published Sunday, 23 September, 2007 at 07:18
Can You Cut It? By Martin French When you're making a dance film or a promotional video shooting the actual footage is only half the battle. Once you have committed your masterpiece to tape/hard disk/memory card you have to edit the hours of... Published Tuesday, 14 August, 2007 at 04:22
Danger, Danger, Danger By Michelle Lefevre Over the years Article19 has been called many things. Childish, belligerent, dangerous, derogatory, unprofessional, and, bizarrely, manufacturers of orange juice! With that in mind we thought it was about time we cast our glance around the... Published Thursday, 5 July, 2007 at 06:42
Shooting Straight Committing a live dance performance to video can bring give you a lot of headaches if, as a dance maker, you have to take responsibility for it yourself. If you can't come up with he cash to pay someone then you're going to need some help to get it done right and that's what we're here for! Published Tuesday, 19 June, 2007 at 05:42
Broken Bones, Healing Hands If a professional dancer makes just one wrong move in class, in rehearsal or on stage it could, literally, be the end of their career. Feeling a crack in an ankle joint, twisting a knee or experiencing a sharp pain in the lower back along with a multitude of other injuries are all things dancer's dread more than anything else. Injury brings even greater fear, uncertainty and doubt into a profession where job security is a joke Published Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 08:39
Ground Control To Major Tom Live video broadcasting has always been the preserve of the mighty television companies and a lowly dance person would never dream of an 'as it happens' video broadcast to a location thousands of miles away. There are commercial video conferencing solutions available to to the public but they're expensive. So what can you do for free, or almost free? Published Monday, 2 April, 2007 at 02:26
Build Me An Ivory Tower Since late 2001, following the opening of The Space in Dundee, the frenzied construction of new or refurbished dance facilities across the UK may have given the uninitiated the slightly misguided impression that dance was a profession minted with large sums of disposable cash. Published Sunday, 25 March, 2007 at 08:52
The All Seeing Eye Having just launched the Film Room we thought it would be a good idea, since we're looking for video/film material from our readers, to point you in the direction of some of the best video cameras you can buy/rent to do your filming with. Published Thursday, 8 March, 2007 at 08:36
NDA Websites Circa 2007 by Martin French Two years ago we had a long hard look at the websites the National Dance Agency Network in England were using to tell the world about who they were and what they were doing. Some of... Published Wednesday, 28 February, 2007 at 08:56
British Dance Edition 2008 Festivals for contemporary dance are by no means unusual but the British Dance Edition (BDE) stands out for the simple reason that it manages to cram an unspeakable number of performances into a very short space of time, just 3 days in total. Published Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 at 03:59
New World Listings By Michelle Lefevre Getting the word out about dance performances happening across the UK - or anywhere else in the world for that matter - is a big challenge facing dance companies old and new. In our ever more... Published Wednesday, 10 January, 2007 at 06:36
2006: The Awards There may well be awards that give you a shiny gong or two and you may well get to sit in a grand place eating fine wood and become slightly tipsy on the house wine but damn-it our awards come from the heart so read, appreciate and don't cry too hard if you didn't win anything! Published Friday, 5 January, 2007 at 04:32
Dance 2.0 The internet is growing up, sort of, with a new wave of so-called Web2.0 websites flooding into the online space offering services as diverse as video storage to printing business cards from your holiday snaps in three easy stages. Published Sunday, 8 October, 2006 at 08:03
Making The Sale The appetite from consumers for this digital content delivered straight to their computers is evident in the staggering numbers put forward by the California based computer company for sales of music and video material. Published Wednesday, 4 October, 2006 at 06:02
Dance In Motion A video tutorial for you, our dear readers, about how to get your video prepped for the internet using a piece of software that costs just $30 (£15 in real money). Our video tutorial takes 5 minutes, your online performance will last a life time! (oh good grief! Ed!) Published Monday, 7 August, 2006 at 10:03
Dance Into The VOIP by Martin French Here in the Lab we’re nice people. So much so, when we find something useful that might just save the hard pressed folks in dance a little bit of cash we are more than willing to... Published Thursday, 29 June, 2006 at 02:18
Steve Bird (Music) by Neil Nisbet In our music section's very short history we have come to the conclusion that it is simply not possible to become a musician unless either of your parents was a piano tinkler, guitar plucker or general... Published Saturday, 3 June, 2006 at 09:32
New Technology 2006 by Michael Devney Technology has moved on and moved on very quickly. The last time we did a technology update the internet was in its infancy and Dallas was cutting edge television programming! Ok, it hasn’t been that long but... Published Sunday, 7 May, 2006 at 09:06
Blogging and Flickring By Article19 Creating and maintaining a website can be an arduous business for the non technically minded and for a busy, understaffed dance company it can be nothing short of impossible. There simply isn’t the time or the inclination to... Published Sunday, 7 May, 2006 at 03:01
Kit Haigh (Music) by Neil Nisbet Kit Haigh is a musician who wears many hats. On the one hand he is a guitarist with the Gasoline Allstars, which he describes casually as ‘just a rock band’ and on the other hand he... Published Monday, 13 March, 2006 at 10:22
British Dance Edition 2006 by Neil Nisbet British Dance Edition pulled off the covers and showed itself to a suspecting world once again in the northern city of Leeds. The bi-annual bun fight, hosted by Yorkshire Dance, got underway from February 9th to the... Published Monday, 20 February, 2006 at 02:11
Sally Hossack (Music) by Evil Imp Article19’s brand new music section kicks off with 27 year old tune-smith Sally Hossack from Leicester one half of the combo Phonek, with Joe Crofton, and a solo singer/songwriter and guitarist in her own right .... Published Thursday, 2 February, 2006 at 09:13
Falling Cat 'Closer' by Neil Nisbet Technology and dance are often uncomfortable bedfellows particularly when taken into a performance context. Falling Cat however have developed a unique, interactive performance environment that not only serves as a therapeutic tool for individuals with a range... Published Sunday, 29 January, 2006 at 07:58
Intrepid Reader Returns by Michele Lefevre Many moons ago there was an individual who had the courage, fortitude and, some would say, downright cheek to question us on our motives. We dubbed this person our “intrepid reader” to protect their identity and to... Published Thursday, 19 January, 2006 at 04:22
5 Simple Steps by Jordan Kinsella Dance film making, dance for camera, call it what you want but almost without exception it is pretty poor in terms of invention, quality, ideas, quality, craft, design, movement, quality and of course the quality is appalling.... Published Wednesday, 18 January, 2006 at 04:07
The Dancer's Clinic by Josie Lucas Dance is a career which requires a broad range of skill. It is both athletic and artistic; individual and unified. Dancers train hard to perfect the aesthetic, but to what extent do those involved understand the functions... Published Sunday, 18 September, 2005 at 06:48
High Spin (Op-Ed) What happens when you bring together two learning disabled groups of performers who don’t speak each others language to do a cultural exchange? That was the journey High Spin Dance Company from Brighton and the L'Atelier de Jour du Ravelin... Published Sunday, 18 September, 2005 at 01:17
Website Essentials by Michelle Lefevre Over the last couple of years dance company websites have steadily improved in a small number of cases. However there are still some fundamental shortcoming in the information provided and the way the information that is there... Published Wednesday, 11 May, 2005 at 05:34
Mac Mini to the Rescue? by Michael Devney On January 11th this year Apple Computer announced there smallest, lowest cost Mac computer to-date. This mini marvel could be the silver bullet for Apple in breaking new markets but it could also be the key to... Published Tuesday, 18 January, 2005 at 05:40
ACE Review 2004 by Neil Nisbet There are few people with the stomach to wade through an Arts Council England (ACE) annual review. The document is the yearly report on the goings on at the biggest funding provider for the arts in the... Published Friday, 10 December, 2004 at 05:47
Dancing Inside [ Pt One ] by Vanessa Cook In April 2004, I found myself in prison for the first time! I wasn’t there because of a sentence I’d received, but rather as part of a team that would teach dance in a male prison. Here’s... Published Tuesday, 9 November, 2004 at 10:27
Dancing Inside [ Pt Two ] by Vanessa Cook First of all as a group, these men were not afraid of taking physical risks, which allowed a very high level of flying to be achieved. The second explanation I offer is that the men were immensely... Published Tuesday, 9 November, 2004 at 10:36
NDA: Send Me An Email by Michelle Lefevre Following our assessment of the National Dance Agency network on their ability to provide information via their respective websites we follow up with a look at just how well they respond to requests for information via email.... Published Friday, 22 October, 2004 at 05:55
Capture Two Reviews by Jordan Kinsella Capture is Arts Council England’s (ACE) scheme to get more dance films out into the world. Since Article19 doesn’t do reviews we asked our friend Jordan Kinsella, a US based independent film maker and writer, to give... Published Monday, 18 October, 2004 at 10:45
NDA Website Review by Michael Devney National Dance Agencies (NDA’s) branded themselves as “Dance Hubs” last year; providers of information, support, advice and all manner of wisdom on matters related to dance. One way of judging how well they can provide those services... Published Sunday, 26 September, 2004 at 06:08
Shooting a Promo Video by Martin French If you want to make the world and some promoters aware of what you are doing, in choreographic terms, then you need to make a promotional video. With all the easily accessible hi-tech kit available today it’s... Published Wednesday, 8 September, 2004 at 06:14
Who The Hell Are You? by Michelle Lefevre Welcome to the new mini-features section on Article19. Mini-Features are just like regular features only the subject matter may be a little less than important or worthy than a main feature. It’s a place for those subjects... Published Monday, 6 September, 2004 at 06:20
The Recovery Position [Pt Two] by Helen Parlor Recovery after the knee operation was slow and I had to be patient. The recovery process taught me a number of things about my body, my mentality and my training regime. I joined my local gym and... Published Friday, 28 May, 2004 at 12:04
The Recovery Position [Pt One] by Helen Parlor In this two part feature Helen Parlor discusses injury and illness and the devastating effects on a dancer both personally and professionally and how to find your way back when it seems as though all is lost.... Published Thursday, 27 May, 2004 at 11:55
Dance on the Web by Martin French Article19 has been online for over 3 years now in one form or another. Like all things we evolve with the times, learning from mistakes and constantly adding new things to bring you, our dear readers, ever... Published Wednesday, 3 September, 2003 at 06:34
The Internet Explained! by Martin French You’re using it right now but how much do you really know about it? More to the point how much do you need to know about it? The Internet is now an ever present entity which stores... Published Friday, 1 August, 2003 at 06:48
Get Your Own Website by Article19 Article19 estimates* that out of the many millions of websites out there on the world- wide-web at least 95% of them are complete rubbish! In the blinkered world of dance and particularly contemporary dance there are only three... Published Friday, 6 June, 2003 at 01:13
Impulstanz Who Why What Where by Article19 ImPulsTanz has been running since 1984. The annual festival in Vienna attracts almost 4,000 participants to its workshops and classes and 30,000 members of the public to the vast array of performances that are on offer during a... Published Saturday, 15 February, 2003 at 12:15
What the Hell is an NDA? by Neil Nisbet Is the most frequent question that we are asked. What are they? Where are they? Why are they? Many of you have pleaded. Our overseas readers are especially confused as to the nature of this most British... Published Sunday, 1 September, 2002 at 12:57
Dance Schools in the UK by Article19 Last week we answered some of our most received questions about NDA’s. The next most popular question is about training in the UK. Where can I? How can I? How much does is cost? Are they any good?... Published Sunday, 1 September, 2002 at 12:47
Essex Dance Motion Capture by Article19 Motion capture technology has been developed and used by the mainstream film industry for many years now. So what happens when dance gets it’s hands on this advanced equipment? Well we are soon to find out because EssexDance... Published Sunday, 1 September, 2002 at 12:03

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