ACE Dance and Music return to Article19 with their brand new touring works ‘Switch’ created by the in house AD Gail Parmel and the company’s dancers and ‘Listen’ crafted by Douglas Thorpe of Mad Dog’s fame. What we have here is a striking mix of well crafted movement and some animated background visuals that really […]
ACE Dance and Music return to Article19 with their brand new touring works ‘Switch’ created by the in house AD Gail Parmel and the company’s dancers and ‘Listen’ crafted by Douglas Thorpe of Mad Dog’s fame. What we have here is a striking mix of well crafted movement and some animated background visuals that really […]
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Mapping the Money
In a spectacular display of ignorance Arts Council England’s, so-called, “Dance Mapping Study” has come to the conclusion the rest of the dance world came to 25 years ago that dancers don’t get paid enough. We should either celebrate that the funding monolith showed up to the party at all or march en-masse to their […]
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In Search of the Thoughtful Voice
As a form of communication text messaging has its uses, not very many for sure but it definitely has some practical purpose. Here in TheLab™ we’re struggling to think of one but there has to be one, right? In many ways text messages have become a metaphor for large parts of the internet. Keep it […]
MK Raw is back for 2009 and once again we have a collection of three strong works from those crazy kids at the annual youth dance program right here on Article19 in miniaturised video form. Lest you be unfamiliar with the goings on in England’s darkest city let us enlighten you. Some 50 or so […]
MK Raw is back for 2009 and once again we have a collection of three strong works from those crazy kids at the annual youth dance program right here on Article19 in miniaturised video form. Lest you be unfamiliar with the goings on in England’s darkest city let us enlighten you. Some 50 or so […]
MK Raw is back for 2009 and once again we have a collection of three strong works from those crazy kids at the annual youth dance program right here on Article19 in miniaturised video form. Lest you be unfamiliar with the goings on in England’s darkest city let us enlighten you. Some 50 or so […]
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A Bit of A Kicking
The Scottish Government, when it’s not spending huge sums of money on really ugly buildings for itself, can also be found spending huge sums of money (£343,000 to be exact) on really bad dance projects. ‘Off Kilter’ a co-production of works about tartan, haggis and short bread (probably) are being created by Janet Smith from […]
Continuing the theme of “it’s all gone a bit Norwegian” Scottish Dance Theatre’s latest work ‘A Visitation’ was crafted for the company by Norwegian dance maker Christel Johannessen. This work is a bit of departure for SDT, but not that much of a departure, as the company meanders into the world of storytelling with ghosts, […]
We have seen, many times, an attempt to fuse together street/break dancing and contemporary work into a recognisable show. Most of the time it fails for one reason or another, has 2Faced Dance figured out the magic formula? The all male dance company, helmed by Tamsin Fitzgerald, has brought ‘Still Breathing’ to the Edinburgh Festival […]