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Dancer’s Bill Of Rights
by Neil Nisbet One of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, written documents in the world was drafted over two hundred years ago and it is, almost, insurmountable in its ability to safeguard the rights of the people covered by its umbrella of protection. In recent years many have lamented the erosion of […]
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The Big Idea
Our recent news story concerning an undecipherable new programme from Arts Council England (ACE) to advocate arts leadership, we think, has led Article19 to believe that what dance lacks, among many other things, is a big idea. ACE is pushing the age old mantra that good ideas come from the top and trickle down through […]
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What Future For Dance?
by Neil Nisbet President George W. Bush is often accused of living behind a so-called “reality distortion field ‘ that protects him from what is actually going on in the world. No matter how badly things are going in Iraq, how many jobs are lost in the US or what public opinion is of the […]
A central point of the recent election in the UK was health care and hospitals in this much maligned land of ours. The politicians from all sides could have done themselves a big favour and taken a long hard look at ‘Lullaby” from Jasmin Vardimon. This well established work brings us a sometimes disturbing, sometimes […]