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Selling The Crown Jewels
by Neil Nisbet The notion that The Royal Opera House along with Royal Ballet and Royal Opera, the house ‘s two incumbent companies, should be privatised to reduce the burden on Arts Council England ‘s (ACE) funding stream for dance and music is nothing new. With small-scale and mid-scale companies being squeezed for funding and […]
‘Kismet’ premiered at The Customs House Theatre in the North East a few weeks ago. This performance was a shortened version for the Connections 7 choreography platform hosted by Dance City and ‘Kismet’ was by far the strongest work on show. Virtual Motion is a seven strong company led by choreographer Helen Smith and Kismet […]
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What Does It Matter
by Neil Nisbet Many people complain about the arts or dismiss them out of hand because they can see no clear benefit or any sense of importance in artists doing what they do. Joe Public will push even the most celebrated masterpiece aside with the simplistic refrain “what does it matter” or variation thereof. To […]
After many recent misfires with dance performances we have been covering Article19 ventures about as far south as you can get (Portsmouth) to bring you an excerpt from ‘Headcase’ by brand new company Full Force. Full Force are a little unusual in the dance world because the company is made up entirely of men, 4 […]
Way back in February we filmed this company in Perth, Western Australia. For various reasons we have been unable to get it online until now, better late than never though. Strut are the only dance company of their kind in the whole of Western Australia. Despite this they still manage to pull off some great […]
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Dance Goes Insane
by Neil Nisbet Following Article19 ‘s recent experience in Vienna covering the Impulstanz festival here in the Lab we feel it’s time for a wake up call. Contemporary dance, for the most part, is just plain dull and Article19 has a radical solution, we don ‘t think a lot of dance makers are going to […]
Here in TheLab™ we have been trying to get Ms Stockert’s work on camera for a long time now. We finally got the chance in Birmingham last week at the Patrick Centre and the results are here for all to see. The work is described as “an unromantic romance” and features two dancers (Francisco Monteagudo […]
An exclusive feature just for Article19; We bring you the very strange 8IQ – No Woman No Cry a dance piece featuring dance (you don’t say! Ed!), singing, live music and some very funny moments. This may come as a shock but we don’t often hear a lot about contemporary dance in Denmark. If you […]