by Susan Cunningham Therapy is one of those words in the English language that is often misused. People talk light-heartedly of going for “retail therapy” and at the other end of the scale we often hear of people going in to therapy to treat drug or alcohol addiction. The actual definition of therapy lies somewhere […]
During a second round World Cup match this summer between Italy and Australia in Germany an Italian player, Fabio Grosso, collapsed in a heap on top of Australian player Lucas Neill. The Italians were awarded a penalty, scored it, end of game, end of tournament for Australia. The only problem is that several high definition, […]
The recent internal review by Arts Council England (ACE) that led to the decision to uphold its own ruling on refusing access to detailed financial information about MJW Productions and Channel 4 Television illustrates that ACE is more concerned with protecting big name clients than it is in answering concerns about a funding and decision […]
We begin a detailed analysis of dance funding over the last 12 months and then some with a look at Article19 ‘s local region (the North East of England) covered by Arts Council England North East (ACE NE). Reading press releases, hyperbole and gushing praise from the high and mighty in the arts world you […]
by Neil Nisbet Here at Article19 we are quick to comment on Arts Council England and large dance organisations when it appears they are not doing their jobs quite as effectively as we might expect them to. We rarely pass comment on the failings of choreographers, particularly those new to the field, when they make […]
by Neil Nisbet The news story reported yesterday on Article19 and a few days before in the dance ‘blogosphere ‘ concerning Dance Europe and their policy of not featuring Israeli dance companies unless they denounce their own government’s policies regarding The West Bank and Gaza Strip shows a disturbing level of arrogance and lack of […]
Welcome dear readers to our end of year review as we start the new year with a brand new layout and lots of new content to come. Was it a good year? Was it a bad year? Does anybody really care? We expect not but we ‘ll plough ahead in any case and see what […]