No, that headline is not a joke, this is serious. You’ve seen the war on drugs, the war on terror, the war on Christmas, well now we are at war with cheese! Apparently somebody called Rob Williamson, who is attending a seminar held by Arts Council England on their doomed Catalyst Arts project, said, out […]
At a recent debate hosted by DanceUK and The Arts Desk an opening question was put to all in attendance. Something along the lines of “if you could have one wish for the dance profession what would it be?” One of the answers came from Caroline Miller, the head of DanceUK, she said that “dancers […]
It’s official folks, Arts Council England in collaboration with the BBC have invented digital technology. We know this because the documentation for their new media content platform entitled ‘The Space’ uses the word “digital” or “digitally” about thirty times or more. It’s not at all clear what this project is aiming to acheive or how […]
Do you remember, back on the 11th of October when there was a “Private Members’ debate on the Education System and Dance” at the House of Commons? No? Well don’t worry about it, you’re not alone. From our point of view, here in TheLab™, it was curious to note the attendance of Lauren Cuthbertson and […]
You know when you attend a performance and your feelings about that particular show range from the deepest pits of rational anger to the heady highs of karmic bliss? No! Well, pay attention next time. Anyways, we, here in TheLab™, have made you two simple business card sized expressions that you can conveniently leave in […]
As an homage to our good friends at Dance UK (say what? Ed!) we have recreated one of their help sheets that reminds dancers to drink lots of water or else. However, we have decanted that information into a far more succinct approximation of what will happen if you don’t drink lots of water. Welcome […]
You know how Sadler’s Wells, that theatre in London, has the ridiculous tagline that proclaims the theatre “is dance”? Well, seeing as how it’s Monday and, as everybody knows, Monday is poster day here in TheLab™ we set to work utilising a full arsenal of malevolence, mischief, satire, and, of course our general evilness to […]
As always with Article19 the controversy seems to come from the things that you would least expect it come from. Step forward our four sentences on the New Adventures Choreography Award (NACA) pointing out that the main winner (and a runner up, although not mentioned in the piece) are both connected to New Adventures. 29 […]
Last week Dance UK, the dance advocacy organisation that specialises in not saying much of anything at all, got its knickers thoroughly in a knot after a government minister was quoted saying vaguely negative things about dance A-levels. David Willets, Minister for Universities and Science, suggested that certain A-levels should be considered less important when […]
‘One Man Walking’ is the latest foray into dance film making by the production company MJW comprised of producer Anne Beresford and director Helen Williams. This particular effort also has Jonzi D. (Breakin’ Convention) on-board as a writer. Here in TheLab™, we’ve had our issues with MJW before, none of them in the least bit […]