Such is the way of things in the wider world of dance that it has been almost three years since we last featured a piece of work from Tom Dale Dance. on that occasion it was Refugees of the Septic Heart and this time out it is a work for children entitled ‘Digitopia’. The work […]
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Time for a little Break Dance Theatre here in TheLab™ with Southpaw Dance Company and a preview performance of their work ‘Speakeasy’ featuring break dancers, swing dancers, motion tracking video graphics and the Devil himself. Adapted from an outdoor work into a full length dance piece the work is based on the story of Faust […]
Manchester based Company Chameleon recently played host to three dance companies at The Lowry Theatre for a week of collaboration, workshops, teaching and performances. For this evening of work Company Chameleon presented ‘Hands Down’, a work normally performed outdoors. Also on the bill were Thomas Noone from Spain with ‘Watch Me’, Spellbound Contemporary Ballet from […]
As former dancer and choreographer with Scottish Dance Theatre, Joan Clevillé knows his way around a dance work or two and now, striking out on his own with his own company, he brings us his new work ‘Plan B For Utopia’. The company tell us this much about the piece; “Plan B for Utopia is […]
As a boy Hetain Patel was an avid actor-impersonator; in particular he worked with characters from the American movies until he identified with them completely. In American Boy he brings to life characters from his childhood: Spiderman, Agent Smith from Matrix, Eddie Murphy, Bruce Lee and many more in a playful and seamless synthesis of […]
The Norwegian-Estonian choreographer duo Külli Roosna and Kenneth Flak travelled into the Norwegian mountains to create the first part of the trilogy Wild Places: : Mountain. They sought inspiration in the “deep ecology” of Arne Næss, which addresses the connection between humans and the environment and encourages us to take responsibility for nature rather than […]
How can one counteract the stereotype of an elderly person as eccentric or frightening? The elderly body has been robbed of its sensuality and degraded to something second rate that has fulfilled its function, according to Hege Haagenrud. Dancers Aase With, Brian Toney, Siv Ander, Gerard Lemaitre. OPERAEN MONDAY 19. OKTOBER This performance was recorded […]
For young dancers looking to make the transition from having some fun in dance classes during the week to having some fun in dance classes with the added bonus of studious technique training, health monitoring, summer intensives and regular performances then the establishment of the Centre For Advanced Training programme more than 10 years ago […]
Within the wide world of dance there is a persistent debate about the role of women in the profession and the astonishing lack of opportunities available to the gender that outnumbers men by a considerable margin. One reason, often cited by those “in the know”, is that women have children and little ones scampering about […]
When speaking to Janet Smith, the former Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre and current principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance, about Natalie Trewinnard, the dancer she invited into that company’s apprenticeship programme several years ago, she says; “I realised that we had invited in a Tigress on stage and a mouse into the […]