Clara Gibson Maxwell: Dancing on the Edge
A new book looking at the work of a choreographer who has largely avoided the mainstream, her creations, inspired by myriad influences, tending towards the experimental.
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Dance, film, collaboration, community: Ekleido at Harbour House
Following a live performance in the town, an exhibition in KIngsbridge, South Devon encourages all to come and explore Ekleido’s movement, choreographic ideas and creative process
5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline – the documentary
Sixteen years after 5 Soldiers first appeared, Rosie Kay’s new documentary brings its five dancing bodies together with the voices of five former soldiers
Screen, dance, screendance
David Mead considers the nature of screendance as he looks at four works by Singaporean director Brian Toh.
The Petersburg Noverre: Marius Petipa in Russia
A magnificent effort, Wiley adding Petipa to his previous studies of Tchaikovsky and Ivanov. Now 84, he has curated the output of a lifetime’s study.
Five Friends: Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg, Johns, Twombly
With its works of art, stage props, costumes, photographs and archive material, the exhibition provides a fascinating insight into their friendship and work
Think you know these classic ballets well? Think again.
“A page-turningly good read” as “Fullington and Smith… invite the general and specialist reader alike to rethink nineteenth-century ballet.”
You, the Choreographer: Creating and Crafting Dance
A truly handsome book… It covers just about everything you want to know, explore and understand about the elusive art of choreography
Passionate Work: Choreographing A Dance Career
A compelling book about those dancers who didn’t become stars, about their passion, grit and determination, why they do what they do
Kenneth MacMillan and Robert Cohan spotlighted in a new film: Dance Revolutionaries
Both specially filmed on location, Cohan’s Portraits is a series of five solos, while MacMillan’s Sea of Troubles is his shot at Shakespeare’s Hamlet
Kate Prince and ZooNation’s Message in a Bottle comes to the big screen
The ‘Message’ is going wider. Sadler’s Wells team up with the Royal Opera House and Universal Pictures to release the hit show on film.