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New Adventures is delighted to announce their Overture dance artist cohort for 2020/2021. Established in 2016, Overture is the annual New Adventures professional development programme for dance artists and dance teachers from a variety of genres who have been working in community or education settings for less than five years. Each year, the group of... Continue Reading →
Following the success of their online plays, The Understudy and Nigel Slater’s ‘Toast’, The Lawrence Batley Theatre Huddersfield has announced that it has commissioned three critically acclaimed, UK dance companies to create three, site specific works for camera. Available to watch online, ticketholders will enjoy two contemporary dance solos and a short ballet. Featuring choreography by Jordan James Bridge... Continue Reading →
BalletBoyz’ 20th anniversary dance show Deluxe has its TV premiere on BBC Four as part of BBC Culture in Quarantine on Wednesday 27 March and will be available on BBC iPlayer for 28 days following the broadcast until 24 June. Bradley 4:18, Act 1, will be shown at 10.30pm, followed by Ripple at 11pm. Deluxe... Continue Reading →
With the planned anniversary show, Amici’s One World, cancelled after almost a year of rehearsal due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Amici Dance Theatre Company have new plans to celebrate their 40th anniversary this year. The world’s first integrated professional dance company featuring disabled and non-disabled performers will come together to take A Look Back at... Continue Reading →
HERE/NOT HERE, a brand new British, Deaf hip hop drama exploring British Sign Language, Krump street dance, football and Visual Vernacular – the choreographed and poetic form of sign language - will have its TV premiere on Film4 and Together TV on Monday 11 May and will also be hosted online on BSL Zone where it will remain available to watch following the... Continue Reading →
Dance Umbrella, London’s annual celebration of contemporary dance and performance, has announced the cancellation of the October 2020 festival. Artistic Director & Chief Executive Emma Gladstone said: “We have taken the decision to cancel the 2020 Dance Umbrella. It is clear that we cannot deliver the festival for audiences, artists, venue partners or funders at... Continue Reading →
New Adventures are delighted to announce A Festival of Classics as part of their Reel Adventures online programme bringing the adventures to you; including a series of Broadcast Premieres on Sky TV and rare screenings of some of Matthew Bourne’s most beloved productions. On Sunday 19 April at 8.00pm Sky Arts will be screening the Broadcast Premiere... Continue Reading →
Birmingham based company Corey Baker Dance, run by award-winning choreographer/director Corey Baker, has created a new short film titled Spaghetti Junction. The film will receive its world premiere screening through BBC’s Culture in Quarantine on 22 April from 07.00 BST for Earth Day to raise awareness of the impact of climate change. Shot beneath Birmingham’s famous Spaghetti Junction, the film features Gus Payne and... Continue Reading →
Dance Umbrella, London’s leading festival of international dance, has today announced that Tania Wilmer has been appointed as Executive Director. An experienced leader in the cultural sector, Tania was most recently CEO of Stratford Circus Arts Centre where she has programmed ambitious and imaginative work by leading artists and companies such as Punchdrunk, Inua Ellams,... Continue Reading →
Subverting some of the best-loved pieces of classical music, Derrière on a G String is a raucous new comedy dance sensation from choreographer Alfred Taylor-Gaunt (the award-winning The Limit, Vaults Festival 2019; Stand and Deliver!, Kings Head Theatre), vocalising life’s first world problems through a hilariously imaginative series of dance and physical theatre sketches. Following... Continue Reading →
