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Sadler’s Wells announce the Barclays Dance Pass

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Announcement and thoughts on the announced release of 10,000 special-priced tickets for young people by Sadler’s Wells and Barclays

Opportunities

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We’ve been contacted with an opportunity for an easy wedding dance choreography and Ugandan traditional dance performance for a wedding in August. If you’re interested, here’s what to do.

A nose for trouble? video pick of the week

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Pick of the week: the giant tap-dancing noses of the opera The Nose, produced by Barrie Kosky to Shostakovich’s music.

Mood: serene. A manta appears overhead in the sunlight, we are in the water below

Maldivian Manta Memories: before the Asian Tsunami

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On the way to snorkel with reef sharks and turtles in the Maldives, our pilot called us and pointed, turning the boat. We strained to make sense of large patches of darkness with… Continue reading →

male and female dancers in studio setting, the male is jumping with legs far apart and thrown backwards

Richard Alston Dance Company’s final performances

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About the final performances of Richard Alston Dance Company

Tendai Humphrey Sitima & Hannah Edwardsin The Great Gatsby, Immersive London. (c) Helen Maybanks

The Racy, Adventurous Feel; a no-spoilers review

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‘The Racy, Adventurous Feel.’ A no-spoilers review of London’s Great Gatsby multi-space immersion experience

Mood: intense. The silhouette of a beautiful woman looking intently at a film projection of men dancing flamenco

Around the Flamenco Triangle

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I’ve always been fascinated by flamenco. Not the woman in scarlet with a rose between her lips. That cliché exists only in the tackiest of tourist shows. Rather, the living art that reaches straight into your heart without the intercession of conscious thought. How better to understand people, contrasts and culture than with an epic trip by train?

Objectifs Danse 9, Day Two, Works In Progress

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Early thoughts on an afternoon viewing works in progress at Charleroi

Objectifs Danse 9, day one

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First impressions of the first day of Objectifs Danse 9

Boy Blue, REDD, Tanaka Bingwa, Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy, Emma Houston, image credit Carl Fox

REDD; first impressions

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REDD by Boy Blue Entertainment; a few impressions

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