Category Archive: Children and dance

Stories from the West End

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After 6 months of lockdown, Mampara Dance Company came back together on stage at The Sainsbury Theatre to perform CATS. The rehearsals and the performance

Taken during the performance "Oh What A Show" on 8th December 2019 at LAMDA.  Hayley Bowman, Kelsey Williams, Nikole McGillvary, Navin Nair, Tamina Koehne-Drube, Becca Lam from left to right. (c) Sam Taylor. Multiple dancers on stage in mostly red clothes. The one in the middle has her right leg lifted, her arms form triangular shapes behind her head. The male dancer next to her points towards her with his right arm.

Back to studio: An interview about dance before, during and after lockdown

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Natalie Hunt, founder of Mamparadance, talks in an interview about teaching during lockdown and the return to studio classes in September 2020.

The winners of Alter Ego 2020, LMA JIJ, dance onstage.

Hackney Empire: A New Decade, a New Vision

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With Alter Ego 2020, Yamin Choudury Artistic Director of Hackney Empire showcases the best of Hackney’s young talent and his vision for the decade.

Dancers at the KALACC Festival, (c) Carole Edrich 2011

Aire on #WordyMonday

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The concept behind the flamenco word Aire would be difficult to represent even if I chose to do so using flamenco shots, but I’ve decided not to do that because Sadler’s Wells Flamenco… Continue reading →

Dancers performing in Unwritten at One Youth Dance, (c) Carole Edrich 2012

Unwritten with @OneYouthDance @ChisenhaleDance

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What a wonderful last formal assignment before Christmas! A performance of Unwritten, produced and arranged by Joanna of One Youth Dance. The idea of Unwritten was to create new work that the company’s… Continue reading →

Shooting Stars Charity Ball for Parkinsons UK at Stardust Ballroom in London, (c) Carole Edrich 2012

Shooting Starlets Having Fun

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There are about four waking hours today and maybe one tomorrow before I’m off to hospital, so I’m taking the easy way out for today’s post. As I mentioned in previous posts, one… Continue reading →

City Academy dancers at Dancesation Expo 2012

City Academy Dancers at Dancesation Expo

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All images: City Academy dancers at Dancesation Expo 2012 Earlier today I had a great meeting with the people at City Academy, the results of which I hope to be able to publish… Continue reading →

Dancers celebrating the official launch of Big Dance 2012 at St Pancras Station

3 dance images representing Locus on #wordymonday

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All images: Young dancers from Akademi celebrating the official launch of Big Dance 2012 at St Pancras Station I selected this first photograph of young Akademi dancers below a clock and the Olympic… Continue reading →

Tomorrow's Men at Canary Wharf

Ineluctable

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Both images: Tomorrow’s Men at Canary Wharf Time for a change. Every Monday I’m going to pick images that I think reflect an interesting sounding word, some of which I hope that you… Continue reading →

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Dancesation Expo 2012 Supporters enjoying the performances

Dancesation Expo Revisited

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Young dancers at Dancesation Expo 2012 The article I wrote about Dancesation Expo, which was published in this month’s Dance Today, has been so well received that I thought I’d post some more… Continue reading →