Capoerista control and cat slowmo redux
Some time ago my friend Jeremy Hoare shared a beautiful slow motion comparison of the behaviour of two very different sorts of cat. I love the elegant beauty in the cats’ motion, the… Continue reading
Category Archive: Dance Journalism
Electrotango lift and turn
Neither of these images are of a style I’d normally go for since they’re less likely to sell to magazines, but I was looking for very different effects when I took them. In… Continue reading
A Marriage of Dance and Art; Love, Seduction and Courtship in the Renaissance
Months ago, when the Metamorphosis: Titian exhibition still had a while to go, Ms Hedgehog and I decided to go to a guided lecture-tour on dance in Renaissance paintings. It was one of… Continue reading
Intensity in Performance
Last night we were treated to an absolutely delicious Gaucho meal to promote their ‘underground dance night’ – an electro tango performance on the top floor with special cocktails as well as the… Continue reading
Researching influences on fandangos in Huelva
The experiences I had in Huelva, during the first two days of this trip around Andalusia would have been a privilege even in times of economic plenty. Country representatives, those responsible for logistics,… Continue reading
Jondo on #WordyMonday
“It’s Hondo” says Jackie. “Yes, Jondo” I reply. I’m staying with an old friend in Gibraltar while consolidating the information gathered from two days of research on the influences and growth of the… Continue reading
Wonderful Huelva
What an incredible experience! The people at Cerro de Andevalo and the beautiful environmentally friendly boutique hotel Narayana Casa Camilo laid on an extraordinary night. This traditional flamenco from the area – from… Continue reading
Darcey Bussell agrees to be judge for Dance Photographer of the Year! #DancePOTY
There’s not even a day left before I go to Andalusia on a photojournalistic tour of the cultural roots of flamenco and there are a hundred other things that must be done before… Continue reading
Dance Sensitivity Communication
For any social dance to work pleasantly there must be consensus as to how to interact. In a milonga, tango dancers will move into the flow which is always anticlockwise. Even when a… Continue reading
Rain, Gene Kelly and Tommy Franzén
Image: Dancing in the Rain (socially) at Dance Al Fresco, 2008 I’m really busy at the moment trying to get all the important things done before my upcoming surgery. That’s because I want… Continue reading