Category Archive: reportage

Millie Dollar in Burning Beat at the House of Wol, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

Self Portrait; doing what I love

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That’s me to the right of the image, backstage with the gorgeous Millie Dollar last night at the House of Wolf. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get much of her act because I… Continue reading →

Siân Walters describing the story of Griselda in The Story of Griselda, Part 1: Marriage, c 1494, by the Master of the Story of Griselda (active c1490-1500), (c) the National Gallery, London, photo (c) Carole Edrich

A Marriage of Dance and Art; Love, Seduction and Courtship in the Renaissance

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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 →

Tango Al Fresco, June 2008. In the front the dancers are giving

Dance Sensitivity Communication

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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 →

Ribbon dancers at the 2011 Greenwich Festival

Ogygian

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Ribbon dancers at the Greenwich Cultural Festival (c) Carole Edrich 2010 The word for this week is Ogygian. Another word I had to look up when I first read it, I think it… Continue reading →

Aboriginal Elder at the KALACC Festival in 2011

Rugose on #wordymonday

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Image: Aboriginal Elder ready to sing at the 2011 KALACC Festival It’s Wordy Monday again and because I’ve still not had any suggestions I picked the word Rugose as today’s theme. I thought… 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 →

Aila of The Bees Knees and Andrew dance around London

London Waiting

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All images: Aila Floyd of The Bees Knees and travelling dancer Andrew Stone dancing around London I’ve written this post in response to further media uproar about a presented inequity in terms of… Continue reading →

Dancers from 60x60 held at Stratford Circus in 2010

Spin! and Gompertz’s gospel

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Both Images: Images: Two photographic themes of ‘spin’ featuring performances at 60×60 held at Stratford Circus in 2010 UK dance enthusiasts would have to have had their heads in a sack to have… Continue reading →

Allie Ho Chee on the hoop at Milo Miles' production of Tainted Virtue

Hoops and Watcher (and win tickets on #WorldAIDSDay)

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All images: Performers at Milo Miles’ Productions performance of Tainted Virtue at the Brickhouse Here’s a final selection of the images that didn’t make it to the article on cabaret that I recently… Continue reading →

Allie Ho Chee on the hoop in Tainted Virtue at the Brickhouse

Win London Cabaret Tickets on #WorldAIDSDay

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All images: Allie Ho Chee on the hoop in Tainted Virtue at the Brickhouse. A penultimate selection of images from Milo Miles’ production Tainted Virtue which runs until December 1st, because Dance Today… Continue reading →