Tag Archive: Arts

O Medea, Trajal Harrell

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I love Trajall Harrell’s work; how it makes me feel in the moment, the layering, level of detail, lyricism and patterning. I value it most for what it teaches me, which is why… Continue reading →

Cheerful woman at a podium. She has short hair and glasses and you can only see her arms, upper chest and face

Jo Verrent MBE on art, Unlimited and hats

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Jo Verrent on Unlimited, her career and the MBE

Help save the arts after brexit

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Template letter to send to your MP to help protect the arts after Brexit

Let us keep the dance of rain…

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The quote I’ve chosen this week; ‘Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky’ is from Arnaud (Arna) Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973). He and… Continue reading →

London Forró

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Both images: Forró at Corbett Place, the Old Truman Brewery, London, danced by Gladys Calvacante and Douglas Dance It has been some time since I shot this dance from in London, so I’m… Continue reading →

Dancing in Miami

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Janet Fuentes and partner at London’s Floridita… because I haven’t processed any of my Miami shots yet I’m in Miami researching dance and graffiti. Obviously one article will focus on salsa.. Sadly the… Continue reading →

Black Album #1

Black Album #1

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All images: Avant Garde Dance’s Black Album On Friday I was lucky enough to be at a full dress rehearsal of Avant Garde Dance’s new production ‘Black Album’. A compilation of familiar old… Continue reading →

Dancers at Save the Children's 'Ultimate Dance Challenge' at Laban on Sunday

Ultimate Dance Challenge for Save the Children

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Both images: Dancers in a Contemporary Workshop at Save the Children’s ‘Ultimate Dance Challenge’ at Laban yesterday, Sunday 7th October It has been an incredibly busy weekend and on Sunday I went to… Continue reading →

Josefina and Francisco Leiva at Rojo y Negro

Josefina and Francisco Leiva at Rojo y Negro Tango Club

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Images: Josefina and Francisco Leiva demonstrating at Rojo y Negro I went to a tango lesson tonight, the first one in years. It was also the first time I went with a male… Continue reading →

Girls dancing Can-can at Covent Garden

a swish of can-can skirt

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I much prefer this shot of Can-Can dancers in Covent Garden to this one because of the movement of the skirts, the slightly different angle and the more personal feel that it gives.… Continue reading →