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Foreground is dusty, sand, with small concave depression right in the centre at the bottom of the shot. Manuela, a dark-haired Latin looking woman is dancing with one arm benind her exactly parallel to a ladder some distance behind her. This ladder leads to what appears to be an abandoned building behind which are the remnants of what appears to be either a hige ship or a 10-12 storey narrow tower block. In the middle ground are several people ship-breaking, working in the skeleton of the ship,

The Red Dress Dance Project

Manuela Benini’s Red Dress Dance Project, part of which is currently on exhibition at Sadler’s Wells, highlights the complexities of tradition and the constant cycle of change, with particular attention to some of the biggest inequities on our planet.

If I don’t [dance] I will crumble

Quote and biographical snippet about Rudolf Nureyev and photograph of Jean Abreau in Blood.

Álvaro Guarnido Muñoz at Espana On Fire, (c) Carole Edrich 2014

Álvaro #flamenco #ronniescotts #dance

“I like it when he looks like Jesus” said Cherry, with whom I was at España On Fire at Ronnie Scott’s on Sunday. I asked her because she had never seen Álvaro Guarnido… Continue reading →

Young person dancing at The Bridge, an annual event celebrating Hip-Hop culture under the Hungerford Bridge at London's South Bank

Dance image representing feracious on #wordymonday

Today’s #wordymonday word is feracious, which I found on the wonderful luciferous logolepsy site. Apparently it means productive of good results or fruitful. At the moment I’m swinging  between pleasantly productive and about… Continue reading →

Little Boy fascinated by Malaysian dancers at Visit Malaysia Week on London's South Bank, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

Witness! A #WordyMonday dance photography interpretation

I’ve chosen a fairly direct interpretation of the word ‘witness’ as a #WordyMonday challenge. Taken yesterday towards the end of a photography lesson I gave (if you’re interested look here for group lessons… Continue reading →

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Sharing performed by Louise Ahl at Nottdance, (c) Carole Edrich 2013

Strut on #WordyMonday

I choose this shot of Louise Ahl strutting offstage with two chairs in response to HoboDad’s WordyMonday suggestion of the word Strut. Interestingly I’ve written about this performance in a previous WordyMonday post… Continue reading →

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Andrea Pelaez Lyons' legs, RADA, July 2013

Dispose on #WordyMonday

I looked up the word ‘dispose’ in dictionary.com when Eleanor first proposed the it as a wordymonday challenge and saw the opportunity to shoot something especially for this word during the dance photography… Continue reading →

Opening scene of Noted, part of Yolande Yorke- Edgell's Words Worth, (c) Carole Edrich 2012

Intense, on #WordyMonday

I’ve suggested this shot, the opening image of ‘Noted’ (Yolande Yorke-Edgell’s new work that was performed at the Lilian Baylis Theatre last year) to represent the word ‘intense’, which was suggested by JokerXL … Continue reading →

Dancesation Expo 2012

I’m just back from a final meeting with Yvonne Chan to top and tail an article for next month’s Dance Today. She put together yesterday’s Dancesation Expo – a charity danceathon for DanceAid… Continue reading →