The Black Keys with Band of Skulls
Share 7/2/12 Manchester 02 Apollo Band of Skulls – No nonsense, no crowd-pleasing. No facades or fabrications. No pyrotechnics. Let the music speak for itself. Kings of Leon with a female, quirky addition. Dirty riffs. Grungy guitars. Dark, dingy atmosphere created for an un- reactive crowd. The Black Keys – Flashing lights. Mixing...
Interview: Odissi Ensemble
Share Interview with Katie Ryan – Odissi Ensemble When did you discover Odissi? I was introduced to Odissi by Sanjeevini Dutta who ran an after-school club at my primary school in Bedford. At that time Kadam were a community dance organisation based in Bedford – now they have moved to the Hat Factory in Luton...
Review: Odissi Ensemble, ‘Shades of Love’ 17/11/11
Share Shades of Love, 17th November 2011 at The Hat Factory, Luton. Having never experienced an Asian Dance performance, I was an eager audience member anticipating Odissi Ensemble’s debut showing of Shades of Love. So were plenty of others, as the crowded theatre in Luton’s Hat Factory was buzzing with excitement. As the dancers enter...
Review: Dance Fragments, 8/12/11
Share Dance Fragments, 8th December 2011 at The Hat Factory, Luton. The triple bill began with Sarah Levinsky’s Plastic Island, which constructed a landscape of plastic carrier bags centre stage. The piece consisted of four female solos, each entering the stage and interacting with the bags to create different relationships. Each dancer displayed a sense...
One Day: Book vs Film
Share Novel and screenplay written by David Nicholls. The book should come with a warning: “Do Not Read In Public.” The film is fine to watch in company– you’re sat in a big dark room, surrounded by people having the same emotional reactions as you. (Which were even more intense when I was reading, instead...
Interview with Rosie Heafford: 2-nd Hand Dance
Share A quick browse on your website illuminates the vast array of dance work you have created and been involved in – it is hard to believe you are still in your early twenties. How did you do it?! Ha! In one sense I have been lucky – right place, right time – however...
2Faced Dance Company – In The Dust
Share “2Faced is set to transport contemporary dance out of the “marmite” zone of arts festivals.” This all male dance company is not your average contemporary/break dance blend. The versatile dancers, faultless at breaking, have created their own fuse with their professional training backgrounds in ballet and contemporary – giving them an impressive edge. The choreography...
PLATFORM A.D.
Share 3/11/11 Actors Church, London In the beautiful setting of the Actors Church in Covent Garden, I seated myself second row from the front and anticipated the performance ahead – a platform of emerging dance artists, ready to excite me with their fresh and inspiring approach to choreography, just like those of the Judson Church...
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