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Tag Archives: contemporary
Is Strictly’s judging going to pot?
In these divisive times, we can count on the BBC’s sequin-fest to get all the generations round the telly on a Saturday night, becoming armchair experts on fleckerls and voltas. In this 16th series, however, the good ship Strictly has hit more icebergs … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandra burke, ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, bruno tonioli, celebrity, charles venn, column, competition, contemporary, couples choice, craig revel-horwood, dance, dance off, dancing, danny john-jules, darcey bussell, ed balls, hip hop, joe sugg, judges, judging, katya jones, kevin clifton, latin, les miserables, musical theatre, opinion, same sex dancing, score, seann walsh, shirley ballas, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv, unfair
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Strictly Speaking: Week 8
It might seem a strange statement to make while the BBC is shoving Stacey towards the glitterball, and Joe’s YouTube views have now surpassed the last six series, but one thing I’m enjoying is this year’s unpredictability. Who could have … Continue reading
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Tagged ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blackpool, blog, celebrity, contemporary, couples choice, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, danny john-jules, eliminated, graeme swann, joe sugg, recap, review, salsa, samba, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tess daly, tv, week 8
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BWW Interview: Robin Windsor
The dancer talks Strictly, choreographing and new tour Keep Dancing. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
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Tagged Aliona Vilani, anya garnis, ballroom, bbc, broadwayworld, burn the floor, contemporary, daisy lowe, dance, dancing, dave arch, emma jones, harry judd, hip hop, interview, jay mcguiness, keep dancing, latin, lisa riley, louis smith, louise redknapp, mgm, olympics, paso doble, puttin on the ritz, robin windsor, rumba, same sex dance, saturday night, scd, show, strictly, strictly come dancing, Tameka Empson, theatre, tour, tv, west end
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Pomona, National Theatre
Last year, new Orange Tree artistic director Paul Miller electrified his theatre by programming Alistair McDowall’s brilliant and brutal dystopian thriller. Now it occupies the National’s Temporary space, with most of its excellent original cast intact. Read my full Ham & … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alistair mcdowall, contemporary, crime, drama, dystopian, fantasy, game, ham and high, horror, island, lovecraft, manchester, national theatre, orange tree theatre, organ harvesting, pomona, prostitution, quest, review, rpg, sci fi, temporary space, theatre
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Baila Brazil, Royal Festival Hall
As we hunt for renewable energy sources, has anyone considered Balé de Rua? The hard-working company maintain their feverishly frenetic motion throughout an ambitious 85-minute show that – in line with the social conscience of co-directors/choreographers Marco Antonio Garcia and … Continue reading
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Tagged baila brazil, bale de rua, ballet, band, brazil, brazilian, breaking, capoeira, carnival, contemporary, dance, dance today, dancing, festival hall, folk, hip hop, live, london, magazine, music, review, samba, southbank centre, street
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Beyond Bollywood, London Palladium
It seems almost redundant to critique a show that so ably – if unconsciously – critiques itself. “The power of Bollywood is it’s unique!” cries one character, before squandering that uniqueness in tired East/West fusion; and “Dance should have feeling!” … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew lloyd webber, bbc, bbc young dancer, beyond bollywood, bollywood, bombay dreams, contemporary, dance, dancer, dancing, drama, dream, east, film, folk, fusion, germany, hip hop, india, indian, Irfan Siddiqui, jazz, london, london palladium, love, milistone, movie, mumbai, munich, music, poldark, Rajeev Goswami, review, romance, Salim-Sulaiman, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, tourist, travel, tv, west, west end
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Strictly Speaking: the final
Perhaps not a vintage year, but Strictly ended on a high with a closer than expected final, bananas returning contestants encore, and a deserving winning couple in Caroline and Pasha. It was a show noticeably light on ballroom – because … Continue reading
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Dance grippingly explores world of social outsiders
Lloyd Newson’s DV8 company takes a big risk in fusing two opposing elements – metaphorical movement and verbatim drama – but it pays off with gripping new work JOHN. DV8, which previously tackled Islamic fundamentalism and homophobia, here confronts the harrowing life of a social outsider, the eponymous John (Hannes Langolf), … Continue reading
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Tagged addict, addiction, alcohol, choreography, contemporary, criminal, dance, dancing, drama, drink, drugs, dv8, fundamentalism, gay, homeless, homosexual, islamic, islington gazette, john, lloyd newson, london, love, movement, national theatre, north london, nt live, physical theatre, play, prison, rape, rehab, review, sauna, sex, theatre, verbatim, violence
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JOHN, National Theatre
It is no exaggeration to say that Lloyd Newson has created a new theatrical language. Verbatim drama and intricate choreography would seem, on paper, to be fatally competing elements, yet Newson’s hypnotic fusion charges both word and movement with fresh … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, addict, addiction, alcohol, choreography, contemporary, criminal, dance, dancing, drama, drugs, dv8, gay, homosexual, john, lloyd newson, london, love, movement, national, nt live, physical theatre, play, prison, rape, rehab, review, sauna, sex, the arts desk, theartsdesk, theatre, verbatim, violence
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