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Move: In Progress. A Scratch Platform for Dance.
Work-in-progress is my favourite format of a contemporary dance show. It is from dance enthusiasts for dance enthusiasts; the show almost always is followed by feedback. 'Move-in-progress' sounds even better, more dynamic, both dancing and progressing at speed. It is amazing that there are companies that wants to promote dance in the Tees Valley, ( Read more... ) -
Dance Edits-2024
In her recent book, the dance scholar Susan Leigh Foster makes a claim that dance exists between two poles, commodity and gift. The evening of Dance Edits, in Dance City, Newcastle, is definitely closer to gift than to commodity. Dance City in general is a non-profit institution struggling to provide a framework in which independent artists can ( Read more... ) -
Dance Edits, February 9th, 2024
I do prefer watching work-in-progress rather than a finished and polished dance work. 'Dance Edits' is the format for showing first drafts, sketches and blueprints of new choreography that residents of the Dance City in Newcastle made in the previous summer. This work is often experimental, fresh and projected into the future. An unfinished work ( Read more... ) -
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Движение никогда не лжет
Эту фразу, ставшую крылатой, приписывают Марте Грэм. Однако сказала это не танцовщица, а ее отец, Джордж Грэм. Он был психиатром и однажды прокомментировал так поведение своей пациентки, которая за обеденным столом сидела "неловко сгорбившись, как будто складываясь внутрь своего тела, этого мучительного одеяния ее Я" (Марта Грэм, Память крови, с. ( Read more... )
