Heros and Zeroes
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Union Dance Company: For not lying down and taking any more nonsense from Arts Council England. The 16 year old company lost their funding in the recent shake up. Instead of walking away quietly they are putting up a fight...
Published Tuesday, 1 April, 2008 at 10:56 -
Merseyside Dance Initiative: The very small, very modestly funded agency ran the British Dance Edition 2008 in Liverpool like seasoned pros. No delays, no break downs, no four hour wait to get the shows turned around and we had some...
Published Friday, 29 February, 2008 at 01:25 -
Keith Olbermann: Most of you have probably never heard of the US newscaster but he is currently one of the few standing up to the Bush/Cheney/Blackwater buffoons in the current madness that is the USA. He's not out there just...
Published Friday, 2 November, 2007 at 05:14 -
The Dancers of MKT Raw 07: Youth shows can often be mind numbing experiences and it's never clear who is to blame. Often, the issue is one of time and commitment. This one however raised the bar and the audience...
Published Monday, 10 September, 2007 at 04:13 -
Scottish School of Contemporary Dance
SSCD Second Year: When faced with a fire alarm during a live performance at The Space in Dundee the second years, who had just taken to the stage to perform 'Until Silence is Still', stood their ground and did what...
Published Thursday, 14 June, 2007 at 03:27 -
Retina Dance Company: For utilising the internet to its fullest by commissioning a website that really gets the job done. Good design, good content and high quality video. It looks like it's easy to keep up to date as-well so...
Published Thursday, 15 February, 2007 at 10:33 -
Equity: In the ongoing fracas between Simone Clarke and the rest of the world they are the only ones keeping their heads and standing up for what's right. That is; no matter what Ms Clarke's political views' Equity will stand...
Published Thursday, 18 January, 2007 at 09:43 -
BalletLorent. For 'Angelmoth'. This is a new piece, check it out in reviews, that is trying very hard to be a little more traditional and tell a story. It's not quite 'there' yet but given time and development it could...
Published Friday, 22 December, 2006 at 01:29 -
Wired Aerial Dance Theatre. For 'Handmade/Manmade'. One of those creations in the wacky world of contemporary dance that makes you believe this wretched art-form can, just maybe, be something that doesn't make you want to beat your own head with...
Published Saturday, 18 November, 2006 at 11:05 -
Northern Youth Dance Company. For putting on an excellent performance recently amidst some slightly farcical organisation from a small-scale theatre that shall remain nameless. Despite the lights coming on and off at random (some form of cue list may be...
Published Friday, 17 November, 2006 at 10:46 -
Dance City The National Dance Agency for the North of England (or North-East, whatever!) for being the first to use a Web2.0 application for a practical purpose. That Web2.0 application is Upcoming.org, a social networking site that helps promote events...
Published Monday, 25 September, 2006 at 09:46 -
The Winger: The US based dance blog run by NYCB dancer Kristen Sloane is embracing blogging with gusto using several contributors from across the USA and the rest of this slightly worn out globe. Winger uses images and video blogging...
Published Friday, 1 September, 2006 at 01:46 -
The Metropolitan Police: The UK's major police force for scaring the hell out of everyone with all this 'no liquids on planes' crap. The potential for liquid explosives on planes has been known about for years and their hyperbole stating...
Published Monday, 14 August, 2006 at 01:45 -
Ludus Dance: For giving it a shot and trying, we don't know how hard, to do online documentation of a dance project (called Trapped, read about it the news section). Not only did they use video but they also used...
Published Thursday, 13 July, 2006 at 09:50 -
Virtual Motion Dance Company: For the stand out performance of 'Kismet', June 2nd at the closing performance of Dance City's Dancing The World Festival (bizarre monicker that!). It's been a long time since the work last felt the heat of...
Published Monday, 5 June, 2006 at 09:26 -
Jean Sara Rohe: UK and Europe readers may not know this graduate of the New School, a university in New York, who altered her graduation speech, attended by Republican Senator John McCain, to say that she steadfastly disagreed with his...
Published Wednesday, 24 May, 2006 at 09:54 -
Panta Rei Dance Theatre: Dance Theatre company based is Oslo, Norway, for touring great work to the little ones (school kids who sometimes aint' so little) in a country so expensive it makes our intrepid correspondent want to cry! At...
Published Friday, 12 May, 2006 at 12:17 -
Wendy Hesketh: Formerly of Motionhouse now of Wired Aerial Dance Theatre for being the inspiration behind the new Shout Board™. Inspiration is thin on the ground in this world of dance that is contemporary, we salute you! (and over zealous...
Published Wednesday, 29 March, 2006 at 11:01 -
Dance Blogosphere: Still in its infancy but they broke the story on Dance Europe's reprehensible position with regard to Israeli dance companies and the London based magazine is now scuttling for cover and making the defence that they are misunderstood!...
Published Tuesday, 14 March, 2006 at 02:55 -
Protein Dance: For introducing a bit of politics into their show and not being afraid to have a slight dig at the established dance mafia in London. We want more of the same and be quick about it! Toby Sargent:...
Published Wednesday, 22 February, 2006 at 02:11 -
Emma McGurrel: For being edgy. Almost certainly an undervalued commodity in today's dance world! Wayne McGregor After much publicity for being the 'choreographer' for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire the Lab members converged on the local multi-plex...
Published Monday, 2 January, 2006 at 05:29 -
Dance City: For finally opening their new building. It's a little bland at the moment but we feel sure that character will come with age. Without doubt the best NDA, in terms of facilities, in the UK. Cafe Peel:...
Published Tuesday, 15 November, 2005 at 12:03 -
Rep. John Murtha: United States Congressman, if you don't know why or who he is then do a Google search and wake up at the back there! Mark Baldwin: Once again for this septic drivel in the Guardian, which...
Published Saturday, 5 November, 2005 at 11:25 -
Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company: For the website promoting their current touring work 'Park'. Far and away the best dance company website on the internet. [ JVDC Website ] Quark: Stealing is unpleasant, so when the software giant revealed its...
Published Wednesday, 14 September, 2005 at 11:34 -
Imogen Bostock: For taking the plunge in search of new challenges, especially when those new challenges are in London, which kind of smells funny! LondonDance.com: For passing off their laughably inept 'survey' as fact and making a complete mockery...
Published Wednesday, 24 August, 2005 at 11:39 -
A Dancer: Someone who we cannot name who has spoken out against the all mouth but no action types in dance and has, sadly, decided to leave the career in search of pastures and challenges new. We wish you...
Published Sunday, 24 July, 2005 at 11:42 -
Bare Bones For Children: Truly innovative idea initiated by DanceXchange the NDA for the West Midlands. With specially created performances of the Firebird and a new piece called Any Which Way, this show allow the kids to take part...
Published Friday, 8 July, 2005 at 11:51 -
Nobody: This is a sad state of affairs! Come on folks try a little harder out there! If you want to nominate somebody for the Hero Zero of the week then let us know at the usual address. Motionhouse...
Published Thursday, 9 June, 2005 at 11:52 -
The Place: For bringing Erna Ómarsdóttir to London to perform the excellent IBM401 with live music by Johan Johannsson. To date this is still the most popular video on Article19 even after 20 months on the site. The show...
Published Thursday, 2 June, 2005 at 11:54 -
Tees Valley Dance: The dance/education company based in the North of England who not only managed to post their own audition information to our board but had the common sense and the ambition to have 4 (count ‘em) separate...
Published Thursday, 19 May, 2005 at 11:59 -
Dance City: In a recent, soon to be published, look at the new computer equipment that may or may not be available to dance makers in their soon to be opened new facility, DC's Artistic Director, Janet Archer, revealed...
Published Thursday, 5 May, 2005 at 11:57
An outdoor show in Birmingham, of all places, proves that dance can appeal on a large scale, sans cheap tricks and useless celebrities!
It's another festival, it's huge, it's in Vienna and this is the last festival we are ever going to write about!
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