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Heros and Zeroes || Wednesday, 6 August, 2008
Dance Initiative Greater Manchester The organisations title may be a little bit tortured but the the 'Urban Moves Festival' they put on last month was certainly not. All of the featured work was performed outdoors in fantastic sunshine, well mostly.
A strong mix of ground based work, from Hofesh Shechter, Liz Lea, to aerial work from Cie Retouramont and Wired Aerial Theatre managed to draw large crowds. Mix that with some weird, illuminated, inflatable pods from Axial Dance (with dancers inside them), some water based shenanigans from Cie Gianni Joseph and Provisional Danza and you have the ideal combination for a great outdoor festival. The tiny DIGM brought the goods to the people for free. Shame it's only once every two years!
Professional Photographers: Many in this profession need to learn that getting in the way of the general public with your enormous head and overbearing equipment is not cool. Sit your ass down on the ground, stay still and use some skill to get your shots because nobody else cares that you're on a deadline or are too stupid to use a longer lens to frame your shot.
Amateur Photographers: Enjoy yourself with your new gear but the same goes for you guys. Nobody else cares about your photo collection. Try and be a little sensitive to others when your barging about trying to fill up your MySpace photo gallery because having a monopod surgically removed from your body is going to be uncomfortable!
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