The Verve are back for their 11th incarnation with a new set of dancers, a new set of dance makers and a new set of works for touring up and down this slightly broken land of ours. For this year the graduate company from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds has assembled Charles […]
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The Verve are back for their 11th incarnation with a new set of dancers, a new set of dance makers and a new set of works for touring up and down this slightly broken land of ours. For this year the graduate company from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds has assembled Charles […]
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Arts Council England (ACE) has expressed confidence that it can adequately assess all of the applications it has received for the new National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) funding programme. When the deadline closed on January 24th for the NPO programme the funding monolith had received 1,333 applications from organisations across all art forms. Arts organisations will […]
As you may guess from the title we have for you, our dear readers, a video feature from one of the premiere Scandinavian dance companies and living proof that our Nordic friends have more about them than good health care and progressive social policies. On their soon to be completed UK tour the company are […]
As you may guess from the title we have for you, our dear readers, a video feature from one of the premiere Scandinavian dance companies and living proof that our Nordic friends have more about them than good health care and progressive social policies. On their soon to be completed UK tour the company are […]
Protein are back on tour with their latest in a long line of socially savvy works. This time the company’s creative protagonist, Luca Silvestrini, is taking aim at social networking and all of its related foibles. As with many of Protein’s creations ‘LOL (lots of love)’ contains a hefty dose of acting from the dancers, […]
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KISS
The State of the Arts conference, held last week, was a ridiculous waste of time and money, mainly because those taking part were pretty ridiculous. We sincerely hope it was only the inarticulate, rambling, “couldn’t make a point if their life depended on it” people that got to speak or ask questions because if not […]
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Political Cover
Yesterday’s ‘State of the Arts’ was so utterly pointless we won’t bore you with any details, they’re aren’t any in case you were wondering. One of the attendees though was Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, allegedly. Mr Vaizey is featured in the Guardian today saying a lot but, as per his job description, not doing […]
In the wide world of dance there are few that can create a world in a box like Maresa von Stockert. Deftly crafting audio, movement and narrative to tell a good yarn whilst never over staying her welcome on stage. Tilted Productions new work is ideally suited to this particular dance makers creative prowess because […]
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Jawa Architects
Here in TheLab™ we think somebody needs to explain why Northern Ballet’s new building looks like the Jawa transporter from Star Wars. Is this the beginning of an invasion from tiny monks with LED lights for eyes or is the company’s new building, also home to Phoenix, really a miniature stolen from the Lucasfilm Special […]