It’s cold outside, it’s raining, the holidays are over and the global economy is sinking into the mud. So it must be time for the National Dance Awards, held annually in London by the Critics Circle, a group of people who have nothing to do with the Magic Circle, which is a shame. (that joke […]
A long time ago, in a piece of writing far far away we, here in TheLab™, made a lot of fun of the Rural Retreats project being run by Dance East, one of the UK’s National Dance Agencies. In defiance of all logical reasoning the project is still running and the latest “retreat” wrapped up […]
For some reason the christmas holidays have become the time for dance programmes that, for reasons past understanding, make it onto television. Apart from the usual classical ballet re-treads, this year brought us a couple of “documentaries” one of which was ‘Ballet Boyz, The Next Generation’ broadcast on More4 (part of Channel4) on christmas day. […]