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31 October 2022
One Dance UK awards 2022: winners in
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Chief executive officer of One Dance UK, Andrew Hurst, said: “We are delighted to recognise the hard work and talent of people making a difference to the dance sector. These awards acknowledge some of the many areas of work that p...
18 September 2022
Vache Baroque Festival 2022 Review: La Descente d’Orphée Aux...
Review
The heart of the presentation relied on strong contrasts, not just in their colouring, but also in the costuming and movement of the singers, and the dancing of the BirdGang Ltd Dancers, choreographed by Simeon Qsyea. Act one, at...
2 September 2022
Charpentier’s La descente d’Orphée aux Enfers charms at the...
Review
The myth of Orpheus and Euridice is dramatically and symbolically tailor-made for opera, so it’s no wonder that so many composers have been inspired by Ovid’s tale, with its fatal snakebite, journey to the Underworld, and musician...
16 August 2022
Avant-garde movement meets traditional Baroque dance with Bi...
Review
The Vache Baroque Festival is back for its third summer offering, having launched during the pandemic to bring world-class Baroque music to The Chilterns AONB. Following collaboration in 2020, hip hop dance theatre and UK creative...
1 May 2022
The Vache Baroque Festival 2022: in conversation with co-fou...
Review
The myth of Orpheus and the story of opera are inextricable. Gifted the first musical instrument, the lyre, by his father, Apollo, Orpheus and his art represent man’s need to create: to control the physical world through song, uni...