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Alain Platel, Frank Van Laecke & Steven Prengels En avant, marche! Thursday 16 & Friday 17 June 2016 Performances at 7.30pm Tickets: £12 - £27 Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com "A glorious sense of chaos... with a deep sense of fun" (The Guardian) Alain Platel, the trailblazing founder and director of Belgian contemporary dance collective les ballets C de la B, returns to Sadler’s Wells for the London premiere of a new music theatre work created with stage director Frank Van Laecke and composer Steven Prengels, presented as part of LIFT 2016 Festival. Together they present the world of a community brass band as a ‘miniature society’ in its own right: a civic and collective nucleus comprising very different individuals trying to march in the same direction, while expressing their own internal desires and rich emotional lives. This heart-warming and exuberant production takes as its starting point the rehearsal room of an amateur brass band in Flanders. Four actors and seven musicians are joined on stage by a local brass outfit, The Heroes Band, playing music by Gustav Holst, Giuseppe Verdi and Gustav Mahler. Also incorporating elements of opera, clowning and ballet, the production evolves around magnetic Flemish performer Wim Opbrouck, playing as a larger-than-life trombonist given eight months to live and reduced to the ranks of cymbal player. The production was awarded a Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2015. Founded in Ghent, Belgium in 1984, les ballets C de la B is one of the most influential performing arts companies in Europe, described as ‘cacophonous, many-headed dance-theatre collective whose performances careen between surrealism, social psychology, slapstick and semiotics’ (The Guardian). Travelling the world with an eclectic mix of contemporary dance, text, theatre and music, the company has provided a platform for the artistic development of young artists, such as Sidi Labi Cherakoui and Hans van den Broeck (both now independent choreographers). Van Laecke, Platel and Prengels last worked together on Gardenia, their Olivier Award nominated production performed by lip-synching retired drag queens. Other les ballets C de la B productions at Salder’s Wells include Wolf (2004) performed with 14 dogs on stage; Out of Context – For Pina (2010) which explored themes of hysteria and madness through movement; and Lisi Estaras's Primero(2010), inspired by her own attempts to recall her childhood years; and Coup Fatal (2015) performed by Congolese sapeurs. Notes to Editors ABOUT LIFT FESTIVAL 2016 LIFT is a festival of international theatre and performance that connects the World with London and London with the World. For LIFT 2016 Artistic Director Mark Ball has travelled the world to curate a very special playlist of performances, politics and pop-culture for London, turning the city into a stage on which artists with radical imaginations conjure visions of other lands, enthralling us with stories born in the worlds from which they come. For 35 years LIFT has presented extraordinary global stories and intense visual and personal experiences from dynamic new international voices, linking Londoners with artists around the world in events and productions that take place across the breadth of the city. From 1 June to 2 July 2016. www.liftfestival.com #LIFT2016 ABOUT SADLER’S WELLS Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance house, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences. Under the Artistic Directorship of Alistair Spalding, the theatre’s acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap. Since 2005, it has helped to bring over 100 new dance works to the stage and its award-winning commissions and collaborative productions regularly tour internationally. Sadler’s Wells supports 16 Associate Artists, three Resident Companies, an Associate Company and two International Associate Companies. It also nurtures the next generation of talent through research and development, running the National Youth Dance Company and a range of programmes including Wild Card, New Wave Associates, Open Art Surgery and Summer University. Located in Islington, north London, the current theatre is the sixth to have stood on the site since it was first built by Richard Sadler in 1683. The venue has played an illustrious role in the history of theatre ever since, with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Opera all having started at Sadler’s Wells. Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and currently receives approximately 10% of its revenue from Arts Council England. ABOUT THE HEROES BAND The Heroes Band was founded by conductor David Smart in 2013, after he completed 10 years as the Director of Music at Farnborough Concert Band of The Royal British Legion, growing it from a small outfit into a large nationally well respected concert band, raising funds for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. The objective of the concert band is raise donations for the Royal British Legion through musical performances and to bring entertainment and enjoyment to listeners and band supporters.

Hello Tillymint and welcome to the Forum! We've had a number of threads about ballet schools in Merseyside/Northwest. Here are a couple of links to start you off: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/11404-moving-from-aus-ballet-school-recommendations-north-west/?hl=merseyside#entry153965 http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/9665-dance-teacher-in-prescot-merseyside/?hl=merseyside http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/8726-elliott-clarke-any-experiences-to-share/?hl=merseyside http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/7123-ballet-schools-in-the-north-west/?hl=merseyside

I've merged the two topics that relate to the Malvern Ballet Seminars Easter Course. I hope everyone who is attending has a wonderful time!

To be fair, I got the idea from seeing the Royal Danish Ballet selling signed pointe shoes in the merchandise shop set up for the Bournonville Festival in 2005!

Or possibly I suggested it as a minor way of fund-raising!

I've had an email from MK Theatre: Milton Keynes Theatre's summer musical theatre project, Stage Experience offers young people aged 10 - 21 the chance to perform on a professional stage. Led by a highly experienced creative team and with a live band, the project gives young performers an opportunity to hone their skills and gain experience in a full scale production. This year, there are 100 places up for grabs in Fame the Musical! Auditions are open to all aged 10 - 21, with no previous experience necessary. An application form must be completed and returned to the theatre in advance. Audition Information Thu 7 Apr Milton Keynes College (Chaffron Way Campus) 10am - for students in school years 5 - 11 (or equivalent) 2pm - for students in school years 12 & 13 (or equivalent) and above up to a maximum age of 21. Re-call Auditions Fri 8 Apr 10am Milton Keynes College (Chaffron Way Campus) Auditionees must be available to take part in Stage Experience which takes place from Mon 25 Jul - Sat 6 Aug. Download an audition application form by clicking here.

Oh I loved Lorena Vidal! At the 40th Anniversary Alumni performance of Christmas Carol in 2009 she danced the Ghost of Christmas Past and it was as though the years had just rolled away. William Walker danced Bob Cratchitt!

Hello Yolanda and welcome to the Forum. I can't help, but good luck with your quest.

All the shoes I have got were arranged through the relevant company's Friends officers. I suppose if you knew a dancer you could ask them.

UK PREMIERE Marie Chouinard Soft virtuosity, still humid, on the edge HENRI MICHAUX : MOUVEMENTS Sadler’s Wells, EC1R 4TN Monday 20 & Tuesday 21 June 2016 Performances at 7.30pm Tickets: £12 – £27 Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com Montreal-based artistic director Marie Chouinard, one of the world’s most daring and original choreographers, presents the UK premiere of a double bill of dance on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 June 2016 at Sadler’s Wells. Soft virtuosity, still humid, on the edge is performed by ten dancers and explores the body using different tempos from a frantic pace to extreme slowness, through various forms of perambulation (laboured, limping, unbridled, en pointe and demi-pointe). Captured and projected live, the dancer's faces are filmed close-up and presented as an emotional kaleidoscope. Completing the double bill is HENRI MICHAUX : MOUVEMENTS, a meeting of dance, visual arts and writings. In 1980, Chouinard discovered the book Mouvements by the Belgian surrealist Henri Michaux (1899-1984), which contained 64 pages of India-ink drawings, a 15-page poem and an afterword. Chouinard reinterprets these into a unique choreographic score. Michaux’s drawings are projected in the background, allowing the audience to simultaneously read the artist’s score. Multi-award winning choreographer Marie Chouinard, 60, has created dozens of works since her debut, Crystallization, in 1978. After 12 years as a solo performer and choreographer, Chouinard founded Compagnie Marie Chouinard in 1990 and in that time the company has presented performances all around the world as well as producing with some of the major festivals and institutions in the world of arts, including the Venice Biennale and the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. Marie Chouinard’s work often investigates her view of dance as a sacred art and her respect for the body as a vehicle of that art. Chouinard’s dance vocabulary is based on a classical structure while integrating different cultural understandings of the body. Her material develops from the dancers’ flesh, bones and muscles and the body’s natural instinct. In 2007, the company moved into its own purpose-built space, the Espace Marie Chouinard in Montreal. She has won several awards for her contribution to dance, including the Ordre national du Québec (2015), the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec (2015), the Prix culturel Samuel de Champlain (France, 2014), the prix Denise-Pelletier (Quebec, 2010), the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 2009), the Order of Canada (2007), the Grand Prix du Conseil des arts de Montréal (2006) and the Bessie Award (New York, 2000). In 2012, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec awarded the first CALQ award for best choreographic work of 2011-2012 to Marie Chouinard. Contains nudity Video link: http://www.sadlerswells.com/whats-on/2016/marie-chouinard-double-bill?playclip=true Notes to Editors: Listings information UK PREMIERE Marie Chouinard Soft virtuosity, still humid, on the edge HENRI MICHAUX : MOUVEMENTS Sadler’s Wells, EC1R 4TN Performances at 7.30pm Tickets: £12 – £27 Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com About Sadler’s Wells Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance house, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences. Under the Artistic Directorship of Alistair Spalding, the theatre’s acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap. Since 2005, it has helped to bring over 100 new dance works to the stage and its award-winning commissions and collaborative productions regularly tour internationally. Sadler’s Wells supports 16 Associate Artists, three Resident Companies, an Associate Company and two International Associate Companies. It also nurtures the next generation of talent through research and development, running the National Youth Dance Company and a range of programmes including Wild Card, New Wave Associates, Open Art Surgery and Summer University. Located in Islington, north London, the current theatre is the sixth to have stood on the site since it was first built by Richard Sadler in 1683. The venue has played an illustrious role in the history of theatre ever since, with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Opera all having started at Sadler’s Wells. Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and currently receives approximately 10% of its revenue from Arts Council England.

Lisa, Trog gave us the link a couple of days ago. I have merged the threads.

Here's the website: http://www.sarastro-restaurant.com

Last year my birthday seemed to extend over quite a period of time! Around the actual day, I had my family day with my nieces the day before when we went out for a nice lunch. On the actual day, Northern Ballet were in Blackpool. So I met up with my friends there. We had a meal and then went to the performance. It was a magical day. Do you go to a regular class. Perhaps you could take cakes/wine in on a day near the time to enjoy with your class friends. Or is there a performance on that you could all go to or just go for celebratory drinks after class.

They usually have a basket of shoes on sale in NB's foyer at Quarry Hill.

They're not pointe shoes but I have got 2 pairs of shoes signed by Chi Cao. My friends arranged for me to have a pair of Martha Leebolt's signed pointe shoes for my birthday last year and I've also got shoes signed by Ambra Vallo and Vicky Marr.

I saw both performances in Sheffield on Saturday. The matinee performance was Jeremy Curnier, Ashley Dixon, Antoinette Brooks Daw and Ayami Miyata and it was just breath-taking. In the evening we were treated to Javier Torres, Giuliano Contadini, Ayami Miyata and Martha Leebolt. I cannot even begin to describe the waves of emotion pouring off the stage. It was an exhilarating and very special performance. I honestly think that this is the best role I have seen Javier dance - he is just sensational, totally subsumed into the tortured character of Antony. Roll on Norwich!

Well, IMHO, BRB's current run of Romeo and Juliet can only be described as spectacular. I can't get (sadly) to either of the last 2 weeks of the tour but I have loved all 9 of the performances I saw. I was very glad to have one final opportunity to see Steven Monteith dancing with the Company - he is a lovely Paris who really cares about Juliet . It is a great role for him to finish his dancing career on and I wish him all the very best for the future. On the basis of having seen 2 out of his 3 performances as Romeo so far I would have to say that William Bracewell is the best Romeo I have ever seen. His dancing is exciting but he is so much more than that. Near the start of act 2, for example, when Romeo is day dreaming you could see every thought crossing his face - he was definitely composing a sonnet for Juliet. I was so thrilled on Friday afternoon to see him and Delia Matthews in the title roles. They were just sublime together, dancing to each other and for each other. Delia does not overdo the girl with the doll bit (which probably would have just looked silly given her height) but beautifully conveys a young girl on the verge of womanhood. Brandon Lawrence was Delia's Paris; he was very romantic (it is quite hard to imagine how Juliet even sees Romeo!) and he genuinely wants Juliet for herself - not as a trophy wife. He is hurt rather than angered when she does not want him in Act 3. With his portrayal I could easily see him as a Romeo next time around! Lachlan Monaghan gave a very intelligent performance as Mercutio, very much the playful lad around town. Jonathan Caguoia was terrific as Benvolio. He, Lachlan and William were very well matched as the trio of lads. Friday afternoon was very special indeed. On Thursday evening Yaoqian Shang gave her second beautiful performance as Juliet, this time with Cesar Morales as her Romeo; another partnership to savour. Friday evening also proved to be highlight for me with Nao Sakuma and Chi Cao showing the way. They have danced together so much that they can just inhabit the roles and it was a beautiful emotional performance from both of them. So three fabulous performances to end my R&J watching for this season. BRB are a company on the top of their game; they are also performing R&J in Nottingham and Plymouth. Do go and see them if you can!

And it is much harder to carry out moderatorial changes from a mobile phone!

A Sadler’s Wells Production No Body WORLD PREMIERE Sadler’s Wells, EC1R 4TN Tuesday 7 June - Sunday 12 June Tues - Fri at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm, Sat - Sun at 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 5.30pm, 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm Tickets: £20 Ticket Office: 020 7863 8000 or www.sadlerswells.com In an unprecedented exploration of lighting, sound and projection, Sadler’s Wells presents the world premiere of No Body from Tuesday 7 - Sunday 12 June. Turning the theatre’s building inside out, this multi-sensory installation experience brings together the essential elements of dance performance but without the physical presence of dancers. The evening features specially commissioned works by the leading composers, lighting designers, film makers and other artists who bring dance to life. This major new Sadler’s Wells Production takes audiences on a journey of discovery to explore the theatre like never before, leading them around various areas of the building, from the stage, through backstage passages and corridors, to wardrobe rooms, sound boxes and underground pits. Each area is uniquely designed for audiences to experience the different elements of the production. To begin, lighting designer and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Michael Hulls invites the audience onto the main Sadler’s Wells stage to experience LightSpace, an immersive light and sound installation involving over 1000 light sources, a 32 speaker sound system and powerful video projections. The work creates a dynamic sensory experience for the eyes and ears. The sound installation is created by the composers Andy Cowton and Mukul with whom Hulls has worked over many years. The video projections are created by animator and video artist Jan Urbanowski with whom Hulls collaborated on Russell Maliphant’s acclaimed AfterLight. Next is Indelible, a music, sound and animation trail by composer and Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Nitin Sawhney which allows the audience to explore the historical essence of the Sadler’s Wells building. Individual headsets playing Sawhney’s specially commissioned recordings and compositions are worn whilst moving around the theatre’s front-of house and backstage spaces. The piece is created in collaboration with Yeast Culture's Nick Hillel, whose visual projection installations create a sense of the many artists and audiences who have passed through the theatre. Following this is Siobhan Davies and David Hinton's The Running Tongue, a film installation made in collaboration with sound artists, animators, and 22 dance artists, and screened for audiences in a Sadler’s Wells rehearsal studio. The film’s starting point is a continuous loop of a woman running in London. The footage is paused at random intervals to reveal selected frames treated by each of the artists, unveiling a scene embedded in reality with fleeting moments of strange, surreal and visually poetic activity. Edited live in real time, the film plays continuously but never in the same configuration. Lighting designer Lucy Carter’s intimate installations create theatrical drama in hidden backstage worlds, popping up in unusual spaces in the depths of the Sadler’s Wells building. Made in collaboration with composer Jules Maxwell, the installations manipulate the environments of the stage door, wardrobe department, lighting and sound boxes and space beneath the stage. Carter and Maxwell shine a light on the everyday and usually unseen spaces of designers, technicians and backstage teams, employing the technologies of their craft to unfold their stories and chart the emotional journeys of their working practises. Finally, Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Russell Maliphant presents a triptych film installation in the Lilian Baylis Studio, using previously unseen footage captured during the making of the 2013 short film Erebus to create a new visual experience. Made in collaboration with directors Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones, Erebus was a response to Maliphant’s full-length work The Rodin Project, capturing material of the choreography performed by Maliphant's company. This new project explores more extensively the impact and the different perspectives that film footage can bring to movement presentation. Sadler’s Wells Artistic Director and Chief Executive Alistair Spalding said: “Dance encompasses much more than just moving bodies. There is a remarkable landscape of lighting, sound and visual artists whose work aligns with the vision of the choreographer and the execution of the dancer to bring dance to life in the eyes of the audience. This new production of ours is a celebration of these artists.” He continued: “Audiences today want to be challenged and to experience performance in different ways. This transformation of our space is like nothing we have ever done previously – audiences will move around areas of our building they have never seen before and be provoked to re-interrogate what dance performance really is.” Pre-show Director’s conversation (BSL interpreted): Saturday 11 June at 4.30pm, £4 The Monument Trust supports co-productions and new commissions at Sadler's Wells Michael Hulls, Nitin Sawhney and Russell Maliphant are Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists NOTES TO EDITORS Sadler’s Wells Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance house, committed to producing, commissioning and presenting new works and to bringing the very best international and UK dance to London and worldwide audiences. Under the Artistic Directorship of Alistair Spalding, the theatre’s acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap. Since 2005 it has helped to bring over 90 new dance works to the stage and its award-winning commissions and collaborative productions regularly tour internationally. Sadler’s Wells supports 16 Associate Artists, three Resident Companies and an Associate Company and nurtures the next generation of talent through hosting the National Youth Dance Company, its Summer University programme, Wild Card initiative and its New Wave Associates. Located in Islington, north London, the current theatre is the sixth to have stood on the site since it was first built by Richard Sadler in 1683. The venue has played an illustrious role in the history of theatre ever since, with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and English National Opera all having started at Sadler’s Wells. Sadler’s Wells is an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation and currently receives approximately 10% of its revenue from Arts Council England. Michael Hulls Michael Hull trained in dance and theatre at Dartington College and in 1992 was awarded a bursary by the Arts Council to attend dance lighting workshops with Jennifer Tipton in New York. Over the last 20 years Hulls has worked exclusively in dance, particularly with choreographer Russell Maliphant, and established a reputation as a “choreographer of light”. Their collaborations have won international critical acclaim and many awards: Sheer won a Time Out Award for Outstanding Collaboration, Choice won a South Bank Show Dance Award, PUSH, with Sylvie Guillem, won four major awards including the Olivier for Best New Dance Production and Afterlight won two Critics Circle awards. In 2009, Hulls became an Associate Artist of Sadler’s Wells, the first non-choreographer to do so. In 2010, his contribution to dance was recognised with his entry into the Oxford Dictionary of Dance, where he joins Jean Rosenthal, Jennifer Tipton and John B Read as only the fourth lighting designer to be given an entry. Hulls was nominated for the 2012 Theatre Managers Association award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance for his “brilliant contribution to lighting for dance; in particular for DESH, Torsion and The Rodin Project”. In 2014 Hulls received the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance. Nitin Sawhney Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Nitin Sawhney is widely regarded as one of the most influential and versatile creative talents alive today. Firmly established as a world-class producer, songwriter, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, orchestral composer, and cultural pioneer, Sawhney has become a latter-day Renaissance man in the worlds of music, film, videogames, dance and theatre. He has released 10 studio albums, the most recent being Dystopian Dream in November 2015. He has written music for both theatre and dance (including music for Cirque du Soleil, Complicite and regular collaborator, Akram Khan) as well as extensive work for video games (primarily Ninja Theory) and many high profile TV series (including the BBC’s multiple BAFTA winning series “Human Planet” and the BBC series “Wonders of the Monsoon”). Sawhney has also produced for many acclaimed artists from Sir Paul McCartney and Sting to Joss Stone and Anoushka Shankar, as well as producing his own radio series on BBC Radio 2 – “Nitin Sawhney Spins the Globe”. For all the above, Sawhney has been the recipient of a Mercury Prize, two Ivor Novello nominations, a MOBO award, two BBC Radio3 World Music Awards, The Southbank Show Award and 6 University doctorates from different British universities. Sawhney has also collaborated with and scored for the London Symphony Orchestra as well as many other leading orchestras across the world. As a DJ Sawhney has also released a number of successful club compilation albums, including Fabriclive 15. About Siobhan Davies Siobhan Davies is a renowned British choreographer who rose to prominence in the 1970s. Davies was a founding member of London Contemporary Dance Theatre and in 1982 joined forces with Richard Alston and Ian Spink to create independent dance company Second Stride. Establishing Siobhan Davies Dance in 1988, she consistently works closely with collaborating dance artists to ensure that their own artistic enquiry is part of the creative process. By 2002 Davies moved away from the traditional theatre circuit and started making work for gallery spaces and other sites. Her artistic practice involves bringing together a collective of artists and choreographers to create within an environment that supports them to share common investigative concerns alongside their own work. Davies applies choreography across a wide range of creative disciplines including visual arts, craft and film. In 2012 Davies created her first film work All This Can Happen with director David Hinton which has toured globally over 21 countries. Recent choreographic works such as To hand (2011), Manual (2013) and Table of Contents (2014) have been presented at some of the most prestigious art institutions in the UK and Europe, including the ICA and Whitechapel Gallery (London), Turner Contemporary (Margate), Tramway (Glasgow) and Glasgow Museum of Modern Art. Lucy Carter Lucy Carter trained in Dance and Drama at the Roehampton Institute before training in Lighting Design at Central School of Speech and Drama. In 2008 she received the Knight of Illumination Award for Dance for Chroma and in 2015 for Woolf Works. Theatre credits include: The End of Longing (Playhouse Theatre) Medea (National Theatre), Husbands and Sons (National Theatre and Royal Exchange Manchester), Love and Money (Royal Exchange, Manchester), Othello (Sheffield), The Trial of Ubu (Hampstead) and Wastwater (Royal Court). Opera credits includes: Fiddler on the Roof (Grange Park Opera), La finta giardiniera (Glyndebourne), Grimes on the Beach(Aldeburgh Productions), Lohengrin (Welsh National Opera and Polish National Opera), The Wasp Factory(Bregenzer Festspiele, Berlin and Linbury, Royal Opera House) and Maria Stuarda (Opera North). She is the main collaborator with choreographer Wayne McGregor, on work including Borderlands, Nemesis, Woolf Works, Raven Girl, Outlier Chroma and Infra. Other credits include: Clear, Loud, Bright, Forward with Benjamin Millepied (Opera National de Paris), Life in Progress – a farewell to Silvie Guillem (Akram Khan, Sadler’s Wells) and the lighting design for Paloma Faith’s performance at the Brit Awards 2015. Russell Maliphant Russell Maliphant trained at the Royal Ballet School and graduated into Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet Company before leaving to pursue a career in independent dance. As a dancer he worked with companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre, Michael Clark & Company, Laurie Booth and Rosemary Butcher and also studied anatomy, physiology and bio-mechanics. He became certified as a practitioner of the Rolfing Method of Structural Integration in 1994 and this has subsequently informed both his teaching and choreographic work. He created his first solo in 1992 and formed the Russell Maliphant Company in 1996 which has sought to integrate and explore elements from a diverse range of body practices and techniques, including classical ballet, contact improvisation, yoga, capoeira, tai chi & chi gung. He has collaborated closely with the lighting designer Michael Hulls, and in addition to working with his own company of dancers, has set works on renowned companies and artists including: Sylvie Guillem, Robert Lepage, The Ballet Boyz, Lyon Opera Ballet, Ricochet Dance Company, CobosMika, The Batsheva Ensemble, and Ballet de Lorraine. He has been the recipient of several awards including two Olivier Awards for, a Critics Circle National Dance Award for Best Choreography (Modern) and a South Bank Show Award.

I couldn't find it online. When Sir Kenneth MacMillan reset his production on BRB in 1992 the set and the costumes were new designs. He may have done one or two tweaks but I am not familiar enough with the RB production to say. I prefer the BRB set and designs apart from the awful mandolin dance costumes.

Mods have lives too! For example, I wrote my post literally just before I set off to explore the delights of Sunderland and enjoy 2 BRB R&Js. Just back to guest house now!

KNT's website: http://www.manchesterdanceclasses.co.uk/liverpool/

Hello Cat_D.B. and welcome to the Forum!

Polunin News?

There have been two recent topics that may have some useful info: http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/11553-after-graduation/?hl=%2Bgraduate+%2Bschemes http://www.balletcoforum.com/index.php?/topic/11890-one-year-post-grad-course-in-classical-ballet/?hl=+graduate%20+schemes