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Dance your way to Valentine's Day:
Friday, 01 February 2013Celebrate the run-up to Valentine's Day on the dancefloor with a series of balls around the country.
Dance dilemmas?:
Thursday, 31 January 2013Getting in a tangle with your tango? Feel your samba's not up to scratch? In the May issue of Dance Today, Strictly champs Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova will be running a dance clinic.
The 13th National Dance Awards - winners:
Monday, 28 January 2013
The Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for 2012 were held at The Place on Monday, January 28. Hosted by Gary Avis of The Royal Ballet and KennethTharp of The Place, the awards celebrated a broad spread of dance performances in Britain, from hip hop – with a spectacular double win for ZooNation – to narrative ballet. Tharp and Avis opened with a touch of showbiz, dancing on with a flourish. This year’s awards were dedicated to the memory of critics John Percival, Charles Hedges and Freda Pitt.
A Sense of Beauty:
Tuesday, 22 January 2013Amongst a tangle of silks and ladders A Sense of Beauty, a 40-minute choreography inspired by the Russian-French painter Chagall, will be presented at The Place on January 23 as part of Resolution! 2013.
The UK Open 2013:
Friday, 18 January 2013The UK Open, one of the most prestigious of the international dancesport competitions, closed last night, January 17, with the Amateur Ballroom and Professional Latin Championships.
Salsa con Musicality dance course in Greenwich:
Wednesday, 16 January 2013Bring the sounds of salsa to life on the dancefloor Lee Knights, aka Salsa Lee, one of the UK’s top instructors and experts on musicality, at Greenwich Dance’s Tuesday-evening salsa classes.
Le Patin Libre in London:
Tuesday, 15 January 2013French-Canadian dance troupe, Le Patin Libre, will be dancing on ice – but not as we know it – at London’s Alexandra Palace on January 20, 2013.
Samory Ba tells me: “Our dancers are all ex-traditional figure skaters who, with the help of the Canadian Council for the Arts and other artistic institutions, turned their athletic virtuosity into a legitimate means of cultural expression.
Dance for the camera:
Monday, 07 January 2013
Tendu.tv is now accepting submissions for Essential Dance Film, a collection of features and shorts by choreographers and filmmakers around the world.
