LISTED: Three Ironton residents were among more than 5,000 students named to the dean’s list at Ohio University in Athens for the fall semester. They are Kiki Martin, Kaitlyn Sheridan
Ballet Central Announces Return To Touring This Summer
The tour kicks off 17 June at the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch, Essex.by BWW News Desk
The renowned graduate performing company Ballet Central makes a return to touring this summer with a five week, 11 venue tour across England, commencing 17 June at the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch, Essex (preview). Under the artistic direction of Christopher Marney, the company of young graduate dancers will be performing a crowd-pleasing mix of dance pieces by leading choreographers to showcase the dancers considerable technique and skills as they embark on their professional careers. (Full tour list at the end of the release)
Last modified on Fri 8 Jan 2021 01.01 EST
Cathy Marston: Drift
Amid lockdown frustration last summer, acclaimed choreographer Cathy Marston had no dance companies to make movement for, so she created some for herself instead and performed for the first time in 15 years. Drift was filmed by the River Aare, near Marston’s home in Switzerland. Balancing on fallen trees or calf-deep in the water, moving meditatively to a specially composed score by regular collaborator Philip Feeney, she offers a welcome retreat from the current world.
Pointe Black
A powerful telling of the prejudices faced by black ballet dancer Marie-Astrid Mence during her training in her home city of Paris, directed by dancer turned film-maker Rebecca Murray and featured on Nowness. Mence’s gentle voiceover belies the ugliness of her experiences: bullied about her body, told to switch to street dance, made to dance the men’s roles. A dancer with Ballet Black since 2014, Mence proved her detractors wrong, bu