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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Almost human: why is art so obsessed with lifesize dolls? by Lyndsey Winship

From Coppélia and Pygmalion to Mannequin and Buffybot, artists love playing games with lifesize dolls. It's a trail of lust, obsession and beheadingsCoppélia is one of the sillier co…

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Carrie Cracknell: why my Medea needed some killer moves by Lyndsey Winship

Infidelity, revenge, infanticide the Greek tragedy Medea has it all. Or does it? The director of the National Theatre's new production explains why it had to have danceWhen Carrie Cracknell…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM[SHARE]
Thursday, April 17, 2014

The new lords of the dance by Lyndsey Winship

When Matthew Bourne invited non-professional dancers to take part in his new show based on William Golding's novel, the response from local lads around the country was explosive'Why did we e…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Dances with wings: Jonathan Watkins on choreographing Kes by Lyndsey Winship

Can Kes, the classic tale of a Yorkshire boy whose life is transformed by a kestrel, work as ballet? Meet the dancer from Barnsley who is making it happenIn the spring of 2010, two budding c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]
Friday, July 5, 2013

Mårten Spångberg, the bad boy of contemporary dance by Lyndsey Winship

The Dane likes his audience to leave their phones on and has a troupe that's the choreographic equivalent of Occupy. He explains why he's aiming for 'something neo-liberalism can't cope with…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AM[SHARE]
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Sir Frederick Ashton's Romeo & Juliet " review by Lyndsey Winship

Coliseum, LondonDoes dancing with your real-life lover make for a more fizzing chemistry onstage? Ballet's latest on/offstage romance is between two hotshot young Russians, Ivan Vasiliev and…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM[SHARE]

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