Unknown Cultural Policy

After Anthony Atanasio dazzled the dance screen world with his haunting black and white short “Dust” written and performed by Brighton based Mim King in 1999, he seemed to vanish. Yet he was only invisible to an increasingly global dance and media (MAD) network. Anthony Atanasio was thriving as a savvy director in the commercial world, creating thrilling, amusing...

Vor drei Jahren hätte das niemand für möglich gehalten. William Forsythe verabschiedet sich vom Ballett Frankfurt, Sasha Waltz von der Ko-Intendanz an der Schaubühne Berlin. Beide machen sich selbstständig, gründen eigene, «freie» Kompanien – und alle sind begeistert! Hätte es die Querelen mit der Frankfurter Lokalpolitik und in Berlin intern mit der...

“One or two slips but unusual tricks – Cossack leap finish” was my first impression of Steven McRae after his “Corsaire” in the semi-finals of the Prix de Lausanne in 2003. He went up a few more notches after his contemporary variation – Conny Janssen’s “Gigue:” “good
timing, dynamics, personality.” But what made me, if not the entire audience and jury, really fall...