
gliding serenely over SWAN LAKE
The International Ballet, though, had delivered of excellence that I´m sure that the ballet-buffs in the audience would have admired but even for we, who usually listen to the Beatles and The Byrds And The Beach Boys humming, this was a wonderful, unforgettable evening.

music on guitar, On Timple, ON FEET AND HANDS
There was an incredible performance that saw the partnership of dance, body and instrument deliver a perfect example of the roots and routes that this ensemble might be able to explore in the future.

music and dance speak a CODED LANGUAGE
I think the purpose of the material and style of the playing and performing by PielConPiel (Skin With Skin) is designed to encourage and generate wild imaginings.

ON GOD´S GREAT DANCE FLOOR
an entertainer beyond compare, an archive of a golden era, an immeasurable talent´,

DANCING TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING
The audience stayed on the feet applauding until the entire team of dancers came out to take their deserved ovation, and it should be said, too, that the choreography and lighting and recorded musical accompaniments were also of the very highest order.

MIME, MIMICRY AND MUSIC by Michael Higgins
no English traditional dancing team had the same Romantic clout, or visible presence, as the black-faced, skirt wearing, clog dancing ‘Coco Nut Dancers’ of Bacup in Lancashire just to the north of Rochdale.

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS
THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS
By Norman Warwick
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DANCE WITH ME
DANCE WITH ME down Sidetracks & Detours
An invitation from Norman Warwick
It was one of Rochdale´s revenue funded arts organisations, part funded by the local council and also by any matched funding it could achieve from its own…