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Ralph Miller takes a sneak preview of Billy Cowie’s The Revery Alone ahead of its world premiere at South East Dance’s Dance for Camera Festival 2008.

The Revery Alone is a seven minute, music and dance installation using a 3D projection of a solo performance by Swiss-Iranian dancer Eleonore Ansari. The performance, recorded on two cameras, is projected onto the ceiling as the audience lies on the floor beneath (like an IMAX cinema with extremely reclined seats).
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The spring season at Theatre Royal Brighton lives up to their promise of a West End by the sea

When the Ambassadors Theatre Group took over Brighton’s historic Theatre Royal they promised us a West End by the sea and with the release of a spring season glittering with stage and screen stars, they are setting out to prove it.
The highlights include: Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, both renowned separately for their film and TV work, and together in the X-Men films; Richard E Grant, the star of more than sixty films including the cult classic Withnail and I; Edward Fox, best loved for TV’s Edward and Mrs Simpson; Read the rest of this article »

South East Dance have an extraordinary array of films lined up for the 11th Dance for Camera Festival

Award-winning dance performances and world premieres will be screened in Brighton next month as part of the city’s 11th Dance for Camera Festival.
South East Dance, the body behind the festival, has lined up a varied and exciting programme of nearly 50 films, which will be shown over one weekend from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 December.
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Andrew Kay reviews Glyndebourne’s autumn 2008 tour

Anyone who trots out the old line that Glyndebourne is an elitist establishment for the few simply hasn’t bothered to take a proper look.

There is no doubt that during the season Glyndebourne certainly retains its up-market appeal, but they are far from complacent about that image and each year introduce new initiatives to breach the gaps, make it more accessible and more affordable.
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