This fascinating footage is one of the highlights of Move: Choreographing You, a new show that opens today at London's Southbank Centre. Its aim is to capture and celebrate that vital moment in the 1960s when, as curator Stephanie Rosenthal puts it, "artists began exploring the world through their bodies as well as through their eyes". As well as dance inspired by Morris's minimalist sculpture and a re-creation of an early "happening" by master assemblagist Allan Kaprow, Move boasts The Fact of the Matter, an installation by William Forsythe that makes its spectators become dancers by having them swing and clamber through a forest of gymnast rings. … [Read more...] about How the 60s New York arts scene revolutionised dance
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Manchester City sign Gabriel Jesus from Palmeiras for initial £27m
The teenager has signed a five-year deal, though if he arrives in Manchester in January he will spend only four and a half years of it in England. Brazil’s domestic season ends in December and City will start paying Gabriel Jesus’s wages only once he leaves Palmeiras. … [Read more...] about Manchester City sign Gabriel Jesus from Palmeiras for initial £27m
Hugh Bonneville tucks into a marmalade sandwich with a Paddington Bear statue at new interactive trail in London
A Spoonful of Sugar: Zizi Strallen, who is currently starring as Mary Poppins in the West End musical, unveiled a statue dedicated to Julie Andrews in the 1964 Disney classic … [Read more...] about Hugh Bonneville tucks into a marmalade sandwich with a Paddington Bear statue at new interactive trail in London
Diwali lights world record broken by Indian city with epic display
But the local authorities didn't just stop at the lamps - they pulled out all the stops for the rest of the epic display which also included a cornucopia of colourful laser lights and projections on the city's picturesque buildings. … [Read more...] about Diwali lights world record broken by Indian city with epic display
Number of new coronavirus cases reported outside of China EXCEEDS those in the country for the first time, the World Health Organization says
It is similar to SARS, which infected 8,000 people and killed nearly 800 in an outbreak in Asia in 2003, in that it is a type of coronavirus which infects humans' lungs. It is less deadly than SARS, however, which killed around one in 10 people, compared to approximately one in 50 for COVID-19. … [Read more...] about Number of new coronavirus cases reported outside of China EXCEEDS those in the country for the first time, the World Health Organization says
