Directing Dance Umbrella
When London’s Dance Umbrella festival launched in 1978, its future was uncertain. Would festival-goers and funders love or loathe the radical contemporary dance it presented?
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BalletMet has joined the ranks of ballet companies who have added a choreographic competition to their season.
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