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Forget Wayne McGregor, Akram Khan, Hofesh Shechter and all the other, newer kids on the UK dance block. Come autumn 2011 the choreographer with the highest profile in London might very well be Richard Alston.
To call the four artists involved in the Dance Umbrella presentation Is You Me accomplished is an understatement.
Consider first the two dancers, Louise Lecavalier and Benoît Lachambre.
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A film by Davide Pepe and Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás is a Greek-American artist originally from San Diego, California. A classically trained musician steeped in jazz, blues and the avant-garde, she is an accomplished vocalist, pianist and performance artist.
Mark Storor's latest production The Fat Girl Gets a Haircut and Other Stories premieres at the Roundhouse next Tuesday April 26. This weeks reporter Sheena McKenzie interviewed the director about his influences, teenagehood and working with 11 young artists.
I'm not the first adult to say it and I won't be the last: you couldn't pay me to be a teenager again.
When The Knot of the Heart premiered at the Almeida Theatre in Islington last month it was reportedly so harrowing that some members of the audience were forced to walk out, with one woman even fainting.
