Tag Archives: theatre

david leventi: opera houses 0

Employing both 4″x5″ and 8″x10″ Arca-Swiss cameras that maximize detail, Leventi creates a body of large scale photographs that document the intricate interiors of famous opera houses around the world, such as the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In these dramatic photographs, Leventi seeks to alter both lateral [...]

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diaghilev and the golden age of the ballets russes, 1909-1929 0

Victoria & Albert Museum’s major autumn exhibition explores the world of the influential artistic director Serge Diaghilev and the most exciting dance company of the 20th century, the Ballets Russes. Diaghilev imaginatively combined dance, music and art to create ‘total theatre’. A consummate collaborator, he worked with Stravinsky, Chanel, Picasso, Matisse and Nijinsky. Diaghilev’s dramatic [...]

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simon annand: the half 0

This display showcases the work of Simon Annand, photographer of leading actors in the West End for the last 20 years. It provides a rare glimpse into the dressing rooms of actors in the precious, private few moments before the show: The Half. This half an hour before curtain up is used for focus and [...]

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mark mander interview 0

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. [Oscar Wilde] In Biology, mimicry is the similarity in appearance an organism takes on from another that affords it concealment and protection. This is only modestly applicable in the case of Mark Mander [...]

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maflohé passedouet interview 0

Maflohé Passedouet is a cerebral, multi dimensional, pan genre defying, technospiritual, convention flouting, futurist gypsy, woman, artist and human being. Speaking to The Pandorian… PP. What a great name, Maflohé. MP. Maflohé was a name my mother discovered and gave me when I was seventeen. It was the name of a boat she saw in [...]

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christophe haleb interview 3

Christophe Haleb was born of nomadic Algerian forefathers. Raised in Paris and Marseilles he was trained to dance in New York and is an artist, a choreographer, a dancer and a sprite with the most evocative way with words; an arch and accomplished intoxicator. PP. Christophe is a French name but where does your surname [...]

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entering the world of ricci/forte 0

Once upon a time the most profound of friendships occurred. A meeting of two great minds, eager to embark upon a journey that witnessed the birth of stage masters Ricci/Forte. Like identical twins or two halves of the very same self their creative power lies in an ever indulgent admiration for the other. In their [...]

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lingering whispers 1

For who can wonder that man should feel a vague belief in tales of disembodied spirits wandering through those places which they once dearly affected, when he himself, scarcely less separated from his old world than they, is for ever lingering upon past emotions and bygone times, and hovering, the ghost of his former self, [...]

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and so his father stands 1

… And so then his father stands to speak – like him, a compact yet fiercely strong, wiry Irishman – and his first few words are lost in the murmur and amongst the crying of children but then we slowly realise, as does everybody, that he’s calmly, quietly speaking in Gaelic to a roomful of [...]

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