CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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Palermo Palermo
Masterpiece of contemporary dance transcends frontiers
CROSSING DIVIDES: Tanztheater Wuppertal
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
ORIGINALLY performed in 1989, Palermo Palermo was filmed soon afterwards and now, digitally remastered, it reconnects with the neoexpressionist form of dance known as Tanztheater which German dancer, choreographer and director Pina Bausch so brilliantly realised.
An artwork of immense originality, it evokes the lifestyle and atmosphere of the Sicilian city and marked the beginning of Bausch’s obsession with dance as travelogue.
Ceaselessly creative, it captures the nuances of human life set against a backdrop of relentless decay and fruitless power struggles.
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