festivals
Sylvie Guillem awarded Venice's Golden LionSunday, 13 May 2012The dancer Sylvie Guillem has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the 8th International Festival of Contemporary Dance in Venice. The ballerina, the longtime superstar of the Royal Ballet after her rise to glory at Nureyev's... Read more... |
Unsigned acts announced for T in the Park festivalFriday, 11 May 2012The 16 unsigned acts who have been given the chance to perform at Scotland's largest festival, T in the Park, have been announced.The T-Break Stage, which has been running since 1996, launched the careers of acts including Paolo Nutini, Biffy Clyro... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Denmark: SPOT Festival 2012, AarhusFriday, 11 May 2012
For a Brit navigating Denmark’s annual showcase of home-grown music, it’s impossible to eradicate thoughts of the Danish TV seen in the UK recently. Obviously, detecting Borgen-style intrigue while wandering around is unfeasible. But something else... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Budapest: Hay Goes to HungaryThursday, 10 May 2012
Four weeks ahead of its core event in the Welsh border town of Hay-on-Wye the world’s leading festival of literature, ideas and the arts rolls into Budapest. Celebrating its 25th year and 15th location, this is the first time “the Woodstock of the... Read more... |
Brighton Festival 2012: Vanessa Redgrave, The Rest Is Silence, Hangover SquareMonday, 07 May 2012
If you weren’t already aware that the Guest Director of the 2012 Brighton Festival is acting royalty, the preponderance of fop fringes and artfully flung scarves at the Dome Concert Hall on Saturday night was a good clue. Vanessa Redgrave is the... Read more... |
iPads and smartphones go live with hip-hop dancingMonday, 30 April 2012
A new publicly funded UK web channel for performing arts opens tomorrow morning, preparing for a major launch this weekend streaming top international streetdancers to the web audience and publishing John Peel's notes on his record collection. The... Read more... |
Full programme announced for London 2012 FestivalThursday, 26 April 2012
The full programme is announced today for the London 2012 Festival, from 21 June-9 September, celebrating the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.Among more than 25,000 artists from all 204 participating nations, star names include theatre stars... Read more... |
Westport Festival of Music and Performing Arts announcedWednesday, 25 April 2012Europe's newest arts festival has been announced – in Westport, County Mayo, in the west of Ireland. The inaugural event will take place over the weekend of 23-24 June this year in the grounds of the historic Westport House.The organisers describe... Read more... |
Minchin and Katy B for Somerset HouseTuesday, 24 April 2012The Summer Series, the annual concerts at London's palatial Somerset House, have announced their line-up for July 2012. It runs the gamut from Australian musical comedy performer Tim Minchin (also composer of the music to the musical Matilda) to... Read more... |
20x12: Composers Go OlympicTuesday, 24 April 2012
Southbank Centre’s current season has included weekends devoted to three contemporary giants: Pierre Boulez, Conlon Nancarrow and George Benjamin. But it closes with a festival devoted to not to one contemporary composer but 20. The New Music... Read more... |
BBC Proms 2012 In FullFriday, 20 April 2012
The 2012 BBC Proms open on 13 July and end on 8 September. This is the full list of the 76 concerts. Book tickets here. Prom 1: First Night of the PromsFri 13 July 2012, 7.30pm, Royal Albert HallMark-Anthony Turnage - Canon Fever (3 mins)Elgar... Read more... |
theartsdesk at the Laugharne WeekendWednesday, 18 April 2012
The Laugharne Weekend has become a fixture in the crowded calendar of festivals that now punctuates not just high days and holidays but the whole six months that make up British Summer Time. Carving a niche for itself as a halfway house between... Read more... |
