by Donald Jenkins | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized, Writing
Crafting its shape, unfolding its story, ‘Hijikata, Mon Amour’ is a contemporary solo piece of experimental Butoh that focuses on the splendour of puppeteering and dancing with a costume. It imagines its every possible transformation in form as the garment stunningly...
by Donald Jenkins | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized, Writing
As Northern Ballet announces cuts to live music from some of its shows, what is the future for the art form? Donald Jenkins reflects. An orchestra’s power to tell a story should never be underestimated. My recent visit to see Northern Ballet’s adaptation of...
by Donald Jenkins | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized, Writing
A contemporary yet vintage take on fairy tales has never been more magically reimagined than by Northern Ballet’s adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. David Nixon CBE’s two-hour show is an action-packed technicoloured dreamscape that sublimely captures the glowing...
by Donald Jenkins | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized, Writing
Bradford’s finest export-The Bad Boy Chiller Crew land at the Middlesborough Empire for a night of club-charged anthems, tongue-in-cheek lyricism, and addictive basslines. The Yorkshire rap collective comprised of Gareth “GK” Kelly, Kane Welsh,...
