... Marketing post for Pulleine in dance world CONTEMPORARY DANCE Trust has appointed Christopher Pulleine, formerly development officer with the Yorkshire Arts Association, as director of marketing. The new post carries overall respon sibility for the marketing, public rela tions and sponsorship activities of the different elements of the Trust, includ ing London Contemporary Dance Theatre and ...

... The Golden Ass INCUBUS IF THERE were awards for energy and enthusiasm Incubus would win hands down. The Golden Ass owes more to Olsen and Johnson than to Lucius Apuleius; an epic of bawdiness, bad taste and black humour. It uses the framework of the old Roman tales to work out a stream of gags, often very funny, but coming so fast that the duds are gone with just a passing groan. The first ...

... Swan Lake ROH THE ROYAL Ballet's matinee of Swan Lake was a prelude to Thames Television's filming for transmission later this month and judging from this, I suspect that a remarkable performance will have gone into the can. Natalia Makarova has polished the dual role of Odette/Odile until, like the rarest jewel, it radiates in every respect. The steely precision of ner legs, with the high ...

... Markova Award ARTS EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL DANCING is nothing without joy, but several of the girls in the Arts Educational School's annual Markova Award were so nervous that they quite forgot this. Eight girls and one boy competed for the Award, which was in four parts. In the ports de bras section there were some pleasing qualities (though arm movements generally need more careful study), but few ...

... Sponsors boost Cromer Sunday shows SUNDAY SHOWS for the summer season in Cromer Pavilion Theatre, organised by Dick Condon in conjunction with the North Norfolk District Council, have been given a boost by a number of sponsors, including local and national firms. This is an improvement on last year's tentative introduction to sponsorship, offering ample scope for further development in future ...

... PARK LANE'S Grosvenor House is presenting the magical combina tion of ELLA FITZGERALD (above) and Oscar Peterson with the Ron nie Scott Orchestra as part of its highly successful annual summer season. The Grosvenor House produc tion will bring Fitzgerald and Peterson together on the same bill for the first time in the UK since 1955. Ella Fitzgerald will be accompanied by the Paul Smith Trio ...

... Magic victory for girls as Stacey gains contest entrv MOIRA PETTY reports FEMINISTS HAVE won a heartening victory with the overturn of a 20-year ban on female entrants to a major show business contest. Aspiring magiciennes will be eligihle to enter the Young Magi cian of the Year competition next year, for the first time since the contest was formulated in 1961. The competition is run by the ...

... Preston panto line-up STU FRANCIS is returning to Preston for his third successive Christmas/New Year season opening at the Charter Theatre on December 13 for four weeks. He will play Buttons in Duggie Chapman's production of Cinder ella. Another Preston favourite, Beryl Johnson, will be back in the title role, and the supporting cast includes Cor nel and Day, Barbara Jackson and Curly ...

... Marketing the music is essential in a recession PETER HEPPLE reports on a formidable new partnership on the Bands and Jazz scene--Sellers and Brightman THE SECRET of show business today, say Henry Sellers and Peter Brightman, is packaging. Not just presenting the right combination of artists but making sure that the package is sold properly to those who buy it, whether they are book ers ...

... Extemporary Dance Co SHAW WHILE EXTEMPORARY Dance Company is generally regarded as one of the best of the small dance groups, the first programme presented at the Shaw Theatre, as part of both the Dance Umbrella and the Camden Festival, was disappointing. The problem was that there was insufficient variety of style or pace to be found among the five works, and in addition the music was in ...

... Carson set for Belfast FRANK CARSON, currently recording Ballvskillen Opera House for Granada TV, is to lighten the lives of the citizens of Belfast this panto mime season. Carson feels that the people of this strife-torn city deserve some good en tertainment and has consequently agreed to appear in the first pantomime for 19 years at the recently refurbished Belfast Opera House. Frank will ...

... Charity panto dates on COMPANIES AND individuals are being offered their own specially- staged pantomimes and the oppor tunity to assist their favourite charity. East London production company Savage and Stratton is hoping to spread some festive good will and occupy its 15 units on their free dates by doing shows for nothing. The company is looking for sponsors who will give a donation to the ...