... Ballet at the Albert Hall, and as the promoter Derek Block speaks with pride about the thousands of people who have flocked to see the company (and as he and the company count their profits and speak of another such season within the next five years), it ...

... A feather in Chadwick's cap ANN NUGENT lets the bird speak for itself ROH The Firebird PROBABLY the title role in The Firebird is the greatest achievement of Fiona Chadwick's career to date. Though it is a role that she has danced in the past, this season ...

... Robert O'Mahoney, his long staff like an extra limb of his tall, upright figure. His authority and power are obvi ous before he speaks. It is a magisterial performance, not to be questioned. It is natural he should seek revenge for past ills but this production ...

... and Mark Fletcher; Gary Boyle in Triple Echo, made by his current trio completed by Eryl Roberts and Mike Isaac; the Martin Speake Group in In Our Time; and New Cool, by collective improvisation pioneer John Stevens and his quar tet. rTlHE MIKE SMITH Orchestra ...

... is its masterly combination of sound, movement, mime and artistic sign language. The integration of an ensemble of eight speaking and signing actors unites the silent world of the deaf with hearing audiences into one body. The company is fortunate in ...

... anthology Daughters of Africa. But beyond the immediate connections we made with the 'cage,' and its use as a platform for verse speaking, it began to seem more significant as a decorative front for choreography. Through the devices of surge and control, the ...

... partners' on the scene including the unstable Lisa and mad dancer Harold. Even Ballamy put his saxophones aside briefly to play a speaking part, Steve the prat, and Bates spoke the voice of God. Beowulf May field ...

... costume, lighting etc didn't bother them. The venue, New Market Hall, was indeed little more than a hall, with no set to speak of, except a brick wall, a few chairs and tables, and a minimum amount of lighting thrown in. r Not that there was anything ...

... Orchestra Wives), thriving appreciation societies and numerous bands who specialise in playing the music of Glenn Miller. When we speak of his music we are really talking about a 'sound' rather than his compositions, although Miller did write the music for the ...

... only racially impure but was subversive anathema to the reg imented Nazi soul. As Goebbels himself declared: Now, I shall speak quite openly on the question of whether German Radio should broadcast so called jazz music. If by jazz we mean music that is ...

... in a free expression, rather stri dent way, with lots of ringing cym bals from Motian. Then he put on his other hat, so to speak to show he is a master of the tune ful ballad, using the full range of the tenor saxophone. In such a setting things should ...

... world of journey ing boats suspended in air, the clips of King Kong and Brief Encounter, the flashing images of computer speak, the Monument valley underworld. Enhanced by Wolfgang Gobbel's colourful and emotive lighting, they cohere effortlessly to ...