Christopher Marney recently received a very nice letter from Prince William and his wife. Thirty years ago, William’s mother, Diana, a ballet lover and sometime dancer, was patron of the London City Ballet. That company went bankrupt in 1996, but Marney was on a mission to revive it. He sent the royals some photos of … Read more
What to see “Unraveling: the power and politics of textiles in art” Solange Pessoa’s “Hammock” (part of “4 Hammocks”), featured in the exhibition. Fifty artists from around the world have come together to tell the story of how textiles remain a political issue through a series of sculptures and hand-stitched collages on display at the … Read more
Director of the English National Ballet, Aaron Watkin – Rii Schroer When Aaron Watkin was a dancer with the Canadian National Ballet in the late 1980s, he was sometimes overcome with unnerving anxiety. “I felt my body humming with fear,” he says. “I would have to say to myself: your solo will only last 60 … Read more