Category Archives: BBC Arts – Culture in Quarantine

Strasbourg 1518 – Jonathan Glazer: BBC iPlayer, 27 July 2020

Psychological Stras A short film with an incredible array of contemporary dancers, Strasbourg 1518 takes as its starting point the dancing mania that took hold of up to 400 inhabitants of the city in the 16th Century. The afflicted couldn’t … Continue reading

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Swan Lake Bath Ballet – Corey Baker & Friends: BBC Arts – Culture in Quarantine, 8 July 2020

A splashing piece of work Not a version of Swan Lake by Bath Ballet (lovely though I’m sure that would have been), this is even better – Swan Lake in a bath tub. Several bath tubs. Bath tubs owned by … Continue reading

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The Swan – Birmingham Royal Ballet: BBC Arts – Culture in Quarantine, 8 April 2020

Swanline Offering Because of the coronavirus pandemic, more and more artistic material is appearing online. The BBC’s hastily published response, Culture in Quarantine, is now beginning to bear fruit and its latest presentation comes courtesy of Birmingham Royal Ballet. The … Continue reading

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