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Being a Greek captive in the medieval Mediterranean
Read more: Being a Greek captive in the medieval MediterraneanI would like to introduce you to two people. The first of these was called Iohannes Glafchyrno. Glafchyrno appears in the historical record...
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Performing for Napoleon: Production Quarrels at the Paris Opéra
by Elisa Cazzato Those who have familiarity with the work backstage in a theatre or dance production will know that this is where quarrels and logistic tensions often occur. In my research at the Paris Opéra, I take a look…
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The Demolition of Jeddah and the Relocation of a Neighbourhood in Turkey
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“So Revealing”: Yes, there was plenty of ballet in early America
By Lynn Matluck Brooks Ballet in early America? Didn’t we have to wait for the Russians to show up in the 1910s with the Ballets Russes, and for those who emigrated to the United States in the 1920s and ’30s?…
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The discovery of the farthingale sleeve
by Ninya Mikhaila The discovery of rare, or unknown items of historic dress is always exciting. It can also be challenging when the extant object offers evidence which contradicts previously held beliefs about people in the past. A farthingale sleeve…
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EUP 75: Our Publishing in Art and Visual Culture
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What do these three Victorian actresses have in common?
by Amanda Hodgson What do these three Victorian actresses have in common? They all acted at one time or another at the Adelphi Theatre, but another thing they have in common, and the thing that interests me, is that they…
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Q&A with the author of ReFocus: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan
by Brett Davies The author of ReFocus: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan chats about the writing process behind the book, what inspired him to explore the films of Lawrence Kasdan and what surprised him most during his research. Tell us…
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Lost in translation: The influence of André Levinson and Arnold Haskell in Spain
by Ana Abad-Carlés and Marina Peñaranda-Abad Our article for Dance Research 41(2) came to us in a very serendipitous way, when we saw that the Prologue to the Spanish edition of Serge Lifar’s book La Danse had been written by…
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International Women’s Day: We’ve had our fill of hashtags
by Dr Helen O’Shea and Prof Kim Barker International Women’s Day: an important day to mark, recognise, and observe women’s achievements…but we’ve had our fill of hashtags. So another one rolls around again and we can expect the usual avalanche…