Flashmobs and flamenco: how Spain’s greatest artform became a tool for political protest
23 October 2015Matthew Machin-Autenrieth (Faculty of Music) discusses flamenco and its use as a tool of social activism.
Matthew Machin-Autenrieth (Faculty of Music) discusses flamenco and its use as a tool of social activism.
On 6 November Professor Steven Connor will give a talk at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities on the affinity between tap dance and sound cinema, interspersing his discussion with clips from Hollywood musicals. It’s all to do with sound, movement and counting.
An innovative dance performance with creative input from Professor Nicky Clayton, a expert on bird cognition, goes on tour this week. The Rambert Dance Company's newest production - Seven for a Secret, Never to be Told - is an exploration of childhood inspired by the age-old nursery rhyme about magpies and informed by science.
Professor Nicky Clayton researches the social behaviour, intelligence and dance credentials of birds!