Cultural Olympiad East Midlands - Arts Council England

Ballare:
To Dance
Sat 6 October
Peepul Centre,
Leicester LE4 6DP
7:30pm
Thurs 11 October
Nottingham Contemporary,
Nottingham, NG1 2GB
7.30pm
Box Office 08444 771 000
£12 admission
£10 concessions
More information
www.philipherbert.org
Ballare: To Dance brings
together world-class
musicians to celebrate
internationalism and the
London 2012 Games.
Devised by composer Philip
Herbert, the concert takes
a voyage across the African
diaspora, Argentina,
Cuba, India, Mexico and
Spain to a colourful sound
world of classical music
scores with strong world
music flavours, connecting
with international
dance traditions.
The concert features two
new works: the first is a
Suite for Solo Steel Pan
and Strings, which is
modelled on the Baroque
dance suite. The second
work, Mantra for an Athlete,
connects with the sound
world of India fused with
strains from the West.
Produced by Serendipity,
the musicians are
Timescale Ensemble
(soloists from London
Symphony Orchestras)
along with world music
instrumentalists including
solo steel pan, sitar, tabla,
guitar and bandoneon and
the dancer Lee Payne.
Image: Gary Margerum
Derby Festé
Thurs 20 - Sat 22 September
Derby city centre
www.derbyfeste.com
Derby Fest is the highlight
of Derby’s cultural
calendar, a fantastic
three-day celebration
featuring live performance,
music, film and more!
On Thursday and Friday,
Luc Amoros will present
Page Blanche, an
exhilarating mix of visual
art, live music and theatre.
On a large scaffolding
structure, nine canvases
are stretched out to form
a giant blank page.
Free
event
Six painter/musicians
use almost 300 kilos of
paint to create, destroy
and recreate extraordinary
and surprising works of
art which tell a powerful,
political story.
Saturday’s headline
act will be the final
performance of Games
Time (pg 6) – a spectacular
outdoor stage show on
Darley Park combining
music, dance, fireworks
and 120 local people.
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Image: Kevin Ryan