22 March 2006
Wednesday 22 March 2006 21:35-22:15 (Radio 3)
Gabriel Gbadamosi and guests review the Rambert Dance Company premiere of Merce Cunningham's work Pond Way, at the Theatre Royal, Brighton.
Playlist
Two directors - one from Hollywood and one from the heart of the English theatre - join Gabriel Gbadamosi in Night Waves this evening to discuss their work and their dreams. African American Spike Lee, who counts Malcolm X and She's Gotta Have It among his films, explains what drove him to make Inside Man, a heist movie starring among others Jodie Foster and Denzel Washington. And Dominic Dromgoole, the new artistic director for the Globe Theatre talks about his lifelong entanglement with Shakespeare.
We include a review of the Rambert Dance Company's premiere of Pond Way by the great American choreographer, Merce Cunningham, just one of the highlights in the company's Spring Tour. Plus, Gabriel explores the new sculpture gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, asking two museum experts, Ken Arnold and Calum Storrie, how the new hang is likely to affect our understanding of the work on display. That's all in Night Waves here on BBC Radio 3 this evening at the slightly later than normal time of nine thirty five.
Additional information:
1) Dominic Dromgoole's book, Will and Me is published by Allen Lane.
2) Spike Lee's film, Inside Man, goes on release this Friday. It's Certificate 15.
3) Ken Arnold's book, Cabinet's for the Curious is published by Ashgate.
4) Calum Storrie's book, The Delirious Museum is published by I.B.Tauris.
5) The new Dorothy and Michael Hintze Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London open officially on 23 March.
6) The Rambert Dance Company is at the Theatre Royal in Brighton until Saturday. It then performs at Sadlers Wells from 23 - 27 May.
