Tour blog and dancers' diaries

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Beautiful images from the Sutra tour

Photos by Ian Gavan Our latest tour Sutra is on a short hiatus before their next stop at Birmingham Hippodrome on 7th May. These beautiful images are from their shows and rehearsals at Sadler’s Wells…. (click an image to see … Read more

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Sutra 2013: Ni Hao! Hannah Bixby and Lauren Hawke

Ni Hao! (Hello!) Hannah Bixby and Lauren Hawke here! Currently we are feeling extremely lucky to be on tour with the international phenomenon Sutra, shadowing Heather Knight; tour coordinator for Dance Consortium at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and Sadler’s Wells, … Read more

Raffaele on stage at the Grand Opera House

The Trocks 2013: Raffaele Morra, the Final Show

Wednesday February 27. The Trocks are in Belfast. Tonight our last show here in the UK. To me then the honor of saying good bye to the UK audience, that has been great as always. As I said in my … Read more

Bobby tries the local fashions in Edinburgh

Trocks 2013: Robert Carter, Gets his Kilt on!

Hello Dance Consortium UK blog readers! The last time I blogged was in Canterbury and since then we’ve traveled to Nottingham, Bradford ,Brighton and Newcastle with audiences in each of those cities as packed and resounding as the last. We … Read more

Cast and Crew assemble by the Trocks' Tour Truck

Dolly Williams, On tour with the Trocks, Part 2

Dolly Williams goes on tour with the Trocks, here’s part 2 of her diary on the road. DAY 3: Its travel day and after we have checked everyone is on the coach, its off to Bradford! En route I picked … Read more

The Royal Pavillion in Brighton

Trocks 2013: Alberto Pretto, A Stop in Brighton

Hi to all the readers of the dancers’ blogs! We are half-way through the tour and we have just been performing in Brighton, so today I have the honour to talk about this beautiful city, one of my favorites on … Read more

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Dolly goes on tour with The Trocks

The lovely LIPA student/Dance Blogger/Arts Manager in the making, Dolly Williams has been ‘on tour’ with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, at TRCH, Nottingham and the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford. Here is the first excerpt from her diary and exclusive … Read more

Carlos getting ready to leave Bradford for Brighton

Trocks 2013: Carlos Renedo, ‘Bradford Looking White’

It’s snowing! It’s snowing in Bradford, and it’s very cold compared to the other cities we have visited so far in this UK Tour. But, that won´t stop the Trocks from making the audiences have a great time with our … Read more

The silver trusses in the picture are laid out on the stage floor, before being hoisted out by electric motors.  The lights, scenery, and theatre style front curtain are all then hung on these trusses.

Getting in. The Dance Consortium Techies reveal all

Techies are traditionally camera-shy and notoriously super-busy individuals who’d rather shine the spotlight on the dancers than be shone upon, but, we felt it time to bring you an insight into some of the work they do for our tours. … Read more

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Trocks 2013, Raffaele Morra ‘From the tour bus’

Thursday February 7th. We have been back in the UK for almost two weeks: a couple of shows in Salford at the Lowry theatre, then Birmingham at the Hippodrome and Canterbury at the Marlowe Theater. We are now on the … Read more